The Venetian in Garfield Live Wedding Painting

One of the most popular wedding venues in NJ right now is the Venetian in Garfield, NJ. They recently renovated their palazzo ballroom, and its just stunning. The room has a very high ceiling and can be uplit in various colors, really adding to the feeling of a reception. There are massive crystal chandeliers, and the whole room has a very regal and Italian feel.

For this wedding the ceiling was lit with shades of pink and purple, and the dancefloor was soaked in green and yellow from the gel lights above. The Cake was atleast 5 feet tall, so sitting on the table in the ballroom it towered over guests, and was a true centerpiece for the party. In the painting I captured the bride and groom's frist dance, as well as the bride's parents, the grooms parents, and all four of the bride's  grandparents. What a lucky girl to have all four grandparents there to celebrate
 
 The centerpieces are tall glass vases with hydrangeas, ranunculas, roses and orchids dripping from the top in shades of white, cream, pale yellow, with accents of lavendar. There were smaller arangements of white tulips and purple lavendar in next to the taller arrangement. I personally love the look of different heights of flowers all on one table. There were also very modern crystal candlesticks all around the floral displays that truly illuminated each table.

The reception was actually so large (400 guests) that many of them never noticed me in the corner painting. Needless to say, when the groom presented the painting to the bride (it was his wedding gift to her ) guests were stunned and the bride cried. She told me later she managed to hold it together and not cry durring the ceremony, their first dance, or the father-daughter dance; buther new husband surprising her with the live event painting blew her mind and she couldn't hold back the tears of Joy!

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