Wedding & Event Paintings

• For Live (Alla Prima) Wedding and event paintings, scroll down or click here
• For Studio Painting from Live Painting and Photos, scroll down or click here
• For Guest Portraits in Watercolor, scroll down or click here

Alla Prima Painting

This is the service I've been doing for over eighteen years. "Alla Prima" means all at first. This is a painting created in one sitting, mostly finished on site. It is an impressionist painting, capturing the energy of your event in rapid brush strokes.

Alla Prima Painting Prices

Current pricing, below, is based on the size of the painting (shown in inches). Custom sizes available. As is common in the wedding biz, a 50% deposit reserves the date. The balance is due at the time of the wedding, including Washington State sales tax, if applicable. We'll need to discuss travel fees (air fare, lodging) for events requiring travel.

24 x 30 $2800

24 x 36 $3100

24 x 40 $3500

30 x 40 $4500

36 x 48 $5500

48 x 60 $6500

48 x 72 $8000

Alla Prima Painting Portfolio

Pohl-Drake

A summer wedding at The Seattle Country Club, Bainbridge Island. Oil on canvas, 24 x 40.

Cabo San Lucas wedding

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A reception at The Ruins, Seattle, for a couple married earlier in Paris. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches

Tillotson Pool Party

A pool party in Palm Desert, California. The occasion was the anniversary of a couple whose wedding I had painted ten years earlier.

A suburban Seattle wedding

A suburban Seattle wedding. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches.

WNDR Museum-Seattle Grand Opening

Live painting of the grand opening of the WNDR Museum in Seattle.

Pham couple detail

Ginnet-Pham Wedding

Kode Anniversary

Studio Painting from Live Painting & Photos

This service starts with the alle prima painting. But then I go back to the studio and create a whole new painting, more carefully composed, and lovingly finished, sometimes exceeding 40 hours of work. I use the first painting as a preliminary sketch, augmented with candid photos. You get both paintings, included in the price below.

Studio Painting Prices

Current pricing, below, is based on the size of the painting (shown in inches). Custom sizes available. As is common in the wedding biz, a 50% deposit reserves the date. The balance is due at the time of the wedding, including Washington State sales tax, if applicable. We'll need to discuss travel fees (air fare, lodging) for events requiring travel.

24 x 30 $6000

24 x 36 $6500

24 x 40 $7000

30 x 40 $8000

36 x 48 $9000

48 x 60 $11000

48 x 72 $13000

Wedding Guest Portraits

This is the hottest trend in live wedding painting. Your guests stand before me for a few minutes, while I quickly draw them pencil, then color them in a few strokes of watercolor. After a quick blow dry, the paintings can go home with them. I use a 6 x 8 cold press water color block, to prevent warping while drying.