ISRAELI FINE ARTIST
Your Wedding Painted Live in Classical Oils
What is a live wedding painting?
I set up at your venue with my easel and oils. While you celebrate, I paint.
By the end of the night, your painting is already taking shape on canvas. I bring it back to my Tel Aviv studio to refine, varnish, and finish properly. What you get is an original oil painting—the same medium, same technique, same standards I use for galleries and museums.
This isn't event entertainment. It's a commission. You're hiring a fine artist to document your wedding the way artists have documented important moments for centuries. Slowly, deliberately, built to outlast everything else.
After everything, we still dance.
Jewish weddings right now mean something different than they did five years ago. After October 7th, after rising antisemitism, after all of it—choosing to celebrate, to build a Jewish family, to dance under the chuppah is an act of resilience.
I paint these celebrations because they matter. My gallery work explores Jewish trauma, displacement, and survival. Wedding paintings are the counterpoint—Jewish joy, continuity, and life-choosing in real time.
This isn't just a painting of your wedding. It's part of the longer story of Jewish visibility in art. A story we're still writing.
About Avraham
I'm a classically trained oil painter and fine artist based in Tel Aviv. My work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, and museums across Israel and the United States.
In 2022, I was a finalist for the Archibald Prize, Australia's most prestigious portrait competition.
My gallery practice explores Jewish identity, memory, and resilience through the lens of European classical realism. Live wedding paintings let me capture a different side of Jewish life—the joy and continuity that make our people endure.
I only take on a handful of wedding commissions each year. Each one is painted with the same care and technique as my gallery work: slow, deliberate, built to last generations.
See my gallery work on Instagram
“Avi Vofsi attended our nuptials and wove from our joy an enduring work of art. I cannot recommend him enough.”
★★★★★
Yitzi and Yael
“I’m literally speechless! 😶 It’s a masterpiece. Thank you to the incredible artist. Such a good decision to do this.”
★★★★★
Cindy and Eldad
"Now we have a centrepiece for our home, and it looks like us. Avi was able to capture our faces perfectly"
★★★★★
Rachel and Nadav
An Heirloom in the Making
Every Commission is Unique.
Each wedding painting is priced individually based on canvas size, materials, and studio time required.
During our consultation call, I'll create a custom quote for your specific vision.
Every commission includes:
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Certificate of authenticity
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Protective varnish and care instructions
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Pre-wedding consultation to plan your painting
Optional: Framing, fine art prints for family, custom thank-you cards
Let's talk about your wedding.
I only accept a handful of commissions each year to keep every painting personal and museum-quality.
Most couples book 3–6 months in advance. Dates fill up quickly during summer and holiday seasons.
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