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  • Mixed media painting using abstract painting in copper and blue colours by Cornwall artist Tara Leaver
  • two abstract paintings in shades of blue in white frames on a dark blue wall they are by Cornwall artist Tara Leaver
  • Mixed media painting using abstract painting in copper and blue colours by Cornwall artist Tara Leaver
  • two abstract paintings in shades of blue in white frames on a dark blue wall they are by Cornwall artist Tara Leaver

Tara Leaver - Copper in the Blue

£590.00
£590.00
Tax included.

56 x 64cm 

Mixed media on wood panel

Originally from London, Tara Leaver is an artist and teacher living by the sea in Cornwall, UK. Tara is happiest near - or preferably in - the sea, where she swims as often as she can. She immerses herself in the multi-sensory experience of it, taking photos underwater, looking and feeling into the abundance of life above and below the waves. Back in the studio, she weaves together elements from the photos, memories, and gathered seaweed, to distill those experiences into paintings.

Liquid, dynamic paint layers of varying consistencies are combined with fleeting, but more carefully drawn or carved glimpses of recognisable elements of aquatic life, from the birds overhead to the seaweed below. She challenges herself to create something unexpected in each painting, something that prompts a second look; she works until every piece expresses what feels like a truth about the pleasures and surprises of immersion in wild nature.

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