A Garden Wedding – Live Event Painting

Garden Wedding
9 x 12 oil
SOLD

Not too long ago I was at a botanical garden for an art show and a wedding was about to take place. It seemed like a beautiful romantic scene to paint, so we asked the wedding party if they would allow me to paint discreetly from the side. They graciously said yes and this was the result. The framed painting was delivered today to family members who are giving it as a gift. (You’ll notice I’m not mentioning the name of the garden or the family. Shhh, it’s a surprise.)

Usually when I do a plein air painting I try to portray an exact moment as it is – a shadow pattern at a specific time, a certain quality of light. Wedding paintings are somewhat different in that they are idealized renditions of an entire event. In this painting, by the time the bride and groom arrived after taking their pictures, there was little light left on plaza. Some of the guests said they were sorry that the wildflowers in the background were not blooming as they had been a month before. I told them – in my painting they’ll be blooming. Milford Zornes, the watercolorist, once said “paint it the way it could be.” When it comes to event painting, that is very good advice.

Wedding paintings make treasured heirloom gifts. To ask about live painting at a wedding (or a studio painting from a wedding photo),
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Comments

  1. Marian Fortunati
    August 13, 2010

    What a lucky new couple to have your painting as a memento!!

  2. Anna Picket
    February 2, 2016

    That would be so nice to have a painting of the wedding. It’s a bit late for us to have it at ours, but my sister-in-law is getting married in July. She would love to have a keepsake like this. I’ll have to mention it as an option.

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