Mary, realistic acrylic live wedding painter based in North Ireland

A photograph shows your wedding as it looked. A painting can show it as it felt, and it can even hold the people and details who couldn’t be there. Painting live at your wedding, I capture the emotion and atmosphere of your day. I can also weave in a loved one who couldn’t make it, a meaningful motif, or the pet who stayed at home, blended seamlessly into the scene. The result is an original artwork made to live in your home and grow in meaning for decades.

Your painting can be as realistic or as expressive as you like, from fully realistic to a piece with abstract elements. Your guests are welcome to step up and add a brushstroke of their own, so the finished painting is something your whole celebration has touched.

How it works

Before your wedding

Once your date is confirmed, we’ll have a consultation, by call or in person if you’re local. We’ll talk through:

• your style, fully realistic or with abstract elements
• your canvas size, and I’m happy to show you examples
• the moment you’d like captured
• whether you’d like a full or half-body composition
• where I’ll be stationed
• any special details, such as colours, extra figures or pets

I’m available to contact at any point between booking and your wedding, and if anything changes, I’ll happily adapt.

Arrival and set-up

I arrive 1–2 hours before your wedding begins to set up and start sketching and blocking in the background. I’ll take reference photos of any details you’d like captured, and coordinate with your photographer and videographer so I never get in their shot. All I need is a small table, a chair and access to a power socket.

Painting live

After your ceremony, I begin capturing the ambience and emotion of your day as it unfolds. You and your guests are free to come up at any point and add your own touches to the piece.

Evening reveal

By the end of the evening, the key details of your painting are in place, capturing the emotion and atmosphere of the day. I’ll reveal it to you before taking it back to my studio.

Studio finishing

In the studio, I spend 10+ hours perfecting the final details, and I’m happy to make any reasonable amendments you’d like. Your finished painting is ready within 6 weeks and sent to you securely, ready to display.

Choosing your package

Acrylic

My acrylic paintings start on a 27×35cm canvas for an intimate, couple-focused piece, and build up to 60×84cm for a fuller scene with more of your venue and the people around you. We’ll find the right size together at your consultation.

Watercolour

If you’d prefer a softer, more delicate finish, I also paint in watercolour on A4 or A3 paper, from £646. Mention it when you enquire and we can talk it through.

All packages include

• An online or in-person pre-wedding design consultation
• 5–8 hours of live painting, depending on size
• Professional-grade acrylic or watercolour paints
• 10+ hours of studio finishing after the wedding
• Varnishing to protect against fading, UV and accidental damage
• Insured UK shipping, within 6 weeks of your wedding

Optional add-ons

• Additional detailed figures, £60 per person. Family members or loved ones who couldn’t be there.
• Pets, £30 per pet.
• Guests in a softer, more abstract style, at no extra cost.

To enquire

Send me your wedding date, your venue, the moment you’d love captured, and whether you’re drawn to a realistic or more abstract style.