While acrylic paintings are known for their durability and flexibility, they still benefit from thoughtful handling and maintenance. I often provide a care guide with my paintings, but I wanted to create a more in-depth resource for clients who want to understand why certain care recommendations matter and how to best protect their artwork for years to come.

The artists I studied in Florence weren't simply documenting the world around them, but also selecting the moments that felt the most pertinent to them to memorialize forever. They were making choices about what mattered most. That's exactly what I do when creating a live wedding painting.

Whether you're planning a wedding in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo, Athens, or anywhere else in Ohio, here are five artists I confidently recommend whenever I can't take on a project myself.

To the brides and grooms who are searching for that perfect wedding present: this is for you. There are very few moments in life where we get the opportunity to give someone we love a gift that says, “I see how fleeting this moment is… and I wanted to help us keep it forever." A live wedding painting is one of those gifts. Not because it is trendy, or because it photographs beautifully for Instagram. They aren't even perfect gifts because they double as luxury wedding enterta