Sometimes the most magical wedding moments happen before anyone else arrives. Just me, an empty church, and a groom playing piano in perfect acoustics - a private concert before his big day. But how did I end up here? It all started with some meatballs at a local fundraiser just a week earlier...

This is the story of how a chance meeting at Tastes of the Valley, a stunning stained glass cross, and yes, a poorly timed colonoscopy, came together to create one of my most memorable live wedding paintings yet.