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!)
The colors in Water are wonderful!
April is my favorite, but all of them are lovely!
I love the ones with the gold background but I think Water is my favorite. It would look great in my bedroom.
Daydream is without a doubt my favorite!
I love Awaiting Spring – it's gorgeous!
So hard, but I think it would have to be Charlotte.
Gorgeous…this would look great in nursery: Charlotte.
So autumn storm is absolutely stunning. The picture you have on your library wall is also gorgeous. How wonderful to have a library and a music room after living in apartments in New York…happy New Year!
So autumn storm is absolutely stunning. The picture you have on your library wall is also gorgeous. How wonderful to have a library and a music room after living in apartments in New York…happy New Year!
Beautiful work. Spring rain would be my favorite.
Love, love these paintings. In particular, Brooklyn speaks to me. I live in Windsor Terrace across the street from Prospect Park. 2 of my rooms face to park and have wonderful views and ton Fabius natural light. face to park and have wonderful views and to
Cloud study 5/1/13 and 4/12/13 are absolutely great. The gold leafing makes it look like a sun rise and the silver one like a crisp winter day. love it.
Cloud study is my favourite! She's so talented!
I am a UNC-Chapel Hill grad and love me some Carolina blue sky, so I immediately was drawn to "Charlotte". And my current color obsession is a rich navy so I love "Sunrise" as well. (OK, I'll admit, I love them all!)
Charlotte and Cloud Study-both sold out but gorgeous.
Nebulous is another favorite.
They are all amazing. LOVE the concept. I've always wondered how to paint the sun shining from behind the clouds….genius.
i am dazzled just by the concept of these. I can only imagine how dazzling they would be up close. I love the one done on May Day
April is my favorite with the contrast in the cloud lining. What a special talent!
Cloud Study 2/14 seems like a view one could have only from atop the heavens. It's my favorite. BrandyA
I love the two grey cloud studies and April.. Oh, and nebulous. So magical (yet real!) with the leafing
So hard to choose one, but Brooklyn is my fave!
these are beautiful! i really love the one titled February!
Those are beautiful!! Spring Rain and Charlotte are my favorites. Thanks.
Beautiful art. I love, Charlotte.
These are amazing! I especially love Violet & Cloud Study 3/15/13.
Brooklyn is stunning, but I also love the cloud studies of just fluff-on-gold. Brilliant.
Amazing works. Daydream is my favorite.
The Cloud Study series is my favorite- just beautiful!
Love the August!
They are all beautiful, I think Awaiting Spring is my favorite.
I love Cloud Study and Spring Rain. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful giveaway.
Amazing talent!
I'm partial to spring rain and April – also cloud study 5/1
Spring rain is stunning!!
I also am the geek who stares out the window at the clouds! I can't get enough! Here is the link for my favorite piece "daydream". It was hard to choose there all so lovely!
http://shop.taraandris.com/product/daydream
These are great! I could hang it pretty much anywhere I can see it all the time :)
These are great! I could hang it pretty much anywhere I can see it all the time :)
Spring Rain is my favorite and I love your floor lamp!
Sunrise and Cloud Study! Love them all!
It is difficult to select just one but I have to say Nebulous! So lovely.
My favorite is Charlotte! So pretty!
Cloud study 5/1…but they are all great! maureen ssdmmf@yahoo.com
It's so hard to pick a favorite! Brooklyn is lovely, cloud study, Nassau ! Ooh the silver lining! Stunning work!
Autumn Storm is beautiful!
Autumn Storm is beautiful!
Autumn Storm, It reminds me so much of all the storms I watch come in off Lake Erie
I love Tara's work…thanks so much for introducint us! My favorite on the website includes gold leaf and is called Spring Rain: http://shop.taraandris.com/product/spring-rain
I'd love to win the Brooklyn painting too, but in the meantime, I might just have to purchase my own! Thanks for another great give-away!
I love spring rain! So beautiful!
LOVE Brooklyn! I feel like I'm under that sky, it's so stunning!
Beautiful! April is my favorite.
LOVE Lily Gilder…..but truly, I love them all! Autumn Storm is also a favorite!
Cloud Study 5/1/13. All of the paintings are absolutely beautiful.