As of 2023 I am now offering my services as a live wedding painter and I couldn't be more excited!  
 
Why should you hire me?
 
First of all, I love happy occasions! That being said, I have an MFA in Painting from the NY Academy of Art in New York City and have been painting for over 30 years. I attended Virginia Tech for undergrad & received a BA in Liberal Arts w/focuses in Art History, English, & Studio Art.  I am a professional painter, not a hobbyist painter. In addition, I am a Loudoun County native and my family's roots go back many generations in Virginia. 

But what sets me apart from other wedding painters is that I work in oil paint. I work in acrylics if the event is indoors, which is what most wedding painters work in, but even with that, I handle the paint in the same way I do with oil paint. My goal as your wedding painter is to capture the "energy of the moment." Much like the impressionist painters who worked en plein air (painting outdoors), they were all about capturing the light and the color and the feeling. If you look back on those paintings now, they feel as if they could have been painted today. That is because they captured the energy of the moment. You have already hired a wedding photographer; let me capture your day in a different way; something you will treasure forever and pass down as a family heirloom.

Warmest wishes,

Karen
Karen Mahan Art LLC