Portfolio · Real weddings

Every wedding, painted live, told as a story.

Live wedding painting

From a moment to an heirloom

A quiet moment together at a stone doorway, captured in oils as the wedding celebration unfolded — from the first brushstrokes to the couple's reaction.

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The moment

The bride's flowing train, the bouquet of white flowers, and the light through the doorway became the heart of this painting. The photograph and wedding-day film show the moment that inspired the canvas.

Bride and groom together at the stone doorway, the moment depicted in their wedding painting
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At the easel

As the celebration continued, I worked at the easel, building the stonework, the windows and the couple's portraits in oils. These clips follow the brushwork and the painting taking shape around the guests.

Jacqueline Turner beside the wedding painting on her easel during the reception
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The reveal

The couple came over to see their painting together — a hand to the heart, a closer look, and a hug. Their first-dance clip holds another moment from the evening; the framed artwork brings the story home.

Original wedding oil painting of a bride and groom at the stone doorway, framed in a slim black gallery frame with a cream mat

The Vancouver Club · Vancouver, BC

Zack & Ryan

A live wedding painting created on site at The Vancouver Club, finished in oils while the celebration happened around the easel.

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The setting

Candlelit sconces, ornate mouldings and tall windows. I set up my easel in one of The Vancouver Club's historic rooms, so guests could drift over and watch between moments.

Jacqueline Turner painting live at The Vancouver Club wedding
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The painting comes alive

Layer by layer, the scene Zack and Ryan chose took shape in oils: sky, ivy and stone first, then the two of them standing together at the centre.

Live wedding painter with palette in window light
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The reveal

By the end of the night the canvas was finished: a one-of-a-kind keepsake of their wedding day, painted live in Vancouver.

Finished live wedding painting of Zack and Ryan
Jacqueline Turner with the finished wedding painting at The Vancouver Club

Paintings · Original oil on linen

The paintings, framed.

Your wedding could be the next story.