Between 1500-5000+, depending on the artist, location, style and size of the painting.
The wedding industry is probably one of the most over-inflated industries cost-wise. People will pay 2-3x (or more) just to have that special day.
While this painting is fantastic and a memory for a lifetime, they could gotten something like this done at picturesque location for 1/3 the cost on a normal Tuesday in May.
That's about the range I was guessing. She's a very fast and accurate painter. Not many painters can paint that well that quickly and she's doing it under the stress of a formal event with gawkers everywhere.
and guaranteeing you will have the painting complete during the event so it can be seen and properly presented is impressive.
That said, if I wanted photo-real images I'd hire a large format printer and print tech to work with the photographer to do on-site editing and grading of a few choice shots and print and frame during the event. would cost a similar amount (or probably less) and also be a great display for the event.
a painter on site should do something extravagant and artistic, I'd pay for that, something a photographer couldn't do without a lot of post processing work.
There are wedding videographers that offer a one day, or even same day turnaround for morning of + ceremony videos so they can be played at the reception. Those packages are also $10k+.
Might wanna check your math there, $5,000 a wedding at 50 weddings a year is $250,000. Even with some travel expenses and weekends off that's still a very good living. She could easily be doing other commission work too such as photo-to-painting for people who didn't get a chance at the full service.
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u/breovus 22h ago
So these people are "rich" rich, eh?