THE PORTRAIT OF YOUR PORTRAIT ARTIST
I’m quiet by nature, but I love being present for the kind of day a family remembers forever.
I begin the painting live at the celebration, then complete it in the studio with the same care, focus, and standard I hold for my portrait work.
For more than twenty years, I’ve worked as a portrait painter, studying faces, expressions, and the subtle ways people reveal themselves. Portraiture trained me to look carefully, to slow down, and to pay attention to what’s actually there — not just what’s obvious.
That way of seeing did not come quickly. It came from years of drawing, painting, observing, correcting, and beginning again — learning structure, light, proportion, and restraint through a long practice built around people and presence.
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When I paint a wedding, I don’t think of it as an event to document, but as a moment to understand. I arrive early. I study the space, the light, and the rhythm of the room. I look for what matters — not what is loud, but what is meaningful.
The painting begins on the day itself, in real time, in response to what unfolds. But it is completed slowly, with patience and care, in the studio. This balance — between immediacy and refinement — is essential to my process.
My aim is not to impress, but to honor the moment — to create something that feels sincere, luminous, and lasting. A painting that carries the grace of the day forward, and remains meaningful long after the celebration has passed.
Over the years, my work has been recognized in ways I’m grateful for. I mention that only to say: this is not a casual practice for me. I take responsibility for every painting, and I’m never fully at peace until it feels right — not only in how it looks, but in what it holds.
In the end, that’s all I’m trying to do:
preserve something real — something meaningful.