ABOUT THE ARTIST

Libby Rule

--that's me! I'm a painter residing in Kansas City, MO. I'm a classically trained artist with a BFA from Missouri State University (go bears!), and I've been painting portraiture since I was 15, and drawing faces in my sketchbook as long as I can remember.

I started wedding painting in June 2021 at a friend's wedding, and boy did it snowball from there! Since then I've painted in 19 states (and I dabble internationally), at well over 100 weddings.

Every day I am so silly grateful that I get to capture the commitment of couples to one another on canvas. I get hear to hear the story of how a relationship began, grew, and evolved into something amazing. I get to meet incredible people from all across the globe. I'm so lucky to be present for these moments-- and even luckier to be given the opportunity to paint them.

Fun facts:

I have worked at Cartoon Network!

I was in a year-long flagship internship with them called the Empowerpuff program with 4 other talented artists! I got to go to the studios and was actually in the same room, voice of Spongebob! We drank from the same coffee pot.

Mark Hamill has seen my work

Circa 2020 Twitter, my friend shared a star wars piece I had created, and Mark responded "For Libby" with a gif of sparkling hearts. I'll never get over it.

I have a sweet cat named Pancake who my friends have lovingly christened "The Prince of Chaos" or simply, "The Cake." He often likes to try to help me paint and regularly appears on my instagram feed.