Caricatures This is a great gift for attendees at any kind of event. Using ink and a brush, I have drawn as many as 400 faces in a day.  $500 for the first three hours, $125/hr thereafter. Inquire about prices outside of the greater Seattle area.

Paintings at left:

Jim Johanson’s Fiftieth Birthday

2006
The view from the 76th floor of Seattle’s Columbia Tower Club was, for this client, an important memory of the evening. So I went to the venue a few days early and took pictures, from which I painted the background. When I arrived at the event, this layer of paint was dry, and I was free to paint the party in front of my landscape.

The Harris-Beckett Wedding
2005
The setting for this elegant reception was The Canal, overlooking the locks on the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which appear as but a few brushstrokes against the night sky. The couple stand out in a room full of civic and business leaders. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) makes cameo appearances in both this and the Johanson painting.

Live Oil Painting

The object of this premium service is to complete an alle prima painting during your wedding or event. The price includes a little touch-up back at the studio, to accentuate the bride and groom or other guest of honor.
From $1500, depending mostly on size.

I painted these views from my booth at the Seattle Wedding Show, January 6 & 7, 2007.

The images below are from other bridal shows, fall 2006. Click on the pictures above to see how each of those events went.