Layli Atelier was born from a need to slow down, heal, and honor the quiet beauty in the details.

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I’m Meana Kasi, a multidisciplinary artist inspired by color, pattern, and texture.

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Thank you for supporting Layli Atelier, whether to buy the art or cheer on the journey. Read more of our story below and follow behind the scenes on social media.

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Photography

Captured through a practice of observing and looking closer, these fine art photography prints elevate the quiet details of nature, wildlife, and global travels. Each image is a visual reminder to slow down, breathe, and bring a feeling of sanctuary into your home.

Greeting Cards

Sweet, soft paper goods crafted to share quiet moments of delight, gratitude, and care. Rich in color and texture, these cards are made to share a thoughtful moment with someone special—or to frame as a small, intentional art print for your own space.

Paintings

Layered expressions of color, texture, and presence through a blend of contemporary impressionism and expressive modern folk art. Created as a practice of slowing down, each piece draws the eye to the details and carries the quiet energy of the studio. Designed to bring a living, breathing sense of sanctuary to any space.

About Layli Atelier

Vision

Celebrating the restorative wonder of everyday moments, Layli Atelier creates fine art designed for everyday lives and everyday spaces. We believe art should be an intimate, approachable part of daily life that provides grounding energy, thoughtful design, and quiet sanctuary to every person.

Craft

As a multidisciplinary studio, our work spans photography, painting, and clay, bridging a distinct visual style of modern folk expression and contemporary impressionism. Deeply inspired by global travel, nature, and everyday details, everything we create is a dedication to the slow, intentional art of the handmade.

Location

Currently operating in Charlotte, NC USA, with plans to transition our studio and lives to Andalusia, Spain in 2027.

Wholesale

Want to sell Layli Atelier products in your store? See our wholesale shop.

Behind the studio

Meana Kasi | Artist & Co-Founder

Hello! I'm Meana. I started Layli Atelier as a journey back to myself in my late 40s, but its origin story is much older.

Early Beginnings: Art as Sanctuary

My creative journey began in art therapy as a young child where I turned to creative practice to process deep family trauma, navigate hardship, and face the complex realities of identity, racism, and displacement as a refugee.

At the same time, I was devouring the vibrant pages of National Geographic as I tried to make sense of the world and my place in it.

These formative experiences helped me cultivate hope, gratitude, and wonder, teaching me to look deeper and seek beauty, peace, and sanctuary in the smallest details of the world around me.

The Corporate Chapter & A Return to Craft

Decades later, in a season of corporate burnout, health challenges, and deep personal loss, I found myself needing that sanctuary once again. I returned to art as a way to come back to myself.

I named our studio Layli Atelier — after a cherished name I had carried for decades, inspired by the ancient poetry of Layli and Majnun — in honor of that enduring promise that the dark seasons teach us to seek light, healing, and quiet wonder.

Today, my multidisciplinary practice is a journey of reawakening quiet wonder. Every photograph, painting, and print is created to pass along the sense of grounding peace, sanctuary, and delight.

Whitney Ellis | Co-Founder

This studio is a true labor of love and a small business run by me and my husband, Whitney. While I am the hands behind the camera, brush, and (sometimes) clay, Whitney is the steady force helping me build and run the physical world of our studio behind the scenes.

Whether it is a fine art print or an original painting, we are truly honored to share the quiet beauty of our world with you.

Cheers,

Meana & Whitney

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