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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….

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

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.