Friday, October 31, 2014

Jumbled Love!



Ok, so Ill admit it.  I love when people visit me in the studio.  Despite being a  sacred place for me, where I spend most of my days with my feathered and bikini-clad friends, it can sometimes get a little lonely.  So when the lovely Pip from Jumbled contacted me to come, visit, interview and photograph me and my work, it was a mutually beneficial exchange.  Its always such a joy for me to share my works with people; when people are interested and excited by what I do, it just me feel like the luckiest girl in the world… having the ‘job’ I have.



Jumbled is great, and you must check it out – the link to my article is here: http://www.jumbledonline.com/blogs/jumbled-2/15295929-welcome-mia-oatley



Full of inspiring posts about artists, designers other goodies it’s the type of site that you can lose hours and hours, just perusing the pretty posts… and uh oh, you can also purchase from this site… hide that credit card!




On that note, I am lucky enough to also now have my works featured on this site for sale! Not to mention that one of my works sold within 24hours of being featured on their site.  Thank you so much Jumbled… I know where ill be doing my Christmas shopping this year! Get in quick art lovers! 


Mia x


Monday, October 27, 2014

Thank you Yen Mag



Wow! So it’s suffice to say that life has been a little crazy since my Archibald Prize nomination (good crazy) and so it’s been a little while between posts!

So, getting back on the blogging horse, I wanted to say a huge thank you to the wonderful folks from Yen Magazine, who featured me and my last exhibition that was held at NG Gallery, ‘Night Queen’.  You can find the link to the article here: http://www.yenmag.net/artery/mia-oatley-night-queen-exhibition/




It was a thrill to be featured in such a leading womens’ magazine and website, one that I have admired for some time. The article starts with “What is Paradise” and this is something that I definitely try to explore within my work.

Speaking of ‘paradise’, I have just returned from a wonderful trip to Vietnam, where I took 10 days from reality to recoup and recharge. The colours in this beautiful country are superb, its truly like nowhere I have every been before.



Since being back (I arrived home just a few days ago) I have been even more inspired to spend time in the studio painting and creating. 



So thank you all for being so patient with me and stay tuned for some updates about the new works from the studio!


Mia x