:: A unique Maine wedding idea, perfect for your wedding reception! Entertainment for your wedding guests and lovely treasured keepsakes…this could also be a fantastic gift choice for a vintage wedding theme. :: ~audra
A video of Maine wedding silhouette artist, Ruth Monsell, demonstrating how she cuts live silhouettes.
profession/specialty:“professional portrait artist with over 25 years of experience in silhouette cutting”
why weddings: “recapture a piece of the past”
describe your style: “Simple, traditional, yet full of charm”
bio: Ruth Monsell
“Ruth Monsell, a member of the Portrait Society of America, was always drawing as a child, which led to numerous art awards from the age of eight through high school. She went on to study art and art history in college, both in the U.S. and England. She continued her painting education in New York, Connecticut, and Maine. More recently she has studied portraiture with Daniel Greene. She has also been an artist-in-residence at dozens of schools, and worked live at art shows since 1980. She has taught portraiture and painting both privately and at the Round Top Center for the Arts.
Her work as a silhouettist was featured in 2005 on Maine’s major Portland TV network, WGME. She has cut silhouettes at diverse venues throughout New England including the Maine Historical Society in Portland and the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland.”
