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I have been super tired this week and struggling w

I have been super tired this week and struggling with insomnia. I did mothership duties today and didn’t think I’d paint, because quite frankly, my mojo, like my sleep is M.I.A. Upon getting the food shopping home and seeing the glorious colour splash in the fruit bowl, I felt like painting with nothing but the process in mind. So I painted. And it was divine. I’m Still needing to adjust the mandarine colours as I just couldn’t figure it out, and add some highlights, but this is what getting back to basics is about. ❤️🧡 Sometimes you just need to paint. No goal, no outcome, just you and the paint and the tool to apply it.

This is for every artist who struggles with doubt.

This is for every artist who struggles with doubt. ⁣
For every artist that is a people pleaser. ⁣
For those that feel judgement, or overwhelm, or simply just don’t know which direction to follow. ⁣
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Art is a passion that can very quickly turn to an addiction that steals the joy from us. ⁣
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I’ve had many conversations over the last decade, with so many artist friends about the struggle of maintaining the actual joy of making art once it becomes a buisness. This is for you. You know who you are. ⁣
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My answer is to go backwards. Slow down, smell the roses and find what it is that gave you that spark of joy it once did. ⁣
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Stop comparing yourself to others and paint for you. No goals except to challenge yourself to paint how and what you love to paint. ⁣
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I’ve got a big portrait painting on my easel right now. I’m generally not a portrait painter, and it’s for a prize entry. This could have me tearing out my hair and worrying is it good enough? What if it doesn’t get in after all these hours and hours of work? Justified concerns, but...⁣
I’m painting it for me, my way. And with this thought process, What ever happens will happen and I will still have a painting I’ll be proud to hang in my own home. ⁣
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What if you simply painted what you want? ⁣
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We’ve had a crazy ride weather wise in Western A

We’ve had a crazy ride weather wise in Western Australia over the last few weeks...we had late heat waves leaving us sweltering and now we’ve had a massive cyclone hammer parts of our coastline. So much damage further up the coast from Perth, but no lives lost. Thank God. On the positive side, we’ve finally had rain! Omg. Such a relief for our parched land. ‘Rain Dance’ is an apt post for this last few days. Oil on canvas 50x60cm. PM for details. Available.

Blue thou art, intensely blue’ now listed with @

Blue thou art, intensely blue’ now listed with @bluethumbart. Gosh, how many times I’ve painted my grandmother’s beautiful glass jug is beyond counting. 💙💙💙

Having fun with @adobe Fresco and photos I took in

Having fun with @adobe Fresco and photos I took in Italy two years ago. One of my storks has made it onto a fresh new imaginative painting currently on my easel! Swipe for the sneaky peek.

Coming soon...a whole new print setup on my websit

Coming soon...a whole new print setup on my website. I’m so excited and can’t wait to go live! Prints are the passenger to the real driver and passion of my originals and give me the ability to extend my business beyond that one beautiful but singular original. Like bread to butter, they compliment each other. I like to explain my prints as the humble doughnut that’s still available when the prized macaroon has sold. 😜 Anyway, I’m Rejigging my print business to be easier for me to handle and still find time to paint, and offering my clients a better selection of choices and ease of purchasing. Watch this space! 🍩👩🏻‍🎨

These three have found their way to @gallery.360 t

These three have found their way to @gallery.360 today. A nice selection showing a variety of my work...traditional and imaginative and somewhere in between! Thank you for having me in the gallery!

I painted this a while back now (still available t

I painted this a while back now (still available though) and just wondering if you love pawpaw (papaya) as much as I do? Both my girls hate it. Is it another coriander type food, that has a distinct love hate barrier in the middle? Hmmm...craving some right now! Thank you for the reference photo Chloe @the_smallseed_ It’s hanging at @urbansoulfoods in Subiaco btw!

I absolutely swear paintings await their perfect h

I absolutely swear paintings await their perfect home. ⁣
I’ve pondered many times why this painting hadn’t sold. It’s a good size, traditional, has been oohed and Ahhed over many times, yet, hadn’t sold. It was a mystery. ⁣
Yesterday it finally did, yeah!from @yallingupgalleries and my lovely instagram follower messaged to say they bought it.⁣
Swipe for the message I received. 🍋💛🍋💛⁣
Now I know for sure my painting was just patiently waiting for them to come back! ⁣
For art to find it’s forever home, patience is needed, that’s all. ⁣

I’m wondering if that portrait painting class was actually the first class I took on this wonderful journey of mine. Such a long time ago! 💛

I’ve got a big, detailed and challenging paintin

I’ve got a big, detailed and challenging painting on my easel at the moment. It’s an art prize entry, so no sneaky peeks.
I’ve been pondering the chances of it getting through...they are slim! It’s a prestigious award and incredibly hard to get chosen as a finalist...but my only regret will be if I don’t give it a good try. ⁣
There’s a huge amount of knowledge to be gained pushing myself to complete a difficult painting. ⁣Nothing lost, nothing gained.
Paintbrushes crossed I can even finish it to my high expectations, but really loving what I’ve achieved in the last week already. ⁣
Cannot wait to show it!

An hour in front of Netflix with my Apple pen last

An hour in front of Netflix with my Apple pen last night. Discovered iPad fresco thanks to @joanneduffyartist. Its so relaxing to sketch whilst I watch tv. I’m a fidgeter, so this keeps my hands busy...but clean! I’m still getting used to the pressure needed and the various pencils, brushes etc but overall, I’m happy and I love that it films my efforts. When I draw, I try to do so by sight. It’s a training of the eye to see correct form and line movement. Need to get a grip on my shading with a stylus. Day one!

Oh hi! I’ve got a new greeting card with @lalala

Oh hi! I’ve got a new greeting card with @lalalandshop ! So thrilled. Isn’t it pretty?! Available in many gift shops Australia wide and online. I’ve got quite a few greeting cards, order a bundle! Btw, The original oil painting to this card is still available at @yallingupgalleries .The link to both LaLalandshop and Yallingup galleries is in my bio.

I posted ‘The Strawberry Thief’ to @bluethumba

I posted ‘The Strawberry Thief’ to @bluethumbart this week and it made their curation email for Statement pieces. It’s a biggie and it’s beautiful...a certain conversation starter in any home. I absolutely love creating these narrative, imaginative paintings. They are my hardest paintings to create. Composing a multitude of elements that I don’t have sitting as a fully finished reference photo is a challenge, but my goodness, they really make me happy. My hubby thinks I should do a project, getting you lot to suggest the elements, and seeing what I can create....would you lot like to help me with a fun experiment?

Oh my.⁣
So much going on behind the scenes, it’s making it hard for me to over think everything...⁣
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I’m one of the greatest over thinkers you will ever meet, but luckily for me, when life gets busy, as it often is, it normalises my over pondering mind to a quicker decision. ⁣
I have decided to ‘try’ and make a quite detailed, imaginative portrait painting for a prize closing in June. I’m also going to try and balance this time out with a few other paintings I want to achieve. ⁣
Wish me luck, I may not sleep much in the next few weeks! ⁣
Hope you enjoy the ride with me!

This has been such a fun series that I’ve decide

This has been such a fun series that I’ve decided to keep going! Look back in my feed for their individual posts. My lovely collector that initially bought the kookaburra, requested three more to sit as a series...and so my Australian afternoon tea party was made! They are all actually rectangular, not square, but this gives an idea of the set. They are so gorgeous all together! They are soon to get their wooden frames on and will be on their merry way. Next up is a pink Robin on lamingtons! Let me know what you think would be a great sweet treat and bird to match. I think the kookaburra will soon be a greeting card with @lalalandshop 💕🌸

🔴 Sold - The series just keeps growing!

Here’s #12 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.

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‘Cheeky’ oil on canvas covered wood panel.
21x29cm

$400 Framed

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

Happy Weekend!
Mia x

🔴 It’s been a busy 24 hours for @fineartatper

🔴 It’s been a busy 24 hours for @fineartatperthcollege They had their opening last night and amazing sales...today I hear has been busy too. Tomorrow, Sunday is your last option to see the line up of fabulous West Australian artists. ‘Statuesque’ has SOLD but I’ve got one piece still available, swipe to see ‘Out of the Blue’. They are taking online sales too. Pm me for details.

When I look back into my archives, the paintings t

When I look back into my archives, the paintings that have sold the quickest, or had the most comments and conversation over, or sold the most prints, have undoubtedly been the ones I’ve poured my heart into.⁣
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It dosen’t matter whether it was a personal painting of my girls, a pet portrait or just a plain ol’ bunch of flowers stuck in a vase, as long as it’s resonated with me and I’ve enjoyed painting it, it resonates with others.⁣
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If you are not painting what you truly enjoy or that brings meaning to you, it becomes way harder to capture the essence of a subject and meaning behind the paint. ⁣
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Commissions are a prime example and should only be taken on board when you can fully commit and have a connection to the subject. I’ve enjoyed some wonderful commissions over the years, in fact, I’ve got a couple on my easel at the moment, but I have learnt to only except commissions on subject matter I know I enjoy.⁣
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It’s so draining to have no connection to the painting and will often come across as a very half hearted and unresolved painting. I’ve had so many chats with fellow artists who have struggled with commissions due to this very reason. ⁣
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It makes a huge difference when there is heart in art. ⁣
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I never want to make it any other way. ❤️⁣

🔴 Always a good day. ⁣ ⁣ ‘Social Butterfl

🔴 Always a good day. ⁣
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‘Social Butterflies’ has worked its magic realism into a new home. ⁣
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I’m going to miss this one, but when one goes, another fills it’s place pretty quickly! 😆⁣
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Thank you @gallery360 for having me in the gallery. ⁣
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‘Social Butterflies’ ⁣
Oil on canvas ⁣
91x91cm⁣

I’m trying to get my prints a little more organi

I’m trying to get my prints a little more organised and giving the choice of paper and canvas prints on each one. Oh my, each listing takes so much time. But I’m getting there! 🤓 This one is called ‘Elizabeth, Queen of the Corgi’ and is available as a rolled paper print, sent in a tube or a stretched canvas ready to hang. Available via me or at @bluethumbart Any size you want, I can get it made. Get in touch. The original to this is sold but commissions for quirky or traditional pet portraits are available.

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