Finished Painting and Friends

Besides adding the Hinsdale Wedding Walk to my website, I have also added a new painting.  Yes, Jami's is finished!

Now a special thanks to those who made this painting possible....sounds like sponsorship.  The fact of the matter is that I was not able to attend this wedding, so I required a bit of help to make this painting come to life.  First of all, there was the florist who created this gorgeous bouquet....Richard Remiard.  Located in Chicago, Richard Remiard has been creating masterful events for almost a decade now.
I have Clark Photographics to thank for capturing this bouquet so elegantly and giving me something to work with.  With two locations (Buffalo Grove and Chicago), Clark Photographics has kept busy photographing special events since 1987.

Both vendors were so reliable and easy to work with.  I was so lucky to be able to produce a painting so effortlessly.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Enjoy the painting and be sure to visit the sites of these vendors.

Hinsdale Wedding Walk Scheduled

It's slightly short notice, but this Sunday, March 7th, I will be in the Hinsdale Wedding Walk showcasing my current painting at Tying the Knot.  A few years ago, I had the lovely opportunity to work for Tying the Knot.  They were my first introduction into the wedding world, and I have them to thank for my continued attraction to weddings and everything I learned in the consulting part of the business.
Come out to Hinsdale this weekend from 1pm-4pm to enjoy walking around in the sunshine and getting a scoop of weddings.  I'll be showing Jami's FINISHED painting, so stop by to view it in person.  It's not finished yet, so I've got to get painting!

Olympic Spirit

The Olympic Games enter our lives every 2 years (every 4 years for both summer and winter games), and every time they come around, I feel like it is a great gift to be totally wrapped up in.  Basically, I become obsessed with the Olympics and try to soak up every competition and heart-wrenching story I can without letting the rest of my life totally slip away.  This absorption has thankfully slipped into my painting and has found me attacking it with an Olympic resilience.  Power through!  Go USA!  Go Me?!  Ok, maybe not quite like that, but I'd like to think that my tear-streaked montage would include me doing wrist curls at the gym, enduring hours at the easel with beads of sweat at my brow and my life story told out in segments of hard times....bangs, braces and perms.  I'll hang my flag and wait for my podium moment.  Until then, here's Jami's painting....

Flowers for Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!  What an appropriate time to talk flowers and update you on my latest work.  The painting I am currently working on is from a wedding that wasn't a friend or a family member, but rather a total stranger.  Yes, a stranger. This is an instant where my mom wouldn't frown upon me talking to strangers.  It's really a very exciting painting to be working on.  I was not able to attend the wedding, but instead had to work with the bride and groom's florist and photographer to receive images to work with.  I owe them a big thanks for helping me out.  More on who these special people are at a later time.  For now, here's a look at my progress.

More flowers to come....always more flowers.  Keep the love blooming this Valentine's Day!!