Live Wedding Painting at Oakdene, Jeremy Batoff and Eric Goldie

Jeremy and Eric's Wedding at Oakdene, 30x40", painted by Patricia Bennett 

Featured in Town and Country Magazine and recounted by celebrity Carole Radziwell, this was an over the top wedding to paint.

Here is a link to Town and Country's article.  

This painting is a four dimensional depiction of their wedding day.  Meaning that this painting shows multiple scenes throughout the day knit into one piece.  Some notable scenes included in this painting are:

The Ceremony

Ceremony Excerpt from Jeremy and Eric's Wedding Painting, 30x40", painted by Patricia Bennett

Details include the musicians from Philadelphia, the chicken house and horses in the background, and their speaker, Carole Radziwell, in 6 inch heels on grass.  

It was raining and a tent had been erected over the ceremony space in preparation, so I arrived a day early and set up my easel on the edge of the tent to capture the view, then added Jeremy and Eric and the musicians and flowers from photos I took during their ceremony.  The tent was left out of the painting.

Guests Walking from the Main House to the Reception Tent 

Pre-Reception Excerpt from Jeremy and Eric's Wedding Painting, 30x40", painted by Patricia Bennett

Details include the acrobats, the champagne lady, individual guests, Jeremy and Eric with their vintage vehicle pre-ceremony.

The First Dance and Cake Cutting and Speeches

First Dance Excerpt from Jeremy and Eric's Wedding Painting, 30x40", painted by Patricia Bennett

Details include their first dance, family speeches, ladies on stilts with wings, the cake cutting, and Pippa their dog (Pippa was not actually there).

The Horah

Horah Excerpt from Jeremy and Eric's Wedding Painting, 30x40", painted by Patricia Bennett

The Tent Lit at Night under the Moon

Lit Tent Excerpt from Jeremy and Eric's Wedding Painting, 30x40", painted by Patricia Bennett

Details include the live event painter from behind.  

It is a challenge to comprehend this painting spatially because it is impossible.  The ceremony and view there is behind the Main House, and the reception tent was in front of the Main House, and inside the tent my view was the opposite direction.  The lit tent was seen from the house.  But it all works compositionally.  

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The Process:

Fortunately I live nearby, and the event planner is really wonderful and helpful, Kate Taylor, and I have painted at Oakdene many times, so I was able to visit the location a week in advance and learn the layout of the event.  Just based on my imagination, I did this sketch and showed it to the grooms before their wedding to get approval for my vision. 

pre-event sketch of Jeremy and Eric's Wedding Painting

Then I arrived a few days before the wedding and painted the background.  This was challenging because a giant tent was erected over the ceremony space the day before, blocking the view, and it was drizzling.  The father of the groom wisely counseled me to set up under the tent, near the front of it, so I did and it worked great.

Start of Jeremy and Eric's Wedding Painting, 30x40", painted by Patricia Bennett

Start of Jeremy and Eric's Wedding Painting under the Ceremony Tent

The painting as it was before the guests arrived in the reception tent:

Painting before guests arrived in the reception tent

Painting on view the next day at the Greenspring Valley Hunt Club Post Wedding Brunch

  

Hay-Adams Hotel Wedding and Reception Painting

On October 20, 2018, I was hired to paint a special wedding on the top floor of the Hay-Adams Hotel, located facing the White House in Washington D.C.

24x36", Wedding and Reception at the Hay-Adams Hotel, painted by Patricia Bennett

 Before I arrived I asked the Bride what she wanted captured in the painting, and she especially wanted the night view of the White House.

Live Painting at the Hay-Adams Hotel with View of White House, by Patricia Bennett

Since I arrive several hours before the wedding starts, I saw the day view, but painted it as if it was already dark.

I painted the ceremony and then the sun went down, and painted the reception for the rest of the evening, including their first dance.

Guests admired the stunning view all night.

Congratulations to the Bride and Groom!  

View of the White House from the Hay-Adams Hotel, photo by Patricia Bennett

First set-up by Patricia Bennett to get the view of the White House at the Hay-Adams Hotel

Hay-Adams Hotel hanging up candles for the Wedding that evening, photo by Patricia Bennett

Beginning of the Wedding Painting at the Hay-Adams Hotel of a night scene featuring the White House

Ceremony Musicians finding themselves in the Wedding Painting, photo by Patricia Bennett

Glowing White House at dusk, view from the Hay-Adams Hotel, photo by Patricia Bennett

Hay-Adams Hotel: https://www.hayadams.com/
address: 800 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20006

Park Savoy Wedding Reception Live Painting

Park Savoy Wedding Reception Painting, November 19, 2016, painted by Patricia Bennett

Congratulations to the Bride and Groom and to their families!

The Park Savoy is https://www.theparksavoy.com/ located in Florham Park, New Jersey.

First Dance Painting

First Dance in New Jersey, 24x24", painted by Patricia Bennett

A romantic first dance.  Congratulations to the lovely couple.

I was hired by a good friend of the Groom's father to paint this as a present to the couple.

Me and my client met at Starbucks and perused the thousand photos on the photographer's website.  We decided to use a design based on Live Artist Katherine Gressel's Paintings: the first dance centered, their cake on the left, and family members depicted behind them.

Using the thousand photos as reference and with the client's guidance, I painted in the parents of the bride and groom, their respective siblings, and a few bridesmaids and groomsmen.  The florals on the right are from the Chuppah, I thought that was a nice touch.  And the Groom had to have checkered socks.

This took a few weeks to complete.  The couple can use the image for cards if they wish, or even a coffee mug.