Nocturne 2009 at Gio Restaurant, inside the Prince George Hotel. Two panel live painting of the night within eight hours.

Easter Sunday Brunch at the Prince George Hotel. Single panel completed in four hours as people selected brunch items for the feast.

Painted live between the hours of 10:30am and 3pm on location. I set up my easel and paints at the Prince George Hotel on Sunday. I painted a canvas that was 100×80 cm in size (nearly 3×4 feet). I attempted to draw upon a lot of Spring colours to produce this work, with hints of primary colours to add contrast to the hungry figures mingling around the room. I wore a pink and green dress and 4 inch heels. Painting this event proved to be a challenge because people did not tend to stay around at any spot in the room for longer than a few seconds, before they moved into the banquet room to visit more buffet tables and take more exquisite food. I captured the placement of the chef serving food at the far end of the hall, and the children’s candy table which was only a few feet from my easel. The far wall of the hall had numerous buffet stations. The display of the easter candies, large over-sized bunnies and origami birds and eggs hanging from a tree sculpture. Everything was aesthetically perfect. I had my fill of the brunch after completing the painting. The food was amazing to the taste as well as to the eyes. I can testify to you now that brunch at the Prince George Hotel on Sundays is well worth the money, if you’re considering it. Put this on your must-try list, if you want to know why it’s the best brunch in town.

View a high res version of this piece here.

Some lucky brunch attendee got this as a prize, out of the 250 people who were there.

The last time I painted at the Prince George Hotel, it was to live paint Nocturne 2009 at Gio Restaurant (which is located inside the Prince George, in downtown Halifax.) I had a fantastic experience painting for that event as well, and was glad to be invited to return.

Below is a photo gallery from when I live painted at Gio Restaurant for Nocturne 2009. Gio is located inside the Prince George Hotel. Both the restaurant and hotel itself have an extremely arts-friendly atmosphere.

Nocturne was phenomenal! I am very happy that I took part this year. I was a live painter at Gio Restaurant. Situated right by the window, people passing by outside could easily look in and see me as I was painting.

I created a two panel piece. Each panel was around 32″x39″, and I worked on the pieces between 4pm and midnight that Saturday evening. The time just flew by! I would definitely enjoy painting at this venue again. [Note: I'm grateful I got the opportunity to return for Easter months later!]

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