An accountant who painted a terrible portrait of his wife as a wedding gift has unexpectedly been inundated with dozens of art commissions from around the world. Jamie Matthias, 41, started the side hustle off by accident and his wife Kate thought the portrait was so funny she posted it on social media.
Image Credit: Metro [Jamie Lee Matthias with his paintings at his home in Stoke, Staffordshire. January 14 2025. A dad has gone viral for painting a 'terrible' portrait of his wife for a wedding gift - and now his fans pay him to badly paint them. Jamie Matthias has had over 60 orders for his abstract childish paintings since going live and charges from ??25 per piece. The dad-of-three internet sensation, from Alasger, Stoke-on-Trent, attracted followers after his wife Kate, 39, uploaded the portrait of the couple from their wedding day in May 2024. James, 41, presented his wife Kate with the funny portrait during his speech, which he says was payback for her teasing him about his art skills. His social media pages now boast over 1,800 followers in just a week and fans all over the UK are flocking for a piece of the personalised artwork. Since sharing his work online, James has had 68 orders in just 12 days for the works which take up to two hours to complete.]
But it suddenly received a lot of attention after people started commenting, liking and sharing the post. People are now desperate for Jamie to create funny versions of themselves, so much so that he now juggles the job with accounting. The dad-of-three, from Alsager, Staffordshire, said: ‘I actually don’t mean to paint badly and I’m doing my best to recreate the photos I get sent but it’s just the way they turn out.
Image Credit: Metro [Paintings by Jamie Lee Matthias at his home in Stoke, Staffordshire - Pictured is the wedding portrait gifted to his wife. January 14 2025. A dad has gone viral for painting a 'terrible' portrait of his wife for a wedding gift - and now his fans pay him to badly paint them. Jamie Matthias has had over 60 orders for his abstract childish paintings since going live and charges from ??25 per piece. The dad-of-three internet sensation, from Alasger, Stoke-on-Trent, attracted followers after his wife Kate, 39, uploaded the portrait of the couple from their wedding day in May 2024. James, 41, presented his wife Kate with the funny portrait during his speech, which he says was payback for her teasing him about his art skills. His social media pages now boast over 1,800 followers in just a week and fans all over the UK are flocking for a piece of the personalised artwork. Since sharing his work online, James has had 68 orders in just 12 days for the works which take up to two hours to complete.]
‘I try and create an alternate universe where proportions have no meaning. I’ve painted for years but I had no idea they were so bad until people started telling me. ‘Kate was making a comment about how bad mine were and I said I would paint one for our wedding day, as a joke.
Image Credit: Metro [Paintings by Jamie Lee Matthias at his home in Stoke, Staffordshire. January 14 2025. A dad has gone viral for painting a 'terrible' portrait of his wife for a wedding gift - and now his fans pay him to badly paint them. Jamie Matthias has had over 60 orders for his abstract childish paintings since going live and charges from ??25 per piece. The dad-of-three internet sensation, from Alasger, Stoke-on-Trent, attracted followers after his wife Kate, 39, uploaded the portrait of the couple from their wedding day in May 2024. James, 41, presented his wife Kate with the funny portrait during his speech, which he says was payback for her teasing him about his art skills. His social media pages now boast over 1,800 followers in just a week and fans all over the UK are flocking for a piece of the personalised artwork. Since sharing his work online, James has had 68 orders in just 12 days for the works which take up to two hours to complete.]
‘It was brought out by the kids during my wedding speech and everyone loved it, it was hysterical.’. Jamie added that he has been left stunned by the online reception. He said: ‘We’ve got orders all over England, Scotland, Wales and even Northern Ireland, people all over the country.
‘We’re at 71 orders now, and we put it up on January 2. ‘We joke Kate is head of financial distribution and her bridesmaid Kate is head of marketing. ‘It seems to be getting a lot of noise on social media, we’ve got just over of 1,800 followers.’.
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