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Life at the end of a paint brush

MIA LAING Artist.

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20171029-oct17-290121-2 — ‘In Memory of you’ Oil on canvas 2017

copyright Mia laing 2016 — Summer Oil on canvas 2016 30×30′ / 76x76cm

copyright Mia Laing 2016 — ‘Aloha’ oil on canvas 2016 91x91cm/36×36″

Mia Laing - mymiasart.com — Pomegranates and Pottery oil on canvas 24×20 / 61x66cm

20171029-oct17-290160-2 — ‘Blush’ oil on canvas 2017

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Absolutely thrilled to have made this curation wit

Absolutely thrilled to have made this curation with @bluethumbart . What a great start to the year. 💙 I’m excited to make some beautiful, thoughtful and meaningful art this year. Thank you for all the work @bluethumbart. Link to my Bluethumb listings in my bio.

I think this painting is one of my favorites from

I think this painting is one of my favorites from 2021 and certainly the impetus for my new series ‘Lessons from my stuff’, giving character and personality to bits and pieces from around the house. This is ‘Paradox’ a play on the perpetual question…the chicken or the egg? Now listed with @bluethumbart or via me. It’s 91x45cm, Oil on canvas.

Oh yes. Your art will thank you for choosing the s

Oh yes. Your art will thank you for choosing the scary choice. I’ve pushed my growth on numerous times just through my love of detailed, collated images. I’ve gone with the harder option so often, a simple, nothing to think about image just doesn’t fulfil me anymore. Push yourself and watch the amazing growth.

Do you know I do selected prints? I’ve just list

Do you know I do selected prints? I’ve just listed ‘Summer Blues’ a small paper print with @bluethumbart. Find the link in my bio and I also have an Instagram print page… @mialaing_prints 💙

We are in our ‘Birak’ summer season here in We

We are in our ‘Birak’ summer season here in Western Australia, with heatwaves as normality. It’s been dry and HOT. 🥵 I’ve started my Year by getting back to lap swimming and I’ve joined a group squad class to help improve my swimming. (Thanks @louisejallan 💙) Hoping to make it a habit before the winter sets in. The water is such an enjoyable place for me and I’ve spent many hours photographing my girls from under water. I painted this originally a few years ago but decided to give it a complete repaint, working with bold strokes and touches of complementary colour to add pop. It’s a biggie! 91x120cm (available)

A little adaption on a great quote by Carl Jung…

A little adaption on a great quote by Carl Jung…hope I’m forgiven for my frivolity. 😆⁣
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Carl was talking about life, how people will do anything, no matter how absurd in order to avoid facing their own soul. He believed that pain helps create a better person. ⁣
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I believe that paint creates a better person! 😊 Learning to paint (choosing the pain of learning and making art) helps us to consciousness…we overcome so many battles in the simple act of applying paint to canvas, drawing, making, or creating in its many forms. ⁣
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It’s hard to be creative. ⁣
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There are days when you have to dig deep, fight fear, indecision, doubt, lack of knowledge, fatigue, boredom…the list goes on, but if we get through these pains, we get such an understanding of what works, what we love, how to move forward and we finally become conscious of who we are as an artist and as a person. It’s a never ending facing of the soul and improving ourselves and our last painting.
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Pain and paint. Both work to grow us into better people. ⁣
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Do you agree? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Have I made sense? Clear as mud? Haha. ⁣

There’s something very appealing about this supe

There’s something very appealing about this super colour pop @insituartroom. I’d love to decorate a room like this, very far from the neutral cream with pops of turquoise I enjoy now. Anyway, ‘Birds of a Feather’ is now listed with @bluethumbart - and I hope the eventual collector has colourful furniture to match it!

First painting off the easel for 2022!!! Whoop who

First painting off the easel for 2022!!! Whoop whoop! Another in my ‘Life Lessons from my stuff’ series…#2 ‘If you don’t understand, ask. If you do understand, teach.’ oil on canvas. 👩🏻‍🎨 51x26cm

Im back! Long holiday break over and studio rearr

Im back! Long holiday break over and studio rearranged and sorted like it hasn’t seen in years. Hubby has gone back to work and I’m on a mission to find a paint, exercise and house routine again. Yesterday I filled a whole bin with old art stuff, shelves were emptied, things moved and decluttered and finally I can breath in my little she shed again. I’ve added more storage under my desktop (new wider top planned so I can sit easier) and Ive now got doors to hide some of the inevitable mess on the shelves. My paints have been moved into drawers, as though I love hanging my tubes, I’ve simply got too many to hang. I found a piece of thickened glass at a salvage yard recently and now my palette is huge. I’m getting a shelf for my paintbrushes to go above my palette area so it’s not cluttered. Ikea is the best for cheap reliable studio furniture…in fact, part of this is from a kitchen of ours from 20 years ago, and it’s still going strong. So, This is my studio. It’s small, not perfect, is boiling in summer…but it’s ALL mine. ❤️❤️❤️ and today I painted!! Bliss.

Sometimes the simple act of making time for yourse

Sometimes the simple act of making time for yourself and regularly enjoying a passion or creative pursuit helps with self love. Devoting more time to painting (or whatever is your joy) is investing time in you.❤️ After a busy month of Christmas and hubbies holiday time, I’ve barely painted and my patience and headspace is on the decline. I know I absolutely NEED to devote some time and get back to a routine with my art and I’m so excited to get started tomorrow. Watch this space!!!

I’m back! I took a much needed New Year break an

I’m back! I took a much needed New Year break and it was heaven. One week felt like a month with No social media, barely checking emails, online shops switched off and I actually feel refreshed, motivated and ready for a new year of daily painting. Best of all, I’ve taken a camera load of reference photos in our beautiful south west of Western Australia, with a few days in Dunsborough and then Albany. I cannot wait to get painting in the studio tomorrow! Who wants to see a reel or two of an Aussie adventure?

It’s hard to pick my own favourites from this ye

It’s hard to pick my own favourites from this year, but I think these 9 come pretty close, with more I could have added! I try to push each painting through to where I am satisfied and like my own work, or it hits the ‘turn to the wall’ pile to await fixing. These all made it to completion. My favourite works are just about always collated from numerous photos and my imagination. Not one of these paintings is from a single image and they take hours and hours of drawing before I even begin the paint process. It’s slowed my work down considerably, but they bring immense satisfaction. We are just hours away from 2022 and a whole lot of new projects here we come! Thank you most sincerely for hanging around with me and my art, the cheering from the sidelines is always so positive and lovely, for this I am most grateful. Happy New Year!

Hey…I painted! Whoop whoop. But Not for long, it

Hey…I painted! Whoop whoop. But Not for long, it’s been 44 degrees Celsius here and 3 hours was all I could manage in my garden studio, but I’m calling it a major win for my sanity. I even managed to finish this. Hoping this is the start of a new series…’Life Lessons from my stuff - Lesson #1 Stand Out From The Crowd’ Hope your Boxing Day was calm and peaceful.

Merry Christmas one and all. ❤️ ⁣ May your d

Merry Christmas one and all. ❤️
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May your day be filled with love and laughter, a warm fire if it’s snowy, or effective cooling if your weather is anything like ours. ⁣
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We are expecting 42 degrees Celsius, our hottest Christmas Day on record. The salads are made and the bubbles are chilling, pavlova awaiting its final layer of summer fruits and the beach is calling for a morning dip. ⁣
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See you on Boxing Day for some studio time! ⁣
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Mia

As I make my last minute lists and the next few da

As I make my last minute lists and the next few days gets busy with family time, I wanted to wish you all a beautiful and happy Christmas. ⁣
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We have a big family lunch here on Christmas Day 🦐⁣
It’s going to be 42 + degrees, the hottest Christmas day on record they are saying, yikes.
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Boxing Day, I AM PAINTING, no matter what.
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No excuses, 🥵 no interruptions (hopefully). ⁣
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I am mega excited for the New Year and all it may offer creatively. Like an big white blank canvas. ⁣
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Merry Christmas from my little “Quokka Elfie”. ⁣
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🔴 Last of the Christmas purchasing and my first

🔴 Last of the Christmas purchasing and my first painting that’s gone to live in the Northern Territory of Australia. I’ve now managed to home an artwork in each state of Australia…next step…world domination! 😆 Thank you once again @bluethumbart and a Merry Little Christmas to the team. 💙

Another great curation @bluethumbart ! My Frida Ca

Another great curation @bluethumbart ! My Frida Cavalier made the post. She’s 40x50cm and one of the last of my Almost Famous series. I need to add some more fun characters this new year!! Who should I add?

It’s a journey with the full spectrum of emotion

It’s a journey with the full spectrum of emotions. Yes it is. My heart is currently in ‘when will I paint again?’ mode. Anxiety levels peaking with lack of paint time. It truly calms and refocuses my soul to have a paint brush in my hand. Such is life a few days out from Christmas Day with 12 expected for family celebrating. Might sneak in some studio breathing time later today. 😊

🔴 It’s been an exceptional 6 weeks for my lit

🔴 It’s been an exceptional 6 weeks for my little art business. ⁣
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Believe me, I never take these red dots for granted and if it looks like I’m just showing off with my 🔴, it’s actually a reminder (mostly to myself) to just keep going. ⁣
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It’s hard work staying creative with life going on around us…ageing parents, busy family life, housework, marriage and carving out precious time to paint is something to protect. ⁣
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There is no overnight success for most artists. I follow so many amazing artists that have Instagram followings of 100,000 and often ponder why mine stays quietly and humbly under 3000 after years online. Its a beast to let comparison steal your thunder, so let it go.
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Keep showing up, painting, drawing, experimenting, getting better at what you do, adapting and changing if that’s necessary. ⁣
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I thank you for your follows and comments and cheers from the sidelines. It really makes a huge difference. And just to make any newbie artists feel better…I painted this one three years ago. Yep. It’s a rare painting that sells fast. So…just keep putting the hours in at your easel and getting those paintings in front of people. Eventually the right buyer comes along. I’m waiting on two more artworks to arrive to their new homes, then it’s a short breather before heading into a creative new year. Thank you @bluethumbart for working so efficiently along side my efforts. What a team!

🔴 The selling of this painting has been filled

🔴 The selling of this painting has been filled with emotion. 💛 An award winning and much loved painting that I made the decision to finally part with…and it sold within a few short days. A great sale to see the year out. Thank you @bluethumbart for always finding the right buyers for my art. Hoping it will bring some daily ‘Sunset Love’ to its new home. Now time to take some new summer time photos. 📸

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