I am fascinated by clouds and cloud patterns. I am the geek that sits plastered to the plexi during flights so I can see all the beautiful clouds along the way. :)
Tara Andris is a Kansas City artist who paints the most beautiful cloud and abstract scenes. She starts out by gold or silver leafing her canvases, so that after her painting process, the end result is a dreamy, luminescent and very life-like cloud pattern.
I hung my Tara Andris cloud painting in our library and I think it looks lovely in here. It might end up having another home as I hang more art and more around furniture, but it looks great here for now. It might be extra perfect here when I finish our blue glossy walls in the music room.
Tara also happened to be a blog reader and she asked if I would like to give away one of her paintings. She sent me this beautiful painting called ‘Brooklyn’ (fitting!!) to gift one of you lovely readers.
Here’s a close up. Isn’t it stunning? Tara’s paintings are best in rooms with great natural light.
Tara sells her original works here, and her prints, iPhone and iPad covers, totes and pillows here. To enter to win this beautiful original oil on top of leaf on canvas, visit Tara’s shop and leave a comment on this post with your favorite painting of Tara’s.
Contest ends Dec. 21 at midnight. Winner will be emailed. Good luck!! (and many thanks to Tara!)
Coud Study is my favorite one! Stunning work.
Cloud Study 3/15/13 and Spring Rain are my favorites!
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Of course Brooklyn is beautiful. I also LOVE Spring Rain…just amazing!
Daydream is my favorite, but they are all gorgeous
Brooklyn is special, but my favorite is April – the clouds evoke the light and free feeling of spring clouds, especially meaningful during days with the dark winter sky. It is the promise of sunnier days. Wonderful paintings of an often overlooked subject. Beautiful.
We have to pick a favorite? They are all so pretty. I love how Brooklyn glows a little bit. So beautiful!
Wow! I love them all and have never seen anything like them moonlight is my favorite though!!
I love Spring Rain, but all are gorgeous!
Wow – those are all stunning! So hard to pick just one favourite, but if I had to: Spring Rain
Cloud Study 5/1/13 makes me feel like I'm flying through the heavens, looking down on the sunlight beauties below.
OMG! They are so beautiful.
Cloud study 5/1/13 is so beautiful. I love the simplicity as well as the subtle complexities. Oh, what an amazing Christmas gift this would be to win! Thank you both for this!
I love the colors of Daydream. Gorgeous!
It's so hard to choose! They're all so lovely! I think I'll go with spring rain.
Cloud Study 5/1/13 is my favorite.
It was hard to choose just one.
My favorite one is Spring Rain, I love it.
Awaiting spring is my favorite.
I love Brooklyn best! I am a sucker for blue and love the shades of blue in that one.
Wow, these are really beautiful and I love the glowing that comes from the use of silver and gold. Violet really speaks to me!
They are all stunning. Spring Rain and the Cloud Studies are my favorites.
I love the vibrant blues in Brooklyn. They are luminescent. Gorgeous
Cloud Study 5/1 is just dreamy. That's my pick. But really what I need to know is where that lamp is from!!!
I love Cloud Study!
when i had a landscape painting class several years ago, all i painted was clouds! brooklyn would look right at home with mine :). thanks for the generous giveaway, tara is super talented!
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Love the colors in Warmth! Thanks for introducing Tara to us, what a talent!
I love the nebulous!
oh! Cloud study 3/1/13 !!! you are stunning!!!!!
if it's open to international participants, (please!!!) i'm in!!!
Happy holidays anyway!
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Hard to decide, but Spring Rain is lovely…
It is a toss up for me between Sunrise and Brooklyn. These are such amazing paintings! What a talented artist!
Cloud Study and Spring Rain are my favorites. These paintings are so unique and beautiful!
these are gorgeous! I love Brooklyn best, actually. Followed by August.
April is my favorite! I live in KC so I am going to look her up! So beautiful! I am crazy about clouds myself!
They are all so beautiful, but I have to say that autumn storm is my favorite.
These are beautiful! Spring Rain!
Cloud Study 5/1/13 is gorgeous!!
I love all of them, but am drawn to Spring Rain. Beautiful pieces!
They are all so beautiful, but if I have to pick just one it would be April. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
So many pretties! Warmth really strikes me for some reason! Love them all though! Magical.
I love the Charlotte painting!
Spring rain!
My favorite is CLOUD STUDY 5/1/13
Thank you for the introduction to Tara's work!
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I love the Charlotte series!
I love the painting April. Tara is so talented.
My favorite is "Warmth"! They are all really beautiful though!
I love them all especially Brroklyn and Sunrise!
I love Pink Clouds.
So hard to choose a favorite, but I'll say "moonlight"
I love Cloud Study! SO pretty!
Gorgeous! Spring rain is a favourite
I loooove Brooklyn! All of them are stunning – thanks for sharing!