Boston Wedding Painter - Devin Tormey

The wait is over, 2025 recap is HERE!!! 🎨💕 Endlessly thankful for all of my amazing couples and clients who trust me to be a creative part of their big days. This year brought so many wonderful experiences and I am so glad to have met some of the kindest people yet on my journey. Still working to finish up the last 11 of this year’s pieces in the studio and plan to have them all done before 2026’s busy season begins at the end of April. I am so excited about these works and can’t wait to continue putting my heart into each brushstroke until they’re all complete. 🤍✨🎨 #devintormeyart

2024 was an evolutionary year for me in many ways. Let’s start off by stating the obvious: ✨It’s a big ol task to bring 32 unique visions to life. ✏️It’s an even bigger task to do that while learning how to improve the administrative side of the biz. Oh, and then throw grad school into the mix plus a few snowboarding trips and adventures along the way… I’d say this year challenged me. I dealt with time management at every corner, a constant need to improve, and an integral need to be in nature whenever possible to get out and enjoy the beauty in life. It was hard to find balance, but I didn’t stop trying. Even when things became heavy, and I wasn’t sure where to begin.. I used the resources available to me + within me to try to find peace and flow. (Thanks therapy, and yoga, and nature walks) 🌲 And each time I struggled the same theme came back to mind… 💡“Just start” Even if it’s just setting up a palette, or opening up a laptop, or sitting down in-front of the easel. The most important step is to show up, and just start. I learned how small actions snowball into bigger accomplishments, and I’m really thankful to keep growing and learning one step at a time. Honestly, I’m SO excited for this year. ✨ 2025 will bring 25 beautiful events, an MBA degree (finally!), commissioned paintings, more adventures, new trips (getting out of the country for the first time!) and so much more. I’m thankful for the opportunity to continue to learn and improve, and I hope everyone can take small steps grow and flourish this year. Trust me, the small steps add up..🌿🌞 #devintormeyart #bostonweddingpainter

My top 10 achievements from this year :) ⬇️ 10. Painted live during 34 total events🎨 9. Survived a triple-wedding-weekend in July✨ 8. Launched my website, entirely self-designed👩🏼‍💻 7. Felt a whole lotta joy 6. Moved to a new apartment + set up new studio📦 5. Reached the halfway point of my MBA degree👩‍🎓 4. Spread quite a bit of joy 3. Featured on CBS Boston News live broadcast🗞️ 2. Traveled to 5 States to live paint MA,NH,ME,RI,CT🧳 1. DID WHAT I LOVE FOR A LIVING! Every year I’m going to pinch myself until one day I wake up from this dream come true. Thank you to everyone who has been apart of my journey in 2023. I am endlessly grateful for the people I paint for, and cannot wait to continue spreading creativity and happiness in 2024 🎨🥂 #devintormeyart

Two recent live wedding paintings in the sunshine 🌞 Taylor + Matthew 22x28” 🌊Samoset Resort @samosetresort Alice + Mike 18x24” 🏛️Grandview @grandviewmendon #devintormeyart

Get ready for a wedding with me! 🎨👗 This was a semi-chaotic experience (mainly due to getting paint all over myself) but it was really fun to film what it’s like getting ready for your big days! Not pictured but I also have an extensive checklist that I hold near and dear to my heart that ensures I don’t forget anything :) Also, I forgot to film packing up my supply crate and car, plus my hair and makeup process lol, maybe next time!! This day I started getting ready at 9am and I got home from the wedding at 12:30am! Gotta love a long but rewarding day. Hope you enjoy! #devintormeyart

Me when I remember photo dumps are always an option: Here’s little bits of my life over the past few months! Love the wintertime but I’m soooo excited for spring right around the corner ❄️🌼🌷🌿 💭What do you do to stay busy in the wintertime? Any hobbies I should add to my collection? :) #devintormeyart

Gabriella + Stefano at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston MA - June 2025 - 18x24” I’ve been wanting to post about this wedding since the day I painted it. It felt like a dream come true to paint in this historic ballroom. The gilded age details throughout the moment were so enjoyable to recreate on canvas. Add in the decor thoughtfully chosen by our lovely couple, and of course the sweet pose of the two at the center brings the whole composition together. I truly miss seeing this one in my studio. ✨🤍⚜️💍💕 Wonderful vendor team that made this day beautiful: Coordinator: @livcharronevents Venue: @fairmontcopley Photographer: @zhaunfrias Videographer: @jonnyhavens (🎥Credit for 2nd slide video montage!) Florist: @boathouseblooms DJ: @firstclassweddings Hair: @rhodeislandweddinghair Makeup: @beautybynelse Signage/Day-of Stationery: @britbarrydesign Content Creator: @alwaysmorecc Live Painter: @devintormeyart Harpist: @mollymccaffreyharp Photobooth: @jjpixphotobooth Ice Luge: @brooklineicecompany The newlyweds: @gabriellatiarufo + @stefanorufo92 ✨ #devintormeyart

I think it’s about time I posted a few paintings from the past year :) Gotta show some love to the wonderful couples I’ve worked with and their visions that came to life on canvas! a handful of 2024 + 2025 paintings included. Full portfolio linked in my bio! #devintormeyart

🌿Proof of life post, I’m still here I promise!! The month of November has been a necessary transitional period for my business, and for me.. (the one running the business👋🏻) 🎨I finished up my last wedding of the year, finished up the final June wedding touchups, and have moved on to prepping those for delivery while transitioning to July’s touchups. 🍂But I’m also decompressing from the hustle of my busiest wedding season — and honestly, the busiest season of my life, yet. 👩🏼‍🎓I challenged myself to complete my MBA degree this summer, balancing my small biz management with my studies and school workload. It was daunting, but I accomplished what I set out to do and earned my degree Summa Cum Laude. But then, before I could have a moment to breathe, I jumped straight back into the painting workload. I didn’t feel like reflecting on my accomplishment because my mind had already moved on to the next responsibility. Hear me out… 🩵As a business owner, my primary concern is satisfying my clients. I’ve continued to pour my heart, skill, and time into each wedding painting I’ve created this year. ✨The heart of what I do is admiring your beautiful moments and creating a visual representation of them on canvas, so you can look back on your journey, hopefully finding purpose, joy, and creativity within your life’s most important moments. I know that’s why I do what I do, and why I absolutely love what I do. Your stories are so beautiful and worth commemorating! 🧠But I’ve realized during this month of decompression that taking intentional time to reflect and feel a sense of accomplishment is essential to reconnecting with my purpose and ensuring my mental health stays intact to be able to move forward towards success. So thank you to my amazing couples for your patience and understanding as I navigate work/life balance, put my heart into your paintings, while ensuring I leave enough space for myself to thrive as well. 💕 I’m grateful everyday for the opportunity to create, to celebrate your joy, and to reflect on how I can be a better person for myself, my friends, family, and clients. Thanks for reading this far, I appreciate you! :) <3 -dev

Slowly but surely putting the finishing touches on your 2025’s wedding paintings! 🖼️ Did you know all of my canvas packages come with a set number of studio hours? 16x20” : up to 12 hrs (size discontinued 7.25) 18x24” : up to 18hrs 22x28” : up to 24 hours 24x36” : up to 30 hours! Not every piece needs the max #. of hours, though. Outdoor scenes typically take less hours (lots of swishy organic brustrokes) vs. Indoor scenes typically take more hours (think more focused, calculated brustrokes) Luckily with wedding paintings, there’s usually a mix of both elements in every painting (for example: florals 💐 and structure 🏛️) I love working through your pieces and reliving the joy of your day while putting the final touches on your works, so I’m off to go do that!! Have a lovely Wednesday afternoon :) #devintormeyart This work: M+S 16x20” 4/12hrs of revision (in this stage)

Let the quarter life crisis begin… #25 ✨🌿💐🥳 I’m thankful for all of the people that made this year worthwhile. Friends, family, and the most amazing clients. I love celebrating alongside you all, and every year it’s a blessing to look back at all of the people I’ve met and the events I’ve experienced. I am so grateful :) Things I did at 24: -Graduated with my MBA! (Finally) -Entered my fourth season of live painting and being self employed -Painted a whole bunch of lovely weddings :) -Started experimenting with guest portraits! -Went out of the country for the first time ever with my pals (Iceland was amazing) -Got my first concussion (i survived woo hoo) -Got diagnosed with ADHD (also surviving but wow I really should have known) -Hiked and biked and walked and swam and was in nature as much as possible Things I hope for 25: -Health and happiness -Art school… perhaps… 🎨 -More hiking and traveling! -Take new dance classes -Actually learn guitar theory (instead of just picking up the guitar every 6 months) -Finally learn how to make sourdough -Continue to grow and try to be the best person I can be for my friends, family, clients, and for myself!! I wish everyone a lovely week and a happy September :) 🩵 #devintormeyart New Brand pics courtesy of the lovely: @solsearchphotography (I need to post more soon they’re SO fun!!)

Found this video in my drafts from 2024! Funny how life still looks the same, beautiful paintings, wildlife, and nature. 🎨🐇🌿 So grateful for all of my past couples and my future ones that I haven’t met yet. I’m still working hard and finding balance in this unique business ownership / student role, and I appreciate everyone who’s invested into my craft and my story alongside me. I love to learn, grow, see, adventure, and paint for you all, and I hope to continue to for years to come :) ———original caption below from 2024——— Some sunshine, wedding paintings, and bunnies for your Thursday morning ✨🌞🎨🌿🐰 I absolutely love finishing a painting and bringing it outside to photograph. I don’t have ideal natural lighting in my studio, so the outdoors are the best place to showcase these paintings in all their colorful glory! 9 times out of 10 there’s bunnies around.. so they deserve some love too. I just think they’re so cute. 🫶🏻 #devintormeyart #weddingpainter