Live Painting

Bring original art into your event. Caleb Wassell paints live in front of your guests, and the finished painting is yours to keep.

At your event

Caleb Wassell sets up at your event and paints as it unfolds while your guests watch it come together.

A one-of-a-kind keepsake

You keep the finished original: a painting of the day itself.

Any kind of gathering

Celebrations, fundraisers, and community events.

Recent work

Women of the Olive Grove, Jerusalem, painting by Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi: women in embroidered dresses, one carrying a clay jar, walk through olive trees toward Jerusalem’s Old City and the Dome of the Rock in Palestine.
Women of the Olive Grove, Jerusalem
Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi
Palestinian Woman of the Olive Grove, Milwaukee, painting by Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi: a woman in an embroidered thobe carries a basket on her head through olive trees in Palestine, with the Milwaukee skyline and Lake Michigan behind her.
Woman of the Olive Grove, Milwaukee
Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi
Siti's Embrace, painting by Caleb Wassell: an elderly grandmother in a white headscarf embracing her daughter and granddaughter, a smiling child.
Siti’s Embrace
Kobar, painting by Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi: sheep grazing among olive trees and stone walls in rolling hills in Palestine.
Kobar
Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi
Barakah, painting by Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi: Palestinian still life of an olive oil bottle, olive branches, a keffiyeh, and a key on a table.
Barakah
Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi
Cuba es Fidel, painting by Caleb Wassell: a woman carries a newspaper-collage sign of Fidel Castro through a crowded march with Cuban flags on May Day
Cuba es Fidel
Dome at Sunset, painting by Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi: the Dome of the Rock under a sunset sky, framed by trees in Jerusalem, Palestine.
Dome at Sunset
Caleb Wassell and Abid Shalabi
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How it works

  1. Send an inquiry with your event date, location, and idea.
  2. Caleb Wassell replies with availability and a quote.
  3. A deposit reserves your date.
  4. Caleb Wassell paints live at your event, and you keep the original.

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Live Painting Inquiry

See Caleb Wassell paint live: watch clips on Instagram and TikTok: @calebw_art.

Original Art

Every painting is made by Caleb Wassell in Chicago.

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Fine art prints, shirts, and hoodies featuring his work.

Commissions

Live event painting, murals, and custom pieces.