Why a wedding painting?

Some places leave a mark on you.
The Isle of Skye is one of them.

Here, weddings don’t feel staged or fleeting — they unfold within ancient landscapes, under shifting skies, surrounded by mountains and sea that have held stories for centuries. A wedding painting is a way of honouring that moment. Not just what happened, but how it felt to stand there together, in that place, on that day.

I was born and raised on Skye, and its light, weather, and wildness have shaped how I see the world and how I paint it. For me, creating a wedding painting isn’t about reproducing a photograph — it’s about distilling atmosphere, emotion, and landscape into something lasting. An artwork that carries the memory forward long after the day itself has passed.

I work in fine art oils, using layered, expressive brushwork to capture both the drama of Skye’s landscapes and the quiet human moments within them. Whether I’m painting live as your day unfolds, or creating a studio piece from your photographs, each painting is made slowly and thoughtfully, with the intention that it will live on your walls for generations.

Before turning fully to painting, I spent over fifteen years working as a wedding photographer across Skye and the Highlands, documenting ceremonies, elopements, and celebrations in some of the island’s most remote and beautiful places. That experience taught me how to read a moment — the light, the weather, the emotion — and how quickly it can all change. Painting allows me to hold those fleeting elements still.

I work live at weddings throughout Skye, the Highlands, and the islands, or create studio paintings afterwards from your favourite images. However the work is made, the intention remains the same: to create a piece of art that feels rooted in Skye, shaped by its landscape, and worthy of the story you’re beginning together.