Live wedding painting · Nepal

Your wedding,
while it’s still
happening.

Live wedding painting is what it sounds like: I arrive before the ceremony begins and set up my easel right at the venue. Then the day takes over, the rituals, the music, the light, the people you love filling the space around you. I paint through all of it. By the bidaai, when the last of the rituals is done and the goodbyes begin, the canvas is finished. Not a photograph of what happened. A painting of what it felt like.

Gideon Sagar painting live at a wedding

Painted through the whole ceremony

From the janti at the gate to the swayambar, the saat phera around the sacred fire, and the sindoor that makes it final, the canvas holds your day as it truly felt: the red sari, the pote and tilhari, the diyo light, and every face that came to bless you.

A gathering place for your guests

Your easel turns into its own little mela. Between the bhoj and the baja, relatives and friends keep drifting back to watch the painting grow brushstroke by brushstroke, as much a part of the celebration as the dancing.

Finished before the janti leaves

By the time the last guests head home, the painting is complete and signed, ready to travel back with you that very same night, still warm from the day it was made.

Yours to keep, for generations

Varnished, signed, and ready to hang. Years from now it is the painting your children and grandchildren point to, the one that carries your pheras, your people, and your whole day into the family's story.

Booking Process

From the first message to the finished painting.

1

The first conversation

You reach out through Instagram and tell me your date and a little about the day, the venue, rituals, and the moments that matter most. We'll confirm the venue, canvas size, and any details you'd like in the painting.

2

Date reserved

Once confirmed, your date is held on my calendar. Because every painting is made live and by hand, I only take a limited number of weddings each season, so earlier is always better.

3
On the day

Wedding day

I arrive early to set up and begin painting as the celebration unfolds around me. Guests watch the canvas come to life while I capture the colour, movement, and emotion in real time.

4
Same day

The reveal

The painting is finished and signed before the night ends. The canvas turns around, the room erupts, everyone crowds in for a closer look, and it goes home with you the same evening it was made.

Recent live paintings

Some of the days
I’ve stood in.

A small selection from the past two seasons. The full archive lives in the gallery.

Artist presenting painting to couple during ceremony
Artist and guest looking at painting in progress
Artist at work, wedding reception
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FAQ

Sizes, pricing & everything else.

Full pricing, travel, timings and the questions I’m asked most, all answered on one page.

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