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!)
I think my favorites are the Cloud Studies or Spring Rain, all the ones with gold skies. Beautiful!
Cloud study 5/1, but they are all gorgeous!
I love Violet!! What amazing work!
I really like Daydream. Her work is so beautiful.
Nassau is my favorite. They are awesome!
Loving cloud study 5/1/13 though it is very hard to pick just one
Thank you so much for sharing! These are so beautiful! The cloud studies are my favorite.
I love them all but cloud study 2/10/13 is fantastic!
For tuck is gorgeous!
I'm bucking the trend and going with Violet – love the colors and the abstract moodiness of it!
How pretty! I love the August one.
Spring Rain is my favorite. Stunning!
Spring Rain is my favorite. Stunning!
Love Awaiting Spring!
Love Awaiting Spring!
I love Brooklyn!! They are all gorgeous!
I love the gold as well. I think my favorite is Cloud Study 2/3/13.
I love CLOUD STUDY 2/3/13 the warm gold tones and the puffy clouds make me smile.
Love! both April and. Moonlight are favorites.
I love Charlotte, but my favorite is actually Brooklyn!
My favorite is August :)
Love cloud study!
nassau! wow – gorgeous.
I really like Tara's "Nassau" painting, both because it's beautiful and because I just went on a vacation over Thanksgiving break to the Bahamas and it really does remind me of the sky there!
August is beautiful!
Oh my goodness, these are beautiful! I live in Kansas City and it's so nice to learn of new artists here in town. It's hard to pick a fav, but I really like Cloud Study
My favorite is Cloud Study! Thanks for the giveaway! :)
the metallic paint in these is something I've never seen before in cloud art…just lovely. I love the Cloud studies, 3/15 or 5/1.
"Nassau" is especially fine.
April is my favorite! Gorgeous!
warmth!
Daydream is my absolute favorite!
I love brooklyn! Very pretty!
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I like Charlotte and Cloud Study 5/1/13 the best, but they're all gorgeous.
Love the colors in Belize. Also like Charlotte and cloud study 5/1/13.
I am OBSESSED with clouds too! I take pictures of them on my vacations as "souvenirs". I love Tara's work, esp Cloud Study 5/1/13! It's like a summer day with stormy possibilities :)
These are stunning! Spring Rain is my favorite
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I love Brooklyn!
I am loving "Charlotte!"
I am loving "Charlotte!"
I love them all but if I had to choose… Cloud study!
These are amazing!! Totally feeling the connection…my name is also Tara, I live in kansas city too(!!) And I have 3 daughters named Lily, Poppy and Violet, I especially love her works with those names !
ooo, these are beautiful.
Please forgive my geekiness. My favorite is probably "Cloud Study 2/13/13" because it looks like the altocumulus we'd see on a warm day, and the golden sky goes perfectly with that idea of warmth. It's a very nice weather memory for winter days :-)
They are all so beautiful! My favorite is Cloudy Study!
I LOVE "Lily Gilder". It's gorgeous!
cloud study 4/12/13 is so so beautiful… hard to choose between such a stunning collection though!
I love spring rain!
I love spring rain!
These paintings are beyond beautiful! I love the cloud study ones. But all are incredible!
April and Violet are my two favourites! Beautiful