I am a live event digital painter based in San Francisco and am available to perform worldwide. I draw live iPad portraits and scenes, using the very latest in state-of-the-art digital paint technology, such as the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, blended with traditional artistic hand-eye coordination. For examples see website. My live event painting is dynamic and engaging live interactive art-tech entertainment that adds that unique cutting-edge "Wow!!" factor to your special event!
I also offer online Virtual Draw-Along interactive experiences for groups via Zoom.
Jeremy was fantastic. He showed up on time, knew exactly how all the various tech devices worked, and did a great job painting and interacting with the guests. Would definitely hire him again.
Jeremy was wonderful to work with and showed up early to set up and make sure he was ready. All the guests who were able to have their portrait done absolutely loved Jeremy's work and personality. Jeremy went the extra mile to dress up to be "on theme" for the event and incorporated our invitation art and logo onto the portraits, they were amazing. Highly recommend Jeremy for any and all events and excited to have him back for a future event!
We hired Jeremy for a tradeshow in San Francisco and he was very flexible to do whatever we wanted. We had him split between doing digital portraits and traditionally painting 2 canvases and it all worked out well. He had all his equipment, was very friendly to our colleagues and provided some quality giveaways for all the attendees. Would definitely hire again in the future!
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We loved having Jeremy paint our event live!!! He captured the spirit of it beautifully and we are framing a print of his work of the event on a wall at Google. He was engaging, friendly and a natural entertainer! Highly recommend him.
Response from Jeremy Sutton Live Event Painting:
Dawn, thank you so much for your kind words! It was truly such a pleasure to work with you and your team! I appreciated your warm hospitality and look forward to working with you again in the future. I am so glad you love the painting and hope you and your team are enjoying the artwork on your walls. Warm regards, Jeremy
It was such an honor having Jeremy at our event! Jeremy's talent is unsurpassed only by his humble demeanor. A hit at the party, what a find!! A real genuine treat of San Francisco!! Thank you Jeremy!!
Response from Jeremy Sutton Live Event Painting:
Hi Hanna,
Thank YOU and your fabulous colleagues and guests for all being such a pleasure to work with! I loved creating portraits for your party and was honored to add that extra special creative tech-art entertainment to the experience.
Thanks for playing "Beyond the Sea" which inspired moving from the digital canvas to the dance floor!!
I look forward to working with you again. Happy holidays!
Jeremy
A fun and interactive presentation. Jeremy is just as remarkable with his personality as he is with his art.
A true gem!!
Hi had the chance to hire Jeremy to perform on 56 occasions for the VIP guests attending the Cirque du Soleil Totem show in San Francisco (2012). Audiences were delighted and captivated by the beauty of the works and Jeremy's live painting performance. The performances were a perfect fit for the VIP experience that included a private decorated tent, music, catering and drinks. I would definitely recommend Jeremy to add value to your event in a unique and creative way. The language of art is and will always be a common denominator.
Response from Jeremy Sutton Live Event Painting:
Working with Cirque du Soleil was an experience like none other. The entire Cirque family, from the crew to management to the performing artistes, were amazingly warm and talented and wonderful to work with. It was an honor to entertain their VIP guests with the magic of digital paint. You can see some of the artworks I created in their Tapis Rouge tent at this url: http://jeremysutton.com/totem/
I worked with Jeremy for Toronto's Scotiabank Nuit Blanche , we flew him to create digital artwork that was displayed on a 100 foot LED wall. He created amazing pieces of art of Toronto and landmarks. He is amazing to work with, so gracious and accommodating. I will definitely call upon Jeremy again if I need a digital artist.
Response from Jeremy Sutton Live Event Painting:
Mary,
It was such a pleasure working with you and the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche crew! I put up video, photos and artworks from the event at this url:
http://jeremysutton.com/nuit-blanche-2014
Painting on the 100 foot LED panels was amazing and dramatic. Can't wait to work with you again!
Kind regards,
Jeremy
Jeremy is a very talented and gifted artist. It was a pleasure to have him paint at our wedding in Napa Valley. He captured exactly what my husband and I envisioned for our wedding painting. He exceeded our expectations. The final product was AMAZING! Jeremy was truly a highlight and my guests still rave about him. Highly recommend.
Response from Jeremy Sutton Live Event Painting:
Lisa, congratulations again to you and Alessandro!
It was such a pleasure to paint at your wedding and create the wedding portrait for you (http://jeremysutton.com/lisa-and-alessandro). I am so glad you and your guests enjoyed my live art performance and that you and Alessandro love the final portrait.
With warmest regards,
Jeremy
Jeremy was a terrific addition to a large event we hosted last summer. He did a digital painting for audiences but really took the time to speak with people watching and show them his process. He was very engaged with the crowd and the other artists we had participating in the event. He was flexible with our requests and very easy to work with--accommodating, creative, and dynamic. Jeremy was a wonderful addition to our event!
Response from Jeremy Sutton Live Event Painting:
Katy, you and your colleagues at the Smithsonian American Art Museum were such a pleasure to work with! Thank you!
It was an honor to be part of your "America Now! Innovation in Art" event. I've included video from the event on my web site at http://jeremysutton.com/smithsonian-2015. I loved seeing the expression on people's faces as they watched the painting unfold. So many of them came up to me and were fascinated by the way I using digital technology as my painting medium. I look forward to working with the Smithsonian Institute again in the future.
By coincidence, James Smithson, whose estate helped establish the Smithsonian Institute, was an alumnus of my alma mater, Pembroke College, Oxford University (he attended in 1782).
Jeremy was great to work with and guests were amazed by his work!
Jeremy was a wonderful addition to our large corporate event. Adding something like this brings a new element into the event that your guests wouldn't have seen before. I highly recommend as the guests were all very happy!
Extremely amazing job for our seminar. Was very entertaining and exquisite work. Very well received by the clients and we would most definitely have him entertain again in the future.
Response from Jeremy Sutton Live Event Painting:
It was such a pleasure working with Rhonda and her colleagues at their seminar. I created live iPad portraits of their guests. For each portrait a JPEG file of the finished portrait and a QuickTime movie of the portrait replay were placed onto a Star Wars themed thumb drive, to fit in with the Star Wars theme of the event. The guests then took the thumb drives home with them as a unique momento of the event.
Price Range: Contact For Rates
Gig Length: 30 - 340 minutes
Languages: English, Dutch
Insurance: $1,000,000 - The Hartford - General Liability
I create live digital murals at special events, off-sites and team-building events, both in-person (I am vaccinated against COVID-19) and virtually.
I am a London-born artist, based in San Francisco. I've been drawing for over four decades and painting with digital media for twenty five years. I have an MA (Oxon) degree in Physics from Oxford University where I also studied life drawing, print-making and sculpture at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, continuing my art studies at the Vrije Academie in the Hague, the Netherlands. I'm the author of six books on digital painting and have performed live digital painting for many hundreds of clients over the last two decades, including Apple, Google, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, United Nations, CISCO, Cirque du Soleil, Smithsonian Museum, Sony, Virgin Atlantic Airlines, Corel, Creative Artists Agency, DreamWorks, IDG, the de Young and Legion of Honor Museums (San Francisco), The Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose), Bill Graham Presents, Warner Bros., Wacom, Lucas Films, Xerox, Jack Morton Worldwide and TED Conferences. I created live digital paintings for the Cirque du Soleil TOTEM show in San Francisco; at the opening of the "David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition" in the de Young Museum, San Francisco; in the Nuit Blanche Festival, Toronto; at the largest custom car show in the world, SEMA 2014, Las Vegas; and was the featured iPad artist performing live at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s "America Now! Innovation in Art" 2015 event in Washington DC.
For in-person painting an approximately 4' x 8' area is needed, with regular electrical outlet. For San Francisco Bay Area gigs I bring all equipment, including tall chair and a large HDMI screen. For virtual I prepare everything needed and have a Gigabit Zoom studio with 4K webcam, professional lighting, top quality audio and green screen.
| June 22, 2021 • 11:00am - 2:00pm | Corporate Event |
| October 17, 2019 • 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Birthday Party |
| December 08, 2018 • 8:30pm - 10:00pm | Corporate Event |
| October 13, 2018 • 11:00am - 4:00pm | Corporate Event |
| December 12, 2017 • 2:00pm - 4:30pm | Corporate Event |
| October 03, 2017 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Corporate Event |
| December 16, 2016 • 2:30pm - 5:30pm | Holiday Party (Christmas) |
| August 29, 2016 • 7:00pm - 7:45pm | Cocktail Party |
My artistic influences include Henri Matisse and LeRoy Nieman - I am naturally drawn to the bold fauvist colors that Matisse pioneered in his early works. As a performer I was impressed with the energy and enthusiasm of the late great live action artist Denny Dent. I had the pleasure to meet both LeRoy Nieman and Denny Dent.
Regular electrical outlet, two tall chairs, large HDMI display, plus, optionally, Wifi and stage.
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