I've completed the wedding painting for Julianna and Andrew. Julianna was probably the most excited client I've ever had. During the reception, as I was busily getting the painting blocked in, several of her friends told me, independently of each other, that Julianna had been telling people "I'm getting married!" followed very quickly by "and I'm having a live wedding painter at the ceremony!" She really wanted a good artwork of her wedding. And she chose me. Wow, no pressure there, huh?
Julianna and Andrew were married at the Vineyard Estate at the New Kent Winery, a bit east of Richmond, Virginia. It's a really beautiful venue for an outdoor ceremony. The couple decided that they wanted the painting to focus on their return walk down the aisle as a brand-new married couple. So I coordinated with the photographers (Turtle & Hare Photography, a husband-wife team, very good, very professional) and took a ton of my own reference photos alongside them. Then I loaded my photos into my laptop and got to work in the reception hall.
But getting a painting up to my standards of finish takes a lot more than just the couple of hours that the reception provides. No, it takes two to four weeks. And with a client like Julianna, for whom the painting is a Really Big Thing, it would probably be a four-weeker. Which it was.
But I finished it last week, she approved it, and the painting is off to its new home. And here's how it turned out (you can click on it for a larger image):
I'm working on another wedding painting right now and believe it'll be wrapped up in a few days. Once it's approved, I'll post it here.
Julianna and Andrew were married at the Vineyard Estate at the New Kent Winery, a bit east of Richmond, Virginia. It's a really beautiful venue for an outdoor ceremony. The couple decided that they wanted the painting to focus on their return walk down the aisle as a brand-new married couple. So I coordinated with the photographers (Turtle & Hare Photography, a husband-wife team, very good, very professional) and took a ton of my own reference photos alongside them. Then I loaded my photos into my laptop and got to work in the reception hall.
But getting a painting up to my standards of finish takes a lot more than just the couple of hours that the reception provides. No, it takes two to four weeks. And with a client like Julianna, for whom the painting is a Really Big Thing, it would probably be a four-weeker. Which it was.
But I finished it last week, she approved it, and the painting is off to its new home. And here's how it turned out (you can click on it for a larger image):
I'm working on another wedding painting right now and believe it'll be wrapped up in a few days. Once it's approved, I'll post it here.
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