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June 11th 2013

June 11, 2013June 11, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, acrylic, art, Contemporary Art, New Zealand art/paintingTagged abstract, kiwi, kiwiana, koru, magical, maori, paintings, purple, red, surfart, turquoise, whimsical, whiteLeave a comment

This is the busiest time of the year for me, a number of important birthdays, and family celebrations and lots of other activities that need my attention,

hence, not an overly active painting time, but still… I have managed to start some really cool cnavas’s that are making me smile.

here’s 2 I started, the red & purple on the left and the turquoise, orb & koru on the top right- both with LOADS of texture…

The bottom right is a revamp, a re visit of an older one that never ever quite sat ‘right’ with me. So I am totally changing it, and its feeling much better, even though I still have a long way to go.

all in progress……..

thses 2 are finished and sold:
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013

this one is part of the ongoing ‘Shades of White’ series, I decided to depart from the ‘marbly’ type backgrounds and go for something smoother….

May update:

May 25, 2013May 25, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, Artist, Kiwi, Kiwi Art, kiwiana, koruTagged abstract, art, bubbles, cosmos, etereal, galaxy, kiwi, kiwiana, koru, magical, maori, New Zealand, ocean, orbs, spiral, surf, surfart, whimsical, white7 Comments

So, continuing with my latest obsession:

my ‘Shades of White’ series #5 above, complete and sold. This one is my favourite!

Totally in my element to be painting these at the moment, loving the backgrounds, they look like a mix of galaxy and marble to me. I create them with a combo of water spraying, sponging and big/wide paint brush on its side, I layer this up, and sometimes let dry inbetween layers, but because Ms Gemini here needs INSTANT results, we are not too fond of ‘waiting for things to dry’, no, noooooo waiting for me…. of course, IF I do have to wait, I have another 6 paintings to continue on with on my never ending conveyor belt of creations. 🙂

………also completed and sold #4 below: (c) Reina Cottier Art 2013

and I have started 2 more!

in progress:

ON A ROLL!!!!

*but quietly wonders when it will end?- who cares!*

back with completed updates soon.

Have a good weekend everyone.

xxx

Shades of White

May 13, 2013May 13, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, acrylic, art, Artist, magical, Maori, New age, New Age Art, New Zealand, New Zealand art/paintingTagged abstract art, abstract paintings, art, cosmic, doodle, doodle art, galaxy, koru, magical, maori, orbs, surf, surfart, teal, turquoise, whimsical, white12 Comments

well this series happened quite by ‘accident’ ….

I painted the background of #1 and then doodled a very fast design straight onto the canvas and painted the outline of it white, as I always do as a prep for the rest to come… the COLOUR, the signature ‘Reina colour’ 🙂 ……

I posted an ‘In Progress’ pic on my FB page and got an overwhelming response of: “its FAB as it is!!” … so, a new series was born…

this is the finished result of the first one:

#1 (18″ x 36″-for sale)
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013

#2 (20″ x 24″ Sold)

and this one i started yesterday, still in progress: (SOLD)

I feel like I have another few of these left inside me yet 🙂

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oh and in other news, my art is one of 52 artists featured in the wonderful e-book:

52 Prescriptions for Happiness- by Joe Dunn & Mali Apple.

Link here:
http://www.amazon.com/52-Prescriptions-Happiness-Inspiration-ebook/dp/B00CHU9PSO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

this is the pic they used:
“Gaia Speaks”-by Reina Cottier
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013

Feb 2013 update:

February 27, 2013July 23, 2023Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, Kiwi Art, kiwiana, koru, New age, NZ artTagged abstract art, abstract paintings, art, kiwi, kiwiana, koru, maori, New Age, painting2 Comments

Above: Another in the series of collages ive done on what inspires me creatively….

…and…..this is what Ive been up to this month:

All images (c) Copyright Reina Cottier Art 2013.

Tribal Turquoise

February 1, 2013February 1, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Painting, art, kiwiana, Maori, New age, tribalTagged abstract art, abstract paintings, kiwiana, maori, New Age, reina cottier, tribal, turquoise3 Comments

Finished! so happy with how this turned out, and sold it the same day. 🙂
Doesnt get much better than that.

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levaing you with a collage I have done of things that inspire my creativity,
I often get asked what inspires me with regards to my art :)How to answer that with words, when it really is visual and sensory to me. Its not only colour, shape and textures, but also experiences, emotions & thoughts…..So here is a collage of about .001% of things that inspire me, that stimulate my senses, so I then use my language of shape and colour to express that inner experience. ♥

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Tribal, Koru

December 8, 2012July 26, 2015Posted in abstract, Abstract Painting, art, kiwiana, sun, surf, tribalTagged abstract, art, kiwiana, maori, painitng, sun, sunrise, sunset, surf, surf art, tribal ocean3 Comments

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I also continued on with my’ TRIBAL’ series, which I LOVE doing…

as always there is very little planning with any of my paintings, they are all just go with the flow, most of the time I have no idea what the final result will look like and I just play it out as it evolves.

IF i try to plan something it never flows & I often end up leaving it for months before it is finished.

I am currently working on a mix of both, tribal and sun/surf, and its really exciting for me,..

seeing all my styles coming together like a story intertwining.

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Unity

November 21, 2012November 22, 2012Posted in abstract, energy, Kiwi, kiwiana, koru, Maori, painting, tribalTagged abstract, art, kiwiana, koru, maori, one, oneness, painting, peace, purple, teal, unite, unity, zen2 Comments

my latest artwork

Lack of passion is fatal

October 30, 2012Posted in abstract, art, Artist, Heart, KiwiTagged abstract, art, blue, green, Heart, lack of passion is fatal, painting, purple, red, turquoise, yin yang4 Comments

I have been putting some well known quotes on my art (couldnt find the author of this one).

Many things are happening in my neck of the woods, … but its late and no time to write more just now,

so back tomorrow to add some more……

till then….

ciao.

Waves of Creativity :)

October 7, 2012Posted in abstract, art, painting, sea, seascape, sunTagged blue, gaia, green, ocean, orange, seascape, sun, surf, turquoise, wave, yellow5 Comments

I just had a FULL week of nothing but painting!!!!!! (ok yes, I slept, I ate,) I felt so inspired, the more I painted the more creative I felt. The only downside was that I couldnt get to sleep at night, so many ideas whizzing around my brain! lol!

I ended up selling 4 painitngs in 5 days and getting a 5th commission 🙂
here’s some of what I was doing….

These 2 (to follow) were inspired by a place I go to in summer called Tairua, in New Zealand… I have had nearly all of my summer holidays there since i was 13.. its a stunning small seaside town on the east coast of NZ, the beach is beautiful and the energy of the beach & sea there just sooths my soul… its a surf beach, so sometimes very big surf, and not great for swimming, but I go and sit on the beach and soak it all in on every level…. (both sold within a day of uploading)….

In all of these I am also heavily influenced by a place called Muriwai, I lived there for nearly 2 years a few years ago. It was a tumultuous time in my life, a time where I needed healing and this house I had there was up on a hill, set into native bush, and looked out onto a NZ west coast beach (Muriwai) and I had view right up to the Kaipara Harbour… one of the best views EVER. Every day I would sit on my deck/balcony and look out at the water and watched the sun set…. omg the most AMAZING sunsets I have every every seen.. i have so many photos of it now, and every one different. The water was rough and wild, a different colour every day, deep turuoise, almost black at times, – so beautiful, yet always so unpredictable, so dangerous, so full of life, unforgiving, all encompassing LOVED IT. ….
so this one is finally finished and also sold on the first day of loading….

Second week of school holidays this week coming, and I have the kids , so not alot of painting happening, but have a day or 2 set aside so should get on a roll again – scuse the pun!

Autism Ribbon Butterfly Commission :)

September 30, 2012March 5, 2013Posted in abstract, acrylic, autism, autism painting, autism ribbon, butterfly, colorful, paintingTagged abstract, acrylic on canvas, art, autism, autism ribbon, colorful, paintingLeave a comment

I got asked to do a commission by a lovely family with an autistic son 🙂 I was honored to be able to do this and so enjoyed the whole process. She asked me to do a butterfly (Reina style) with the autism ribbon as the body. She sent me a couple of photos of the type of styles she like. I knew this painting was going to flow, because as soon as I went to sketch it, it literally flew out of the pencil onto the paper, the first drawing was the one I went with, and then immediately started on the canvas with paint. I want a warm toned nuetral-ish background, so it wouldn’t ‘fight’ with the butterfly and ribbon which I knew would be extremely colorful and bold. So I chose a soft mustard, caramel colour and made it lighter at the top going deeper at the bottom, this so, again, the intensity of the darker butterfly wings would not get lost in the background. Below is a series of shots from go to woe… the client and I are both thrilled with the result, the pics actually do it no justice but I just cant capture the colours true to tone on my camera, the blue is really blue, turquoise is very turquoise, etc.