Tara Leaver
Freedom Through Art
I help artists find their voice, create a sustainable practice, and
become the confident, fully expressed artists they want to be.
Being an artist is about so much more than just making beautiful or technically strong work
It’s about uncovering you, expressing your distinctive voice, and creating an artist life that is sustainable and fulfilling.
And you don’t need a degree, years of experience, or any outside validation to do that.
Hello! I’m Tara
I’m an artist, teacher, mentor, author, and creator of the Happy Artist Studio.
I spent 13 years helping artists to develop their unique voice and gain the confidence to create and share their work without the studio struggles.
I don’t offer courses now, but there is a wealth of information on this website, completely free, that you’re welcome to explore.
There’s no learning how to paint like me here. We’re all about:
🎨 fun and thought provoking discovery
🎨 lashings of encouragement and experimentation
🎨 flexible and practical guidance to find the clarity, expressiveness, and ‘you’ style art you seek.
If you want
More art in your life and more you in your art
you’re in the right place, and you’re very welcome here.
“Please don’t ever stop doing what you are doing. I have learned so much from you, your courses, emails and kind words. Things that if I had heard them in high school when I first started studying art I would have continued with it and not left it for twenty years. I appreciate all that you offer as an artist and a mentor and I hope you never stop inspiring people to just give it a go …. you have truly inspired me to keep going and I can’t thank you enough for your encouragement.”