Wedding Anniversary Gifts
A wedding anniversary gift they’ll keep forever
Flowers fade in a week. A painting hangs on your wall for the rest of your lives together — hand-painted, ready to hang, delivered free Australia-wide.
The traditional wedding anniversary gift, done beautifully
Anniversary gift ideas
Anniversary gifts for him, and for her
Anniversary gifts for him. Men are famously hard to buy for, largely because the usual answers — watches, wallets, whisky — either get used up or put in a drawer. A painting does neither. If he has a study, an office or a garage, something with weight tends to land: a Turner seascape, a Caravaggio, the harbour or coastline he grew up on. And if he would never buy art for himself, that is precisely the argument for giving it to him.
Anniversary gifts for her. Klimt’s The Kiss is the obvious romantic choice and it earns the reputation — two figures wrapped in gold, and no card required to explain it. Beyond that, the strongest gifts are usually specific rather than generic: Monet’s water lilies if she has ever talked about Giverny, or a hand-painted view of the city you were married in.
And for the two of you. A portrait from your wedding photograph is the only anniversary gift on this page that is about both of you rather than one of you. Send us the photo — even an old or faded one — and our artists hand-paint it in oils. You pay a 20% deposit to start, approve the finished painting before the balance, and unlimited revisions are included.
The gift that gets better every year
An anniversary gift should say we’re still building something. That’s why art works so well: it becomes part of the home you share. For a first wedding anniversary, the traditional gift is paper — a canvas art print of the city where you met or the artwork from your wedding venue is paper with a story. For the big milestones, a hand-painted masterpiece in a gold frame marks the occasion the way jewellery never quite can.
Your wedding day, on canvas
A custom hand-painted portrait from your favourite wedding photo — painted by professional artists, approved by you before it ships. The anniversary gift nobody else can give.
Start your portrait →Wedding anniversary questions, answered
What do you buy for a wedding anniversary?
Traditionally it depends on the year — paper for the first, wood for the fifth, china for the twentieth, silver for the twenty-fifth, ruby for the fortieth and gold for the fiftieth. Art answers nearly all of them, because a print is paper, a frame can be timber, silver or gold, and the painting itself outlasts every one of the objects on the traditional list.
What is a good wedding anniversary gift for him?
Something he would never buy himself but will look at every day. A hand-painted seascape, a masterpiece he has mentioned once, or a painting of a place that means something to the two of you. Art avoids the usual trap with gifts for men, which is that they get consumed or stored rather than kept.
What is the traditional first anniversary gift?
Paper — which makes an art print the perfect answer: romantic, personal, and it hangs on the wall instead of sitting in a drawer. Modern lists say clocks; we’d still pick the print.
Can you really paint from our wedding photo?
Yes — our artists hand-paint portraits from photos in oils, including older or imperfect photos. You pay a 20% deposit to begin and approve the finished artwork before the rest is charged.
How long does a hand-painted anniversary gift take?
Hand-painting takes time, so order ahead of the date where you can. If the anniversary is close, a gift card is emailed instantly and lets you choose the painting together afterwards.
What if I’m not sure what they’d choose?
A Direct Art gift card lets you decide together — it’s emailed instantly, never expires, and choosing the painting becomes part of the anniversary itself.