New and elegant Fine Art Oil Painting available now by Tara Spicer

NIRVANA VISIONS by Tara Spicer

New and elegant Fine Art Oil Painting available now by Tara Spicer. A magical work incorporating a dash of circus fever, a mild obsession with tea cups as well as a strong under current of spiritual symbolism! And just what exactly is this particular Contemporary Australian artwork about?... The artist explains... "The idea for this new painting came to me as I was heading off to yoga one morning, taking just a little respite from from the ongoing joys and tribulations of day to day parenting. My thoughts were meandering around the fact that my little girl would just rather be with me, than without, and the troubles that she has had to endure so far on her  journey through this life and I was toying with the idea, that if I were the creator of this world, I would make it so that she would never have to fall, no matter how high she climbed, and that there would be plenty of time for tea and conversations and laughter and light... that she would realise that this life is just a show, that we are all on show, and that we can make this world as magical as we might desire! Of course there is merrit in having fallen and climbed back up, and most people feel totally alone at one point or another no matter how many friends might be in the room... and there seems to be not much time at all for tea and laughter and light, but all of this helps to create the beautiful well rounded person that we grow into..." 

Stacking It Up by Tara Spicer
Original Oil on Gallery Linen Fine Art Painting
150 x 100 x 3 cm.
POA

For queries regarding the purchase of this painting, please contact the artist,.

Fine Art Prints are also now available through Nirvana Visions, so if you have a favorite painting that you have seen previously and would still like a beautifully created 'Print to Canvas' copy of the work to adorn your walls or as a gift, you can purchase it now!
Check out the full range of prints now available!

  

Now is a great time to order in time for Christmas! Even some unique and arty cards for Christmas gifts... hmmmm!

Next on the easel is a commissioned work of a nude, standing in a bath tub... stay tuned for this one! Painted directly onto wood panel with oil paints, rich in burgundy  gold and black, it is sure to be a luxurious and decadent piece to grace the walls of its' new home when completed.

FIND ME: www.taraspicer.nirvanavisions.org

MAIL ME: tara@nirvanavisions.org

CALL ME: 0417231350

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Photo Book

Hello Art Lovers,
Firstly, please allow me to apologize for the abruptness of the earlier blog / mail, as in creating my beautiful new coffee table art book, I used a new company 'Shutterfly" who offer fabulous options for book-making, but not so fabulous options for editing your blog before they send it out!

For those of you who receive this Nirvana Visions blog via email, you may have received an even more boring announcement that did not even open the link!!

So let me start again and with much more gusto:

Introducing my newest baby... my much loved, colorful, creative, inspiring and carefully collaborated "Nirvana Visions 2012 Coffee Table book". This book is beautiful. This book is filled with original, select artworks from my latest collection of works as well as snippets of my own creative journey. This book will make a glamorous addition to your hand picked range of glossy picture books to browse through over a pot of freshly brewed tea on a Sunday morning.

If you fell in love with a painting of mine over the last 12 months and missed out on purchasing it... you will probably find it here!

This 30 page book can be purchased at just $39.99 and will be a treasured part of your collection for years to come.

If you would like a copy of this book signed by the artist, please contact me personally and I can make the necessary arrangements.

Just bellow you will find a preview of "Nirvana Visions 2012", if not, please follow the link directly below to take you to my blog where this preview can be viewed :-)

http://taraspicer.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/photo-book.html

Click here to view this photo book larger

Warm regards,
Tara Spicer

www.taraspicer.nirvanavisions.org

Painting release and workshop announcement

Sing Me a Song of the Circus was finally finished today... available as the original Oil Painting on Gallery Cotton...

Sing Me a Song of the Circus
40 x 30 x 1inches
$1200

Please contact me if you would like to purchase this beautiful painting directly.

Also available as a Canvas Print starting at just $80.00! I know a few buyers out there who won't be able to refuse this offer :-)

NEW HOW TO VIDEO coming next. Please contact me if you would like to learn how to create a whimsical work similar to this one in acrylic, oil paint and charcoal... I will be releasing this how to video soon and will be offering "lovetiques" of the works that you create :-)

And I would like to offer a massive THANKYOU to Highly Strung for donating a Gallery Canvas to Nirvana Visions by Tara Spicer, for the work created for this years' Give Me 5 For Kids annual art auction.

These guys rock when it comes to art supplies :-)

Yours in Art,
Tara Spicer
Nirvana Visions by Tara Spicer
tara@nirvanavisions.org

Flaming Elise

With a little bit here and a little bit there to go, I think she is pretty much ready and with just a few hours to spare too!
I humbly introduce my "Flaming Elise" and I am hoping that since a Lady Beetle landed on me while I was photographing her, that this might be a good sign that I have done well and she is ready.

Flaming Elise
1m x 1m
Acrylic, Charcoal and Oils on Gallery Linen
DONATION
-For live auction at next month's "Give Me 5 For Kids" Sunshine Coast
Please contact me if you would like to bid by phone on the night.

A huge thanks to Elise for 'sitting' (quite literally) for me so that I could do this painting.
Please also check out my new website and pass it on if you have a moment or are just curious...
Tara Spicer

Flaming Elise

Hello and welcome!

Inspired by Sir Frederick Leighton's 1895 painting "Flaming June" I am currently working on a piece to be donated to Give Me 5 for Kids 2012 to help raise funds for the Children's wing of Nambour Hospital. I donate to this cause every year and get very excited about the funds I can raise towards this cause!

So here is the original piece "Flaming June"

I am going to title my own interpretation of this painting as "Flaming Elise" as this is the name of the beautiful young lady featured in my own painting. So the following images are progression pics of the painting in the making:
Initial sketching phase:

Progressed sketching phase with a small introduction of paint:

Further painting in the figure and the cloth surrounding the figure:

I am a little anxious about showing my works unfinished, I hope that you enjoy watching the 'journey'.

More images will be posted and the auction date will be June 21st... The auction will be held on the Sunshine Coast and phone bids will be accepted. I will be posting updates as the piece progresses and as the auction date draws near.

In other news, I have a new website www.taraspicer.nirvanavisions.org so if you are curious, I welcome you to visit this new refined site for what it has to offer to you :-) Soon, through this website I will be offering a shopping cart to purchase original works as well as a catalogue of books that I have had a hand in Illustrating or co-creating...

Warm Regards,
Tara Spicer

Garden Gallery!

Hi there friends and fans,

We are coming into Christmas and so I thought it might be nice to launch a completey new product!!!
So here it is, my Garden Gallery range of works.

This new range of works offers two options:
Sunny Side Up original works that are suitable for the full range of weather! These works will bring color and delight to your garden and can be hung on the fence, your walls, at your entrance or mounted to a tree or cubby house! They are all weather, UV and graffiti protected. At 60cm by 60cm these works are now selling at $240 each.

Shady Characters original works are suitable for outdoors but only in the shade. These works offer intricate layers of aacrylic paint and resin that mingle together to create a look of great intricacy and depth. Some of these works even have semi-precious stones embedded within the layers of resin. At 60cm by 60cm, these works are now available at $440 each.

I only have two of these works available at present but am working on another 6 to be finished before Christmas. Please contact me if you would like to purchase one of these works or have one tailored for your own Garden Gallery.
PH:0417231350.

Warm Regards,
Tara Spicer
Nirvana Visions.

Something new!

Morning all,

I wanted to reveal something a little different to you today... something very Aussie and maube just a little bit spiritual! I don't normally exhibit photography (even though I absolutely love it!) but I recently captured this image and I definitely think that it is worthy of your attention.
Titled: Kangaroos in the Misty Morning Never Never

Framed and glassed here at $162, this image is sure to stir the sacred Aussie in us all.
Also available as a gift card and a print to canvas starting at just $4.20

Simply click on the image to order your own copy today!

Kind Wishes,
Tara Spicer
Nirvana Visions.

Nirvana News... coming soon

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New Paintings... New Competition... New blog...
Feast your eyes and warm your heart.