Butterfly Kisses Studio

Run out of a home studio on Greenwich Court, Butterfly Kisses Studio is the working name and teaching space of artist Kathie Camara, a Clermont based instructor who splits her creative work between painting and what she calls warm glass, a fused glass technique where several layers of glass are individually designed, hand painted, and decorated before being fused together into a finished piece. It is a specialized, hands on medium that takes real technical skill, and having an instructor working in it right in Clermont rather than only at a big city studio is a genuine local resource for anyone curious about the craft.

Camara’s course offerings reflect a fairly broad range of subject matter for a single instructor, including portrait painting, pet portraits, and seascape technique alongside her fused glass jewelry and art pieces. That mix suggests a teacher comfortable moving between representational painting and more abstract, material based glass work, which gives students at different skill levels and interests something to work toward. Portrait and pet portrait classes in particular tend to draw students who want a specific finished piece as a keepsake, while the fused glass jewelry work appeals more to students interested in wearable or decorative art.

Camara holds multiple professional teaching credentials dating back to 2000, and her reach extends well past her own studio walls. She teaches at other Central Florida studios in addition to her own space, travels to conventions to lead workshops, and offers online classes through a national platform for craft instruction based out of Utah. She also sells smaller finished pieces through an Etsy shop and exhibits her work at galleries around Central Florida, and she holds a position as a resident artist at a well known Orlando restaurant known for hosting working artists in its dining space. That combination of teaching, gallery exhibition, and studio retail is fairly typical of how independent working artists build a sustainable career, piecing together income from several related sources rather than relying on any single revenue stream.

Because Butterfly Kisses Studio operates from a home based location rather than a public storefront, class schedules and workshop dates are best confirmed directly with Camara before planning a visit, and specific pricing for classes or commissioned pieces was not independently confirmed beyond what her own site describes. For Clermont residents interested in learning painting or fused glass technique from a working local artist rather than a big box craft store class, Butterfly Kisses Studio offers a genuinely personal alternative, taught by someone with real, documented experience in both mediums and an active presence in the regional art scene.