Kelcie Hathcock holding an original watercolor painting in Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Hi, I’m Kelcie Hathcock

Photographer turned painter, frequent traveler, professional collector of creative hobbies, and the human behind Feathered Fiasco.

I’m based in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where I turn meaningful photographs into watercolor paintings and photograph the people, pets and places that make life feel like yours.

Let's Create Something!

I took the scenic route to get here.

I never really told people I wanted to be an artist.

I had always been creative, and some part of me knew I was supposed to do something with it. But growing up, the term “starving artist” was tossed around less like a career option and more like a warning label. So I did what felt responsible and chose the safer path.

Apparently, creativity is persistent.

Tell Me Your Vision

The practical path wasn’t really a detour.

Photography found me first. I’ve had a camera in my hand for more than 20 years, and it eventually became my doorway into a 13-year career in marketing.

I spent those years helping businesses figure out who they were and how to tell their stories. I created photography, video, graphics, campaigns and plenty of carefully chosen words. Marketing may have been the practical path on paper, but creativity found its way into nearly everything I did.

It taught me to notice the details that make a story worth telling, understand how imagery can make someone feel something, and turn a messy collection of ideas into something meaningful.

After spending so many years bringing other people’s visions to life, I started wondering what it would look like to create something of my own.

Then watercolor found me.

What began as a “let’s see if I can actually do this” experiment quickly turned into a camera roll full of paintings, an ever-growing collection of art supplies and the realization that I had found something that made me ridiculously happy.

I started painting my favorite travel memories, friends’ pets, meaningful homes, wedding photographs and all the little moments that deserved more than a permanent home in someone’s camera roll.

Feathered Fiasco is me finally listening to that quiet voice that always knew I was meant to create. It brings together everything I’ve learned through photography, marketing, storytelling and art—and gives me the chance to use it all to create something personal for you.

I may have taken the long way around, but honestly, that feels pretty fitting for a business with “Fiasco” in the name.

Contact Me

  • Custom Watercolors

    Custom paintings created from the photographs that mean the most to you, including pets, homes, wedding moments, family memories and favorite places.

  • Photography

    Relaxed photography for families, couples, pets and people who want their photographs to feel genuine, personal and unmistakably like them.
Let's Paint!