WeddingCakePortraits

A Wedding Cake Portrait for a
Fashion Designer

This painting is a synthesis developed after pouring over the many photos by photographer, Michael Shumann, that fashion designer and sewing teacher, Leana Lu shared with me to get her Wedding Cake Portrait started. She and her husband married in St. Petersburg at the Don Cesar Hotel in 2006; the salmon background a nod to the facade of the hotel. The chartreuse fabric draped behind the cake and pinned to the dark green fabric by the orchid bouquet is part of the bustle from Leana's dress. She designed, fabricated, and wore her own wedding dress, in those dramatically lush colors. The cake, created by Publix, is donned with lemons from Florida (Leana's home state) and topped with Double Happy (a nod to her husband's heritage), a symbol used often in Chinese weddings.

This tour de force was a labor of love over about eight months. I'm honored to have gotten to know the couple very well, and since our meeting, Leana and I have become friends.

Below are just a few shots of the very rudimentary beginnings of this oil painting.

"Savor your day forever.”

- Jennie Traill Schaeffer

Savor your sweetest wedding memory with an original Wedding Cake Portrait painted by award-winning artist, Jennie Traill Schaeffer of West Orange, New Jersey. Jennie masterfully translates wedding cakes, unique culinary works of art in their own right, into exquisite paintings that will become wedding heirlooms, forever preserving the richest memories of that special day.

Perfect for the couple who has everything; Wedding Cake Portraits have been given as artistic wedding, anniversary, and Christmas gifts. Treat yourself or surprise the couple with a truly delectable gift to cherish for years to come. Now you can eat your cake and have it, too!