Italian Wedding Painter is Martin, a painter and illustrator with almost twenty years of experience, working live at weddings across Italy and internationally.

He paints in oil on canvas during the celebration and also produces watercolour sketches for guests to take home. His style draws on classical Italian art and on the landscapes and architecture around him, which gives the finished pieces a timeless, romantic quality and roots them firmly in where the wedding took place. The point he makes, fairly, is that this is art rather than entertainment: original compositions, proper technique, made to last.

We love him for couples who want a serious painting of their wedding, and keepsakes for guests alongside it.

Good to know: Martin's live paintings work well as a surprise, so they're a popular gift from one partner to the other.