✨Live Wedding Painting

As an award-winning artist known for hyperrealistic oil painting, I focus on capturing not just how your wedding looked, but how it truly felt.

Each painting requires a deep level of attention and time, which means I intentionally take on a limited number of weddings each year. This allows me to honour every couple with the care and craftsmanship their story deserves.

Signature live wedding oil portrait being created by Sydney-based artist Mina.
Intensive brushwork in a live wedding oil painting by Sydney's award-winning artist Mina.
Award-winning artist Mina creating a live wedding oil painting at a Sydney luxury venue.
Professional live oil painting process by award-winning artist Mina in a Sydney ballroom.

✨What is Live Wedding Painting and How It Works

Live wedding painting is a truly one of a kind way to preserve your wedding day. Unlike photography, an oil painting holds depth, texture, and presence that cannot be replicated or copied, making each piece entirely unique. Created with the highest quality materials, the artwork is designed to retain its richness and colour for generations, becoming a meaningful heirloom that can be passed down within your family.

On the day, I begin by capturing reference photos of your chosen scene, then paint on-site during your reception as the atmosphere and moments naturally unfold. Guests are able to witness the process, adding an engaging and memorable element to your celebration. By the end of the evening, the painting is complete around 70%, after the reveal I take it back to my studio to refine the finer details, varnish, and frame the piece. Your finished painting is then carefully prepared and delivered to your home within approximately 6 to 16 weeks.

Your Questions, Answered

  • Oil paint needs at least 2 weeks to dry, followed by varnishing and framing. The full process usually takes 6–16 weeks.

  • I complete the final details in my studio, then Vanishing and Framing then carefully package and personally deliver the finished painting to you.

  • Yes! Custom compositions are possible. Since the layout and size depend on the number of people and the scene, each request is unique. Please send an inquiry so we can discuss your vision.

  • Absolutely! I’m happy to travel anywhere in Australia and Worldwide Travel costs will be added separately.

  • The main difference comes down to canvas size, which naturally influences how much detail I can include. Larger canvases give me much more space to capture finer textures, lifelike expressions, and the overall atmosphere of your day.

  • Of course! I’d love to include your loved ones—furry friends too. Just note that there’s a fee for each additional person or pet added to the painting.

  • Yes. I offer commission (non-live) oil paintings, including wedding paintings and family portraits. Sizes are fully customisable, and pricing varies depending on the size, number of subjects, and level of detail. Please get in touch via enquiry for a personalised quote.

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Painted Live • Captured in Oil • Brushstroke Memories • Timeless Art • Real Moments • Heartfelt Keepsake • Cherished Forever • Treasured Memories • Heirloom for Generations • Precious Moments • Unique Story • Timeless Treasure • Forever Remembered

Painted Live • Captured in Oil • Brushstroke Memories • Timeless Art • Real Moments • Heartfelt Keepsake • Cherished Forever • Treasured Memories • Heirloom for Generations • Precious Moments • Unique Story • Timeless Treasure • Forever Remembered

✨Packages

live wedding oil painting of bride and groom under arche by award winning fine artist Mina Lee

Classic Package

+Tasmanian Oak Floating Frame

Thoughtfully designed for couples who value simplicity and elegance, the Classic Package offers a beautiful live painting that captures the essence of your ceremony or reception with emotional depth and refined detail. This package is ideal for those seeking a meaningful artwork that tells your story in a timeless and heart

Canvas size 24"x 30"

(61 x 76 x 5cm )

$4,900 (Inc. GST)

Inclusions:

  • Tasmanian Oak Floating Frame

  • Up to 6 hours of live painting

  • Best Quality Linen Canvas

  • Professional grade Oil Paints

  • Up to 80 hours additional studio work

  • Free delivery up to 50km from Western Sydney

  • Delivery of painting within 6 - 16 weeks 

  • Lifetime Guarantee of Retouching

hyperrealism3-time award winner Mina painting a live oil masterpiece at a premier Sydney wedding.

Gallery Package

+Tasmanian Oak Floating Frame

The Gallery Package is perfect for couples who want to elevate their wedding keepsake into a striking visual centrepiece. With more space for detail and ambiance, this package allows for a fuller scene—capturing more guests, surroundings, or special moments from your day. It’s a wonderful balance between sophistication and expressive storytelling on canvas, making it a favourite for art-loving couples.

Canvas size 30" x 30"

(76 x 76 x 5cm)

$5,900 (Inc. GST)

Inclusions:

  • Up to 8 hours of live painting

  • Best Quality Belgium Linen Canvas

  • Tasmanian Oak Floating Frame 

  • Professional grade Oil paints

  • Up to 100 hours additional studio work

  • Free delivery up to 50km from Western Sydney 

  • Delivery of painting within 6 - 16 weeks

  • Lifetime Guarantee of retouching

Indian wedding colourful and vivid hyperrealism Professional live oil painting process by award-winning artist Mina in a Sydney ballroom.

Premium Package

+Tasmanian Oak Floating Frame

The Premium Package is the ultimate choice for couples who want their love story captured in its full, breathtaking glory. This is more than just a Painting. It’s an heirloom, a centrepiece, and a deeply personal tribute to one of the most meaningful days of your life.

With a generous canvas, I’m able to weave in not only the two of you at the heart of the moment, but also the atmosphere that surrounds you and your guests, your venue, the light, the joy, the laughter. Every brushstroke is intentional, layered with emotion, and guided by the unique energy of your celebration.

canvas size 30" x 40"

(76 x102 x 5cm)

$7,000 (Inc. GST)

Inclusions:

  • Up to 8 hours of live painting

  • Premium Belgium Linen Canvas

  • Tasmanian Oak Floating Frame 

  • Professional grade Oil paints

  • Up to 120 hours additional studio work

  • Free Delivery up to 50km from Western Sydney

  • Delivery of painting within 6 - 16 weeks

  • Lifetime Guarantee of RetouchingPremium Package

✨About Mina Lee

self portrait oil painting by art award winner Mina Lee

Where It All Began

In my 20s, I travelled across the world with a quiet sense of emptiness, constantly searching for something I could not name. During that journey, I met my husband in Darwin, Australia. Deeply fall in love and soon after we married, and I became a mother. Life had changed quickly, but behind the joy I found myself slipping into a Postnatal Depression.

One ordinary afternoon, the house was in its usual mass, and after finally settling my 2boys down for a nap, I collapsed onto the couch in complete exhaustion. Something sudden and overwhelming rose inside me, an unexplainable urge ‘I gotta draw!’

I grab paper and a pencil and began drawing almost instinctively. When my husband came home that evening, I still remember the surprised looks on his face.

From that day on, I gathered every spare minutes I could find, any small fragment of time, I drew.

Since that day I never stopped.

Pencil drawings became colour pencil drawings and I finally settled on oil painting.

What I had been searching for across the world was not outside of me. It had always been within me. Through painting, I rediscovered my sense of presence and purpose.

Each brushstroke became proof that I was still here, still creating, still alive.

Art is not just what I do. Art literally saved me. It is my lifeline.

Today, as a fine artist based in Sydney. I work across both live wedding painting and fine art. While my studio practice allows me to explore deeper narratives and atmosphere through oil painting, live wedding painting brings me into real moments filled with emotion and connection. Whether in the studio or at a wedding, my goal is the same, to transform meaningful moments into timeless artworks that can be treasured for generations.

Quote about life experiences by Mina Lee, in collaboration with Artit, on a plain white background.
hyper-realism pencil drawing portrait of my son Lincoln
this is the starting point of where everything began
Quote about discovering art within oneself, attributed to Mina Lee x Artit.
art award winner mina lee's personal story and interview on artit
sydney award winning fine artist wedding painter Mina Lee applied wynne prize with her landscape painting
Blacktown art award early career winner mina lee receiving prize on the stage
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✨Portfolio

✨Art Awards


Ravenswood Woman’s Art Prize - Finalist 2025


Fisher’s Ghost Art Award - Finalist 2024


Paddington Art Prize - Finalist 2024


Hornsby Art Prize - Finalist 2024


Lane Cove Art Award - Finalist 2024



Blacktown Art Prize - ✨Winner - People’s Choice 2024

Muswellbrook Art Prize - Finalist 2024


Blacktown Art Prize - ✨Winner - Early Career Artist 2023


Fisher’s Ghost Art Award - Finalist 2023


Ravenswood Woman’s Art Prize - Finalist 2023


Blacktown Art Prize - ✨Winner - Local Artist 2023