Savannah and Augusta

Though I grew up in Augusta, I had no idea that Woodrow Wilson lived here for 14 years. His father preached at the Presbyterian Church across the street from the house. 

Some shots from Savannah...Forsyth Park, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist (you can tour it, you just can't use the bathroom while touring) and one of the massive amethysts at The Plant. Seeing America with my best friend and future wife is truly the best feeling on earth.

 

On our way home from Augusta

 On our way home from Augusta, Lynanne and I stopped in Savannah. I had no idea the bench in Chippewa Square from the opening scene in Forrest Gump was just a prop and was never a real bus stop. Anyway, here's the benchless scene.

Live Wedding Painting of Lauren and Griffin

Lauren and Griffin 

The Barn at Poor House

 

How much of a live wedding painting is finished AT the wedding?

 THIS IS A QUESTION I GET ASKED quite often and it's a valid one. I think there is a huge misconception about live wedding painting and part of it is due to the industry still being relatively new, and honestly from Live Wedding Painters themselves. If you get on Tiktok and watch live wedding paintings, most of them make it look like they're doing a fine art painting in the 4-6 hour span. In my opinion, this is deceptive, and puts a bad taste in the mouths of future couples. 

There are a small handful of artists who can do this but they are a relatively small bunch. Most of us do NOT finish the painting at the wedding. 90-95% is finished (on my end) and another 4-6 hours of studio touchups are added post wedding (color matching, removing bugs that may have landed in the painting...gross...straightening lines...and overall spicing the painting up). 

To show what I'm talking about, the painting I've posted is about what most live wedding paintings look like at the end of the evening. As you can see, there are more details that need to be added, but the overall integrity of painting it live and in person, is there. 

I think I will post a live wedding painting in the future where I show each hour, that will hopefully give everyone an idea of the process, as it goes along. 

RVA Galleries in Willow Lawn

 Every Wednesday and Thursday from 11-5pm I'm at RVA Galleries in Willow Lawn (right next to the Lenscrafters). We opened up a gallery there until December (depending on how it goes, we may stay into the next year). We're a small gallery, made up of 12 local artists, and Shelly Williams, Beth Ann Booth and myself are there Monday-Saturday. Hope to see you there.  

CSX Bridge at Sunset

 An oil painting I just finished of the CSX Train Bridge at Sunset. 

Wedding Painting Commission

 Just wrapped up this wedding painting for a first-year anniversary present.