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MIA LAING Artist.

Available Animal Art

mary-poppins-bert-cockatoos-oilpainting-mia-laing — Mary Poppins and Bert Cockatoos, oil painting by Mia Laing

Shnauzer dog oil painting by Australian artist Mia Laing — Shhh…Shnauzer dog oil painting by Australian artist Mia Laing

chocolate labrador dog, dressed as human, oilpainting by australian artist Mia Laing — Chocolate Labrador looking very suave in his lab coat. Oil painting By Australian artist, Mia laing

Bernese Mountain Dog oilpainting by West Australian artist Mia Laing — Sassy Lassie – Bernese Mountain Dog artwork by Mia Laing

Arctic Fox in winter clothes by Australian artist Mia Laing — Chill Out – Arctic Fox
by West Australian artist Mia Laing

Budgerigar Bird dressed up, australian wildlife, australian artist Mia Laing — Princess off to the Budgie Ball. Artwork by Australian artist Mia Laing

Koala showman, parody oilpainting, australian artist Mia Laing — The Other Greatest Showman – oil painting by Australian artist Mia Laing. A parody of Hugh Jackman, one of our greatest Australian icons…as is the Koala.

Hippie poodle oilpainting by australian artist Mia Laing — Flower power Poodle – getting his mojo on! A parody of Michael Jackson in his cute youth.

Elizabeth, Queen of the Corgi's oil painting by Mia Laing — Elizabeth, Queen of the Corgi’s oil painting by Mia Laing

Fierce But Fluffy - oil painting by Mia Laing — Fierce But Fluffy – oil painting by Mia Laing

Matron St Bernard - oil painting by Mia Laing — Matron St Bernard – oil painting by Mia Laing

Marilyn, Our beautiful Golden Girl. Oil on canvas by Mia Laing

Frida - oil painting by Mia Laing — Frida – oil painting by Mia Laing

20171029-oct17-290144-2 — Alaskan Malamute

20171029-oct17-290147 — Golden Retriever

pelican painting, mia laing, oilpainting 2017 — That Perfect place – oil on canvas 2017, Mia laing

Kookaburra – oil on board – Mia Laing 2017

meetthelocals.oilpainting.mialaing.2017 — ‘Meet The locals’ oil on canvas 2017, Mia Laing

copyright Mia Laing 2015 — ‘Rani’
oil on canvas – January 2015
20×24′

copyright Mia Laing 2014 — ‘Tessa’
oil on canvas – November 2014
10x10inches

copyright Mia Laing 2014 — ‘The Arrangement’
Oil on Canvas June 2014
30x40inches

Oil on canvas 2014 30x40' — Oil on canvas 2014
30×40′
“Furpreciation’

copyright Mia Laing 2014 — ‘Hippy Chick’
oil on canvas – 2014
20x20inch

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Finally it’s exhibition season...paintbrushes cr

Finally it’s exhibition season...paintbrushes crossed. These 4 will be on show at the125th Anniversary Exhibition for The West Australian Society of Arts, 5th -7th March at the Italian Club Fremantle. Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-5pm. Get in touch for further details. 😊

💙 Blue Fairy Wren. Such sweet little birds, wit

💙 Blue Fairy Wren. Such sweet little birds, with so much energy! It’s no wonder I splattered my paint! 💙

Here’s #8 of my Little Things Collection - finding joy, colour and a whole lot of happy in the ordinary little things in life.

Original oil paintings by Perth artist, Mia Laing.

Prices are for one week only, direct from Mia.

Australian postage included. Please PM for an international delivery.

‘All a Twitcher’ oil on canvas covered panel.
Unframed. (Needs framing which I can quote and organise for you.)
20x20cm

$280

First to comment Sold. Bank transfer to follow messaging of details.

Happy Weekend!
Original reference photo by @elizabethstarr187 💙💙

💁🏻‍♀️You would be amazed what a full t

💁🏻‍♀️You would be amazed what a full time, self employed artist does to keep their art business ticking along...other than the much needed hours it takes to actually paint! ⁣
Marketing takes the most time...getting eyes upon my art is excruciatingly time consuming. If I don’t get 👀👀👀, I don’t get sales. It’s that simple. ⁣
Each day involves some degree of art logistics...dropping off art to framers, galleries, clients, post office, emails, marketing, uploading to my web or archive system, photography, gessoing, varnishing, then to paint! ⁣
Yesterday I painted for 5 hours. Time like this gets carved out of the diary and guarded carefully. ⁣
And yes, there are a lot of staff meetings (with the dog) each day. Pep talks are my favorite! ⁣
‘Come on Mia, you can do this.’⁣
‘Just one more hour’⁣
‘Ignore that phone’⁣
‘Coffee?⁣
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So...if you follow an artist and like their work, please know there’s usually a huge amount going on in the background to bring it to your attention...please comment, share and support them any way you can! 🥳🥳🥳⁣
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Thank you for your part in my art journey💝

🍒❤️ There’s no better day to post this li

🍒❤️ There’s no better day to post this little painting...Happy Valentines Day...or Palantines or Galantines day! ❤️🍒

Here’s #7 of my Little Things Collection - finding joy, colour and a whole lot of happy in the ordinary little things in life.

Original oil paintings by Perth artist, Mia Laing.

Prices are for one week only, direct from Mia. This painting is unframed, but is ready to hang with a wire across its back. Varnished.

Australian postage included. Please PM for an international delivery.

‘Cherry Go Round’ oil on wood panel.
20cm

$250

First to comment Sold. Bank transfer to follow messaging of details.

Happy Weekend!
Mia x

Happy Valentines Day...Or Palantines or Galantines

Happy Valentines Day...Or Palantines or Galantines day! What ever is your fancy.❤️💛 I’m off for a long walk with my pal and fur gal. Enjoy!

Today I played. ⁣ ⁣ Experimenting should be an

Today I played. ⁣
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Experimenting should be an integral part of your arts practice. ⁣
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This is a sketch book page...with a difference. ⁣
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Wondering what the difference is? ⁣
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Looks like a sketch, has notes, observations, thoughts, splashes of spilt coffee 🥴 Oops.⁣
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...except it’s giant size. ⁣
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Yep. ⁣
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76x100cm Acrylic, pen and oil on canvas and will be listed on @bluethumbart when it’s dried a week or two. This is number #1 with more to come. ⁣
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Ha! Go big or go home...😆

Always lovely to make it onto the daily picks sect

Always lovely to make it onto the daily picks section on @bluethumbart! Thank you. 💙 This is a piece from a year or so back now and it surprises me it’s still around...sometimes it takes a while to find a forever home! Anyway, the link to my Bluethumb gallery is in my bio. Or just get in touch with me! 50x50cm oil on canvas.

I bet they are partying with those pesky missing s

I bet they are partying with those pesky missing socks...it’s a mystery, I tell you, a mystery. Tell me another complexity of life...🤔

Oh hello you gorgeous thing! ⁣ ⁣ Think I may b

Oh hello you gorgeous thing! ⁣
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Think I may be just a little in love with this new painting, fresh off the easel. ❤️⁣
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Is this taking art passion too far? Loving your own paintings? Never!! I see far too many artists hating on their own work and that saddens me. ⁣
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All that time, energy and dedication to learning your craft should, surely, end in a little spark of happiness? ⁣
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Be proud of what you create. And if it’s lousy...try and try again. Every brush mark should be a step in the right direction, or at least a lesson to be learnt! ⁣
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I’m happy with this one...and only about 6 colours used! ⁣Thank you @artspectrum.com.au for the perfect palette.
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Anyway, it needs a title my word sleuths out there! ⁣
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Reference photos...2 of mine, clipped together 😜⁣ Flowers by @flowersbyjanie.wa
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Oil on canvas ⁣
76x76cm ⁣
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🔴 Thank you @bluethumbart! Funny story...this o

🔴 Thank you @bluethumbart! Funny story...this one sold the other night at nearly 11pm. I heard the text, got out of bed to check it wasn’t anything important from my girls and went back to bed, pondering if it was an eastern states sale or local. With the time difference to the east, it would have been around 3am and it was sure to get cancelled the next day...a 3am shop is surely with the help of a few too many gins! 😆 Lucky for me, it’s a lovely Perth collector and no gin was consumed in the buying of this artwork. ‘That’s the Spirit’ oil on canvas. Link in my bio to my Bluethumb gallery.

🐚🐦 No birds were harmed in the making of thi

🐚🐦 No birds were harmed in the making of this painting...though my camera may now have a little sand now in it. 🐚🐦

Here’s #6 of my Little Things Collection - finding joy, colour and a whole lot of happy in the ordinary little things in life.

Original oil paintings by Perth artist, Mia Laing.

Prices are for one week only, direct from Mia. This painting is unframed. Framing available if requested.

Australian postage included. Please PM for an international delivery.

‘Gulliver’ oil on canvas covered wood panel.
30x30cm

$285

First to comment Sold. Bank transfer to follow messaging of details.

Happy Weekend!
Mia x

Dare I call it done?⁣ ⁣ This painting has been

Dare I call it done?⁣
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This painting has been on and off my easel for months, being put aside for priority paintings, commissions, little projects and out of pure frustration and overwhelm. 😖⁣
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It’s big, 100x100cm and I admit to not planning it out as fully as I should have before undertaking it. I had a basic plan in mind and then kept adding and subtracting from there. ⁣
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Tip for young players and note to self...this is not an efficient way of working realistically in oils. 🙄 A painting of this scale and detail should be more planned. The frustration over composition and positioning of the forms could have been easily done on paper, but it’s not⁣
as simple in oils. ⁣
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Anyway, it’s now heading to the Great Wall of contemplation...stubborn I am and I wouldn’t let it go. ⁣
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It’s called ‘Fair Weather Friends’. Another in my ‘not just a pretty picture’ series. A gentle commentary on introduced species to our native ecology...or just a pretty picture. Your choice! ⁣Glimpses of my illustration days but way bigger.
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Oil on canvas⁣
100x100cm⁣
#imaginativerealism⁣
#mialaing⁣
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Thank you to @nicolereedartist for the initial reference photo of the pelican on a boat. ⁣it’s been mightily transformed from its humble beginnings!

The Covid diaries ⁣ As a professional artist, I

The Covid diaries
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As a professional artist, I’m pretty good at just getting on with my work day, regardless of lockdowns and the family home with me all day. It’s just unlock that studio and business as usual. My hubby is the same with his work. Same same, different 4 walls. ⁣
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My girls, on the other hand, both 20 somethings, are finding the whole stay home thing more trying. There seems to be a whole lot of doing nothing, with a spurt of energy when they head out for their hour of exercise! ⁣
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Mind you, I think they have needed to slow down and have some ‘smell the roses’ time. Part time jobs, university, boyfriend’s, parties and for my eldest, sailing commitments, mean they rarely do nothing. ⁣
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Yesterday one read a book nearly all day and the other did some gardening. The wonders will never cease! 🥳🥳🥳⁣
How are my UK followers doing? You’ve been in it for the long haul. I feel for anyone doing it tough, on their own (like my mum) or caring for small children. ⁣We have had such normal life until now, with the rest of the world not so lucky. A short lockdown in Perth will hopefully get us out of this strife. Paintbrushes crossed.
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We are in this together. Stay home, stay safe. 💛⁣
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Stay sane. 😬⁣
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🎨 Finally.⁣ It feels like I only paint in sma

🎨 Finally.⁣
It feels like I only paint in small snatches of time some weeks...⁣
The silver lining of doing the right thing and staying home with Covid lockdowns is, I get to paint all day! ⁣
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I have also done a zillion emails, planned artworks and made far too many cups of tea. ☕️☕️☕️ ⁣
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Anyway, I’m calling this one done. ⁣
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And it needs a title! 1.2.3....GO! Thank you @flowersbyjanie.wa for the beautiful protea! Oil on canvas 50x60cm *available

25 years ago it was 42 degrees and I married my ❤️. It feels like yesterday, despite now having two adult daughters and a wonderful few decades in between. Glad I have this wedding (or anniversary) card with @lalalandshop, as we are in full lockdown in Perth and I Havnt been to the shops, so this card is as good as it gets. 😉Haha! Whilst there is no dinner out tonight, I’m quite happy to be locked in with my gang. 25 years? How can this be!

Life is officially on hold in Perth, we are in a f

Life is officially on hold in Perth, we are in a full lock down for the first time in over ten months. Lucky for me, my studio is fully stocked with canvas and works in progress. With little to do except paint, it’s not a bad way to stay at home. It was during our last lockdown, nearly a year ago, that I started my #imaginativerealism series. Here is the latest one! Fresh off the easel, with some tweaking yet to be done!

🔴 ‘Blossom Magic’ magically found its forev

🔴 ‘Blossom Magic’ magically found its forever home in the last few days...thanks to the lovely team @galleryaura in Kojunup. I absolutely love being a part of this regional gallery, having spent many school holidays in Kojunup as a child. New works will be there shortly, so if you are heading south, pop in and take a look.

🍒🍉🍓Do you know how hard it is to balance

🍒🍉🍓Do you know how hard it is to balance a strawberry and a cherry on watermelon? About as easy as photo shop wahahaha! 🍉🍓🍒

Here’s #5 of my Little Things Collection - finding joy, colour and a whole lot of happy in the ordinary little things in life.

Original oil paintings by Perth artist, Mia Laing.

Lowest Price for one week only, via artist. This painting is unframed. Framing available if requested.

Australian postage included. Please PM for an international delivery.

‘Balancing Act’ oil on canvas covered wood panel.
30x30cm

$320 unframed

First to comment Sold. Bank transfer to follow messaging of details.

Happy Weekend!
Mia x

Ah yes. ⁣ It’s so easy to get side tracked and

Ah yes. ⁣
It’s so easy to get side tracked and locked into comparison mode when there are so many incredible artists and creatives that flood our social media each day.⁣
But the simple act of just focusing on what gives you that spark, that drive to stand in front of an easel each day, the fearlessness to put your art out there, is where the power is. ⁣
Shut down the voices that say it’s not good enough, not the right subject, brush marks or colours and let the 🔥 within be the guide. ⁣
Believe me, I make battle with doubt daily, but the passion is stronger than the storms that try and blow it out. ⁣
Go forth and create! ⁣

Oh I do love it when collectors send photos throug

Oh I do love it when collectors send photos through of my paintings in their home! This is one of my Little Things Collection, showing how nicely small paintings can work just popped on a shelf. These affordable paintings are by far the best way to start buying original art and displaying it in any home. See my story box titled ‘Little Things Art’ 2021 for more in this size.

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