Mandy Dollery

More than just pretty pictures…

Artist | Graphic Designer | Muralist

I am so incredibly proud of myself, I have finally uploaded a few of my favourite sassy mermaids onto my website! Pop over to www.mandydollery.com.au (link in bio) where you can order your very own favourite limited edition hand embellished (with gold acrylic paint) print. Having had my favourites professionally photographed has enabled the final product to look exactly like the original, complete with all the yummy textures. Your print will be an exclusive small-run edition of 25. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by me. 📷 'Apparently I Drink Like a Fish', available in multiple sizes, unframed or framed, from $395 (shipping included). Go take a look now! NB: I will eventually upload a few more, just time poor due to workload, so keep an eye out for more.

Preparing everything ready to paint is about all I can manage until my hand injury has healed. I purchased this old surfboard from a local in Yeppoon especially for this and will have something amazing on the front for my upcoming exhibition @figtreegalleries. Can you guess what I'll be painting?

|| NEW LISTING || I have a brand new website and have only uploaded one original painting so far (because it's my favourite and also cause it's taken me ALL day to get the website ready to publish!) so please go take a look 🫶 This one was created from a vision I had of painting lots of mini paintings for my solo exhibition (last year @figtreegalleries) and then painting a painting of all the mini paintings. Does that make sense?! Well, all the minis sold on opening night but I still have in my home this lovely painting of all the minis...and she's available to purchase on my website! So now you can have all the minis in the one painting. Cool right? Plus it's a very relaxed minimalist boho vibe. 'The Beach Shack' acrylic on ply 60 x 60cm framed in oak 👇🏼 www.mandydollery.com.au 👆🏼

|| SOLD || My head is still spinning after finding out ALL my mini mermaids sold out at @grammarartshow opening night! I am forever grateful to you all 🫶 I have so many ideas for mermaids so you'll see more coming, but not for a little bit. My hand injury is getting better but I have commissions to do first, plus I have 2 exhibitions coming up. Oh my goodness, I feel so fortunate to be able to bring joy to people through my art, but also incredibly lucky to do what I love. I'd love to hear from you if you purchased 'She's Can Talk Underwater'. I always like to know the story!

I finally put this little one up on my website! 'Morning Dip' acrylic on canvas 30 x 30cm framed in oak She's not a mermaid but she's pretty close! This was painted from a photo I took on Cooee Bay Beach (where I live). I wonder if she will ever see this painting... she just looked so relaxed and peaceful.

|| SOLD || This has gone to a very special collector. I have received the most lovely DM from her and it filled my heart. Thank you so much for sharing your story about why you were drawn to her. This is why I love what I do! 'Smokin Hot' was created especially for this exhibition. I wanted her to be a strong fearless and fun sassy mermaid. She knows how to have a good time. I think she turned out just how I wanted her to. And thank you to @grammarartshow for inviting me to participate in your amazing annual exhibition. I can't believe all my mini mermaids sold out on opening night!

Oh my goodness, I'm overwhelmed. Sold out on opening night. Wow. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I would love to know where they're all going to, and I would love to thank my collector/s for purchasing my mini mermaid collection I created especially for @grammarartshow. Wow. Just wow. If you will be taking one of these darlings home with you at the end of the exhibition please tag me when you have a photo and I'll share on here 🫶 And thank you so much for the love 🙏

@grammarartshow is officially opening tomorrow night! I had purchased tickets and booked accommodation and were going to travel down to Toowoomba for it but stuff happened and we had to cancel (my van needed a new engine and other crap happened too). But that's ok. I'm all good. I'm just SO incredibly excited to see it unfold on social media and super proud to be invited to participate. I have 4 mini mermaids available and this one is my favourite. I'll be showing the others over the next few days. 'Just One More' acrylic on canvas 54 x 44cm framed in ornate vintage gold frame by @framed.in.cooee Can't make it to the exhibition? View her on their website: www.grammarartshow.com (and search for me!) Available for purchase online after opening night. Grammar Art Show is only on for the weekend. It's a huge annual event and they have so many amazing artworks and events on. Amazing! If you can make it there PLEASE take photos for me, I'd love to see them up on the walls! Thank you kindly 🙏 ☺️

With an exhibition coming up soonish and my silly thumb not behaving itself I needed to think outside the box. Soothing and fun collages coming soon!

Starting the day with good vibes! Now it's time for a bit of admin work, then attempting to paint with my left hand, then maybe go for a short walk to the beach to watch the sunset. Enjoy your day everyone. Make the most of it!

... posting original artwork is always a risk. I've paid for insurance (to cover a bit of it) but if these 4 original artworks don't turn up to their destination then they won't be part of an amazing exhibition I've been invited to partake in. And THAT is what scares me the most! Cross your fingers and toes for me that they don't become a terrible statistic and vanish/turn up late/get damaged 🙏🤞🫣 If you've had a horror story with sending artwork please just comment a 🤞for me. I'm not ready to hear the horror stories! If you've had success then please comment your good news story below to keep me hopeful ☺️

One day I will actually do these WIP videos properly, from start to finish (not just the start ... skipping the middle bit ... to the finishing bit)! Meanwhile, here's my little pineapple with a yummy textured background. Painted on a pre-framed canvas in oak set by @framed.in.cooee 🫶

I am so incredibly proud of myself, I have finally uploaded a few of my favourite sassy mermaids onto my website!

Pop over to www.mandydollery.com.au (link in bio) where you can order your very own favourite limited edition hand embellished (with g

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