Top Ten thats not bad...out of all the WEDDING PAINTERS of the world! Some honors sneak up on you. This is one of them. I was recently named #8 on Feedspot's Top 45 Live Wedding Painter Influencers list for 2026 — a worldwide ranking of the live wedding painters making the biggest impact on Instagram right now. Out of an entire global field of working live wedding painters, landing in the top ten still feels a little unreal to say out loud. What This List Actually Measures Feedspot's...

Some of the most meaningful pieces I've ever painted never made it into a press release or a feature article. They just quietly lived in the spaces they were made for, seen by thousands of fans who probably never knew who painted them. This is the story behind two of those pieces — and why, even without the spotlight, they mean as much to me as anything I've ever done. The Corner Office: Painting a Tribute to Mr. Benson In 2018, the Saints opened the Corner Office Specialty Cocktails &...

People often ask me where my love of color and culture comes from. The honest answer is simple: it comes from home. I was born and raised in Gentilly, a neighborhood that shaped how I see this city long before I ever picked up a paintbrush. A Neighborhood Built on Higher Ground Gentilly sits on one of the highest ridges in New Orleans, a natural rise in the land that traces all the way back to an ancient course of the Mississippi River. The name itself is a corruption of "Chantilly," a nod to...