live wedding artist

Live wedding artists who create lifelong impressions with an impressionist style, we hope to gift each couple with a deeply personal experience that blends our commitment to artistry with your intimate and enduring story. Founded in Colorado, at home in Texas and throughout the world.

A personal heirloom.

An event you will not soon forget.

Cutting edge.

Soft captures.

Our greatest hope is to be a vessel through which each bride and groom will feel not only seen, but also known.

We’ve learned that painting has an ability to capture the true essence of something, whether it be an experience, a relationship, or even just a single person. It’s a medium through which you can discover the feeling of being known, experiencing self-discovery and intimacy through every brush stroke.




PHILOSOPHY

THE LIVE WEDDING ARTIST

LIVE PAINTER IN COLORADO

MEET JENNIE LOU

Holding a fine art degree with an Impressionist style stemming from 19th-century Parisian artists, like Monet

Originally from Austin, Texas, Jennie’s inherent nature is to create community — often hosting friends at her home. She sees art, too, as a form of kinship or hospitality, not expressing her own tastes, but pairing pure colors with the stories of others. She founded Jennie Lou Art to use art as a form of hospitality and now feels grateful to have a team of artists with the same commitment to artistry and professionalism.


After more than a decade, live event painting is still no job — this is an illuminating passion and something I get to share with the world around me. I feel so alive every time I paint, and so fully myself. It is a rare experience for people to feel that known in their work.

This was not always the case, though. I began with a bachelor’s degree in fine art from Baylor University, where I first wrestled with my identity and style as an artist. With my degree in hand and a strong desire to serve, I took on a teaching role in South Carolina for Teach For America. This challenging experience taught me the power of enduring faith. After teaching for two years, I made the bold decision to move to Colorado where my career and a sense of Grace found me.

It was there that an expectant brush stroke, and the discovery of my impressionistic style, revealed an overwhelming sense of peace.

Friends and family began buying my artwork, and in 2013, everything shifted when a friend asked me to paint her botanical garden wedding. The rest is history. 

I did not find my calling — 

it found me.

MEET THE TEAM

Blending a commitment to artistic expression with a love for connection.




To understand the artist is to understand the art.

In contrast to the typical style of a solitary artist, our most meaningful work is not crafted in studios. It is shaped — with the utmost passion and emotion — stroke by stroke at live events. Guests are not only drawn to our work, but they are drawn to the calming tone that we bring, and the feeling that they are a part of something. While guests peek over our shoulders in awe, we too join their wonder as art is created in front of our very eyes.




The JLA Collective

THE CANVAS OF MY LIFE

Family. Wandering Around Museums.

Faith. Seeing My Daughters Paint.

Travel. Witnessing Beauty Manifested in the World. Claude

Entrepreneurship. Hosting

in Our Home.

Monet.

Friends

There is nothing better than
inspiring profound joy with art.

We use artwork to bring a compelling sense of contentment to others. We are driven to share this experience, and give to the world around me. To see tears of joy as a result of our wedding paintings is a tremendous gift.

"She has an uncanny ability to turn a precious moment into a piece of art in a way which no

— Ellie & Jack | Chicago, Illinois


photo, album, nor video could ever capture."

The painting is exactly what I wanted 

— Shelbie & RJ | Beaumont, Texas

and having a live painter was the “talk” of the whole wedding!"

I hired Jennie Lou to do a live painting as a surprise. It is hanging in their new house and everyone who sees it

— Randee | Father of the Bride


greatly admires it."

I cannot put into words how happy I am with our beautiful painting!

— McBride & Madison | Dallas, Texas


Live Wedding Artists

Who Will Not Brush You Off

Infusing emotions and evoking memories with your personal story captured on canvas.

See the paintings