ART THAT CAPTURES THE MOMENT
“I create original artwork as your celebration unfolds. From weddings to festivals and curated gatherings, I paint in real time, capturing likeness, atmosphere, and movement with a calm and confident presence. Each event becomes a living collection of images that preserve the feeling of the day.” — Carol McQuaid
make YOUR love STORY a work of art.
Watercolour portraits painted in real time with your celebration gathered into a keepsake sketchbook. Your family, wedding party and guests will be forevermore captured in the moment you brought them all together.
Carol is available throughout British Columbia and other destination locations can be arranged. Wedding dates typically book several months in advance, especially during peak season.
Early inquiry is recommended to secure your date.
LIVE WEDDING PAINTING.
Live painting at your wedding brings an interactive, artistic element to your celebration.
Select packages also transform the artwork into a curated wedding sketchbook, designed and delivered after your celebration.
Packages are available starting at $300 per hour* and can be customized from there. Create a meaningful memory of your special day.
* See packages & pricing for full details.
COMMISSIONED PAINTINGS FOR YOU, OR AS A GIFT.
Commissioned art is a great option that allows you to direct the outcome of your piece, and incorporate elements unique or special to you, or the recipient of your gift. Unlike live painting, commissioned custom art is more involved and for a single unique piece of art. This can be done live in person, or from a treasured photograph.
Commissioning a custom artwork is the perfect gift idea! There is something so incredibly personal about a gift that represents someone you care about. Commission Carol to paint a canvas painting for your friends birthdays, an anniversary, family holidays, favourite pets, the birth of a child, or other celebrations.
LIVE PAINTING PACKAGES & PRICING
WEDDINGS
You choose the images you want captured in the moment of your celebration. Live Guest Portraits. Illustrated Wedding Sketchbook as a memoir and keepsake.
Live painting FOR WEDDINGS & engagement parties
LIVE EVENT PORTRAITS
Planning an event to showcase your product or service. Holding a fundraiser? Live painting can be a way to engage your guests and clients and provide memorable touchpoints with your brand.
BRAND LAUNCHES, CORPORATE EVENTS, FUNDRAISERS
NEW BABY, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ANNIVERSARIES, REUNIONSLIFE’S CELEBRATIONS
You choose the images you want captured in the moment of your celebration. Live Guest Portraits. Illustrated Wedding Sketchbook as a memoir and keepsake.
EXPLORE CREATIVE OPTIONS FOR BUSINESS & CORPORATE EVENTS.
Live guest portraits bring an interactive, artistic element to your celebration.Each painting is created in expressive watercolour and gifted to your guests during the event. Select packages also transform the artwork into a curated wedding sketchbook, designed and delivered after your celebration. Live painting is priced at $300 per hour.
Packages build from that foundation. Let’s create something meaningful together.
BRAND & PRODUCT ACTIVATIONS.
Where brand creativity meets clarity, and vision meets art.
When you believe in doing things differently—with intention, with passion, and with creativity and expression at the center of it all. Every product launch becomes a masterpiece and the takeaway by your guests reflects that mindset.
Every person at the event is touched by the interactive fun of seeing the paintings come to life as they enjoy the scene. Each guest can take home a memory that lasts and connects your brand in a unique way.
live MURAL painting & LARGE FORMAT art
Here, creativity meets opportunity. Commissioning mural art involves site-specific painting, typically priced by size, time to complete, or per hour, depending on complexity. The process usually can take anywhere from 3–12 week timeline for planning and execution, and a contract defining design, scope, and usage rights.
Whatever you're building, we're here to help you make it more fun, creative and inspiring. We bring creativity and expertise to your project design.
Working under the name The Illustrated Vagabond, Carol has documented more than eighty countries across seven continents through watercolour sketchbooks and relief prints. While travelling the world teaching aboard cruise ships, she has captured places and people live in the moment.
This incredible experience combined with her unique talent has evolved into beautifully illustrated books and finished works that tell stories and preserve memories.
Carol is now available for live event painting and illustration to capture your life’s most precious moments — works of art to be cherished forever.
CAROL MCQUAID
ARTIST | EDUCATOR | AUTHOR
BRING MORE ART INTO YOUR LIFE.
ARE YOU ARE INSPIRED & ART CURIOUS?
Explore ways to expand your artistic horizons.
Teaching allows me to share the tools and perspective that shape my own practice. Whether aboard a ship, through structured online tutorials, or in person workshops, my approach remains the same and I’d love to share this practise with you.
Slow down. Observe carefully. Translate what you see.