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| McClelland-Miller Wedding (detail; click to view full image) November 3, 2012 |
This was my first trip to Texas. When I called my wife after
checking into the hotel, she said I already had an accent. Texas can grow on
you that quickly.
Since nothing is small in Texas, this was one of the largest
weddings I’ve done, with nearly 500 guests. The soaring, white pavilion at the
Fort Worth Zoo was the site of both the wedding and the reception. After a
faith-filled service with a gospel choir, guests adjourned to an adjacent
pavilion for cocktails while the main space was transformed from chapel to
magnificent dining hall. Both spaces were filled with thousands of roses and
hydrangea, punctuated with phalaenopsis.
A band of extraordinary vocal force and suave instrumentality
played as the guests came in and found their seats. But the flower girl and
ring bearer, twin toddlers belonging to the brides’ brother, found the dance
floor first.
As I never know how long children will last at a party, I
didn’t waste any time painting them. They appear just to the right of the
bride, playing on the stairs to the bridal party’s raised dining stage.
This was a dancing crowd, and the lounge end of the party
accommodated enormous participation. White leather couches flanked the dance
floor, with the most Texan of all possible coffee tables: diamond plate aluminum truck bed tool boxes. As the spectrum lighting changed the room from
purple to magenta and back again, the tool boxes shone like mirrors.
The tall, elegant bride and her all-American groom are seen here
surrounded by their friends on the dance floor. The gracious, tuxedoed father
of the bride gives his toast.
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