Welcome to Creativo Studios, a St. Louis based visual arts collaborative, specializing in fine art, design, illustration, print media, and the recently flourishing craft of Live Wedding Painting. We encourage you to browse our online studio to see samples of a wide selection of personalized creative gifts.
Live Wedding Painting is an experience unlike anything else! An artist captures the emotions, passion, and beauty of a couple on their special day in a manner that is especially unique to them.
Rendered live during the ceremony or reception, Live Wedding Painting is sure to mesmerize all your family and friends as they witness the beauty of your love come to life in front of their eyes! Not only is it the marvel of the crowd, but it is our commitment that the magic of your big day is always alive in a work of fine art that will last your family a lifetime!
Questions? Inspired with ideas? Let’s collaborate and make a plan! We’d love to hear from you. We are just a text, call, or email away!
CREATIVO
Creativo Studios is a St. Louis-based collaborative serving the greater St. Louis area, Missouri, all 50 states, and internationally. The idea was hatched between local artists, Jodi Kolpakov and Greg Miller. The two have collaborated together for over a decade serving the public of St. Louis, and nationally online. Between the skills for fine art, illustration, print media, and caricature the two decided to put their brains and brushes together to form a unique artistic experience to expand in order to meet the needs of the growing demand for quality art.
WEDDING PAINTING
Live Wedding Painting is an experience unlike anything else! An artist captures the emotions, passion, and beauty of a couple on their special day in a manner that is especially unique to them. Rendered live during the ceremony or reception, Live Wedding Painting is sure to mesmerize all your family and friends as they witness the beauty of your love come to life in front of their eyes! Not only is it the marvel of the crowd, but it is our commitment that the magic of your big day is always alive in a work of fine art that will last your family a lifetime!
ARTISTS
Gregory V. Miller
Greg was making art since the time he could pick up a crayon. Trained by his childhood friend’s father, a professional artist now deceased, Greg learned the craft as second nature. Growing up, he was the ‘art kid’ in school. A clear talent, it was obvious that he went on to pursue Art & Design as a major at Missouri State University. He immersed himself around artists for a time in Brooklyn, New York, and was trained in illustration by Richmond Illustrations. Greg is heavily influenced by impressionist and post-impressionist painters and seeks to make each and every wedding painting more than a mere commission, but a masterpiece of fine art to be cherished by his clients who he builds lasting relationships with.
Jodi Kolpakov
Jodi has been drawing ever since she could remember. She is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to making: from painting to illustration, to design, and even to caricatures. She has a BFA in Graphic Design at Webster University and an MFA in Illustration at Washington University and currently teaches art courses at Jefferson College. Coming from a large family, Jodi attended many weddings growing up, where she fell in love with all of the little details. After her undergrad, she began working in the wedding industry and continues to do so for six years now through many different fun projects. Whether it is through painting, designing, or drawing, Jodi wants to ensure that each couple’s dreams come true on their special day!
EXPERIENCE
A Journey to Remember
Live Wedding Painting is a journey at the intersection of a couple’s love and their imagination. Everyone has a unique romantic experience with their partner. It is our job to enrich that romantic experience by rendering it into a one-of-a-kind work of art. While love is said to be a feeling, we make it a vision to be shared.
At Creativo Studios we have taken the growing new field of Live Wedding Painting and elevated all the numerous aspects of what makes a couple unique. We deeply consider how special your love is to you, and recognize that you deserve the very best intentional, creativity, and skill to be put into your artwork. Just for you, we have perfected a method that no other artist in the field uses, to make your painting a masterpiece!
We endeavor to make your experience with us a journey. We aspire to not only learn about you but that you may learn more about yourselves as we develop a dialogue. Our role as artists is to help see in you, what you may need a third-person point of view to see in yourself. As professionally trained wedding painters, you may think of us as a mirror to see the radiant reflection of the beauty your love shows to the world. Read through our steps below to see how the journey works!
INVESTMENT
Courtesy of the Artist
All live commissions come with special services to help enhance your experience. Creativo Studios is happy to provide you with the following:
Luxurious Artist Setup
We take pride in contributing to making your wedding environment a fitting aesthetic scene. Our desks are accompanied by a table cloth of your choice of color, complete with lighting designed to enhance the painting, while not distracting from the rest of your venue. We proudly display your story, written in a poetic sentiment, and framed on our desk for your friends and family to read.
Painting Based Content
As part of every package, you will receive one 12×16” poster of your painting as well as a PDF file for thank you cards or any other use of your choice. Yes, we do printing too! Available upon special request, we can print thank you cards, complete with all details, and mail them.
PACKAGES
designed to cater to your tastes, expectations, and budget.
Wine + Chocolates
Our most simplified package sets the mood for your wedding experience as it focuses exclusively on you, the couple. This may be done as a traditional portrait, or a full figure juxtaposed to accentuate body language and/or dancing.
- Includes:
- One 90-minute in-person meetup with the artist
- A total of 60 minutes of phone/zoom discussion
- Personality inventory
- Customized color scheme to match your relationship dynamic and/or wedding theme
- Body Language/pose customized to capture you as a couple
- One sample painting
- 22" x 28" acrylic painting on canvas
- Personalized sentiment telling your story available on the artist's desk during the wedding
The Pearls & Lace Package
Our Pearls & Lace package helps intertwine the romance of the wedding couple and a location special to them with a simple background. For example, this could be the wedding venue itself, a first date location, or a place special in their hearts. This may be done as a traditional portrait or a full-figure painting.
- Includes:
- One 90-minute in-person meetup with the artist
- A total of 60 minutes of phone/zoom discussion
- Personality inventory
- Customized pose and basic background of the couple's choosing
- One sample painting
- 22" x 28" acrylic painting on canvas
- Up to one hour of additional studio time after the wedding
- Personalized sentiment telling your story is available on the artist's desk during the wedding
Golden
The Golden Package brings a romantic vision a little more to life. This full-figure painting renders a detailed background into a reality complete with up to ten gestural background figures. The enhanced details will make your painting dance as it comes alive!
- Includes:
- One 90-minute in-person meetup with the artist
- A total of 90 minutes of phone/zoom discussion
- Personality Inventory
- Customized pose and detailed background of the couple's choosing
- Up to 10 gestural figures
- Enhanced detail
- 22" x 28" acrylic painting on canvas
- Up to one hour of additional studio time after the wedding
- Personalized sentiment telling your story is available on the artist's desk during the wedding
Diamond
The Golden Package brings a romantic vision a little more to life. This full-figure painting renders a detailed background into a reality complete with up to ten gestural background figures. The enhanced details will make your painting dance as it comes alive!
- Includes:
- One 90-minute in-person meetup with the artist
- A total of 90 minutes of phone/zoom discussion
- Personality Inventory
- Customized pose and detailed background of the couple's choosing
- Up to 10 gestural figures
- Enhanced detail
- 22" x 28" acrylic painting on canvas
- Up to one hour of additional studio time after the wedding
- Personalized sentiment telling your story is available on the artist's desk during the wedding
SERVICES
offer many other specialized services to
help enhance your wedding experience.
Our Other Specialized Services
IMAGES
See what our clients say about us!
Such a classy service to have during your ceremony! My extended family that came from out of state LOVED it and was really impressed. Jodi and Greg are so talented and we have an amazing piece of art to hang up on our house from our wedding day that is so unique. They are very professional and had fantastic responsiveness to all our questions. Highly recommend!
Jessica G
July 24, 2021 We had Creativo Studios do a live wedding painting for our wedding and I just had to share how personal it was. Greg and Jodi got to know us, our personality and interests, our wedding style, and taught us so much about the process that makes the painting even more special. And our guests loved watching!
Angela R
October 2, 2021 Exceed expectations! We loved that we got to be involved through the whole process from start to finish. All my friends were raving over how our painting looked at the reception. I would highly recommend if you are looking for a super unique wedding vendor!
Carolyn J
April 23, 2022Let's Connect!
We aren’t the masterpiece, you are! Creativo Studios would love to hear your story and what inspires you. Feel free to contact and follow our various forms of communication.
314.413.8409
Based in St. Louis, MO (contact us about travel)
creativostudiosart@gmail.com