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A live wedding painter is a unique, and unforgettable entertainment experience that doubles up as a one of a kind, luxury keepsake to treasure forever.
Having a live artist at your wedding, baby shower, hen party, birthday or corporate event provides an interactive experience that will wow your guests and have them talking about your wedding for years to come.
Kirsty travels to paint weddings throughout the UK and Europe. For weddings outside of the Scottish central belt, please see destination weddings for travel fees.
Family portraits, engagement or wedding photo commissions make ideal gifts for family and friends who appreciate realistic hand produced artwork.
Family portraits are also a fantastic way of combining various photographs into one piece of art, preserving your memories of living and deceased family members forever.
Pet portrait commissions are a special way of capturing your pet's unique features and personality in a photo realistic way.
Kirsty pours her huge love of animals into every piece, to create highly detailed portraits that commemorate, and bring comfort to you, when your much loved family members are no longer around.
I have always loved drawing and painting, and won my first of many local drawing competitions at the age of three.
Although I attended art school and studied Textile Design, I always had an ability of effortlessly creating realistic paintings and drawings which makes me really stand by the statement that I am a self taught artist.
Looking at my work, you’d believe I’m a lover of realism, my heart lies with mark making and contemporary abstract art - hence the textile design route!
My favourite artist and designer of all time is the phenomenal Lee McQueen of Alexander McQueen! Whenever I’m feeling uninspired, I whip out my coffee table book and it quite literally sets me off down a rabbit hole with ideas.
In complete contrast from that, I love including hints of neon and bright colours in my work, which is a trick I use in my detailed coloured pencil and pastel drawings to give them more life - I blame my love of this on the neon Lycra of dancing competitions from when I was young.
I technically created my first ever pet portrait back in 2012 of my friends Dalmation, however, I have been taking commissions since 2019. As of 2024, I have had the privilege of working on over sixty portraits of much loved, furry and non furry family members.
When I was planning my own wedding in 2022, live wedding painting was something I had only seen in America, and at the time, couldn’t find anyone local to me or in Greece offering it as a service. This led me to taking the plunge at my first wedding in September of 2022 and since then I have been honoured to paint over forty weddings for my amazing couples.
I believe my genuine love of weddings, and friendly personality is what attracts my couples to choosing me as their live wedding artist and I couldn’t imagine a better job in the world - other than being my dog Oreo’s full time maid of course!
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