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Atelier Mikal · Studio practice
Small paintings,
quietly held.
Mikayela Liburd paints loose, intimate portraits on paper — keepsakes from a wedding day, a couple, a face worth remembering.
About the artist
Mikayela Liburd
Mikayela works primarily in watercolour and gouache on paper. Her practice is small in scale and quiet in tone — gestural figures, soft edges, the feeling of an afternoon caught before it passes.
Trained in observation, she paints with restraint. The work is less about likeness than about the moment a face is held with care.
Atelier Mikal is her studio practice: paper paintings for weddings, and commissioned portraits for those who want something hand-made to keep.
portrait of the artist
Wedding paintings
A keepsake, painted by hand.
Each wedding piece is painted on heavy paper, roughly the size of a postcard. Loose, unhurried, gentle on detail — the kind of painting you can frame on a hallway wall and pass without thinking, then catch sight of one morning and stop.
- Subject. The couple, or an individual portrait — painted from your own photographs.
- Medium. Watercolour and gouache on archival paper.
- Scale. Small format, postcard-sized. Larger papers by request.
- Delivery. Hand-finished, signed, and shipped flat in a protective sleeve.
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Commissions
A painting made for you.
Sketch & sign-off
A small preliminary sketch comes back to you for thoughts before the painting begins.
Painted, signed, sent
The finished piece is signed on the reverse and shipped flat, ready to frame.
Lead time is typically four to six weeks. Pricing is shared on enquiry and depends on size and number of figures.
Selected work
Gallery
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More work on Instagram — @mikayela.solomons.
Get in touch
Begin a conversation.
For weddings, commissions, or simply to say hello — write directly. Mikayela reads every note.