Visionary Artist from New Zealand
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Handmade Mini Surfboards, made from recylced ply wood and painted.
Can be hung either vertically or horizontally, or leaning against something.
to inquire about pricing email me: reinacottier@gmail.com
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So much fun…. wil post complete and progress pics of more in the coming weeks 🙂
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Moon Goddess’s #1 & #2 almost done,
#1 needs a lot of work on the face & some tribal decoration to be put on her neck,
I still have to do some shading on #2 face and finish her hair at the front and a few other minor tweaks,
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Dolphin #3 in progress, always love my dolphins, this one only really just started,
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WIll finish Tribal Moon within a week I would expect, and Moon Goddess’s wont be far behind. 🙂
Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂
x
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(SOLD)
A while ago I decided to give painting my version of a peacock a go, but it took some time before that thought and the actualization of it to happen. Typical me, I have all these great ideas constantly, like a flow of thoughts & feelings, sometimes Ill get 10 at a time then nothing for a week,…or it’ll be a steady flow over a few days. The peacocks have been brewing for a while, like the owl (have i posted a pic of my owl yet?) and the whales and dolphins. So,back to peacocks: I knew i wasnt going to feature the head or the body, (in that, i wasnt going to worry about making it look real) it was always going to be all about the ‘plumage’ and colours , so the decision was already made to feature the bird form the back, rather than the front…. I ended up doing 3 of them, one commission, and 2 others to sell. Both sold. Unfortunately the lady that bought the 2nd one had to pull out of the sale due to some personal stuff, so that (below) has now become available again.
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(available for sale)
and this one was the commission:
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(SOLD)
what fun these were to do! Im definitely going to do more at some point, but of now, have moved onto other bird, well… sort of mythological Reina style birds :)…. Ill post up some pics soon… there’s a sense of freedom/liberation with this next series. 🙂
Pop into my FB page if you want to see more…. 🙂
This month as been full of commissions, and artworks selling before I have finished them 🙂
Really enjoying the diversity of what people are asking for, Im fortunate enough to have wonderful people asking for pieces that are fully trusting my process so they are not trying to control the outcome. My best work is when I am left to my own devises and all I really need is an idea of colour and size.
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this one below was a fun one I did in my ‘other artwork is drying so I need something to do’ time. ..
I really like it, its is currently available for sale…..
For Sale
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and right now, I am working on 3 peacock paintings,
next post here will feature those.
Lots more daily art action on my FB page if you would like to join me…
http://www.facebook.com/reinacottierart
🙂 take care, back soon.
x
I have decided to call this series ‘Legend’.
#1 (SOLD)
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here is #2 (SOLD)
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#3 (SOLD)
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#4 (SOLD)
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#5 (in progress)
cropped close up…..
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Quite a few people have asked me lately “Where can I buy your art?”
All of my sales are usually finalised on my FB art page Reina Cottier Art. >>>>>>
see right at the top of that side column there. >>>> and/or below left for link.
this is where I post all my progress shots from the beginning, you can chat to me about my paintings, and ask any questions, Im always there, interacting with everyone, love it. 🙂
© Reina Cottier Art 2013New Series!
‘Against the Grain’
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#2
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#3
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WIP
WIP
WIP
Great weekend to all! 🙂
This month has been soooo busy, and we are only 2/3 of the way through.
Well, my shades of white series has morphed into a combo of lots of different styles,
Im revisiting the old, the VERY old, the just last year and the new with technique, style & how I am painting at the moment.
Also, quietly noticing how bored I am becoming with my creations, no sooner have I started a piece, i am over it…..
….Its not that I dislike it, quite the opposite in fact, I love it, but my rate of ideas, and creative output is too fast for my time allowance and physical speed of painting. No sooner have i come up with an idea, its not even born and im onto another, lol, not sure this is a good thing, but im just going with it for now, not giving it too much attention. 😉
So, first up is a series of 10″ x 10″ i did, this is a selection of them
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
these proved very popular and 3 were sold before they were finished.
I also finished these 2 below, top one has sold:
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(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
This one had taken me a while, I started it in early May, unusually taking a long time on it, not sure why, but I am really pleased with how it turned it, and it sold about 15 mins after being posted up online:
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
I found my balinese stamps whilst looking for something else one day, so had a little play
around with those in the background of these 2 paintings,
I really like the subtle detail they add to the painting, not ‘taking it over’ but just a little interest 🙂
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
Back soon with some pics of current artworks in the pipeline,
until then, take care,
x
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
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: 
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in progress: 
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
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
This was a very quick doodle i sketched straight onto the canvas in about 3 mins
I was so excited about it I painted it immediately and the whole thing was done and dusted in about 2 hours.
Totally inspired by this ‘new’ thing i was doing, I decided to do something similar on a dark background:
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As usual i have several paintings on the go at once, so while I was belting out the above, I was also working on these 2 which i completed:
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(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
It seems as though i am returning to my beginnings as far as my paintings go.
These latest ones are very similar to my first few paintings I ever did, and the ones i am working on right now are even more so.
….those will be in my next post 🙂
School holidays right now, so about to go away for a few days with the kids, back to normal next week.
When it is overcast outside and my studio seems a little dull and dark,i have this amazing industrial light that my partner put up for me,
its fantastic, so light and bright and perfect for varnishing, can see any imperfections immediately.
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so these three are what I have been working on for the last week or so,
really enjoying the bright clearness of summer that gets into my bones and reflects in my art……..
all in progress :
All images (c) Reina Cottier Art 2013
and last but not least, some more Reina inspirations:
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.
Started this the other day (its not complete) …. got all inspired by a combination of what I have done in the past, (one of my first paintings was of Maori designs on top of flowing swirly shapes), and what I have been doing lattely with my stenciling etc… Ive been wanting to experiment with a more commercial look, one that perhaps could be licensed, printed on fabric, or products. I wanted vibrant colours with definite boundaries,
I also did this:
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It sold within a day, had alot of interest in it actually, so was happy about that.
I love the contrasting colours next to each other, really makes the reds/yellows pop out, esp with the dark outline.
So ‘everything in 3’s’ right?
well here’s #3:
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2012
Got several commissions on the go, which is exciting, but a week of sick kids and then me has not been conducive for creatove production…. get well this weekend, and FULL SPEED AHEAD next week. 🙂
bye!
x
have decided to do a series, or a theme of paintings. My last post, ‘Splash of Red’, is part of the series. Naturally I have been evolving toward this for quite some time, its fairly obvious that I have bits and bobs of the last 2 years of my art all wrapped into one now.
So the latest one I have just completed is this:
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Again, I am really enjoying this piece. It took a bit of ‘sorting out’ , getting the flow of lines correct, making sure everything had a flow, and yet, I didn’t want everything to have the ‘full stop’, i quite like some movement just disappearing off into nothing ness, and some ‘lines’ just not really going anywhere, but yeh within of that, it needed a balanced, or it looked completely off. At one point I had to keep walking away from it for several hours, and returning for that ‘fresh look’, so I could actually see what was happening on the canvas. I chose these colours because I wanted a real feel of the ocean (blues, greens, teals,) with dynamic energy & power (reds, purples & yellow). The white is fro drama, and also I like how it reminds me of ocean spray, froth, light through water… really love that. The ocean is in my blood and has been since I was born. I have never been able to love too far from the sea, ONCE when I was 19 I loved inland, not far, only about 10km from the sea (here in NZ that is inland! haha) and I loathed it, I felt claustrophobic, I was always trying to get out to the sea, so I made a resolution to never do that again, and since then I have never lived more than about 200m from the waters edge.
So, Im really feeling this series,
it started with this one:
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then the one in the last blog entry with the red.
what next? not sure… I may even end up calling them the Water, Air, Fire, Earth Wave series…. *thinks* yep.. its heading that way for sure.
Other things I am working on:
not finished-almost there
also incomplete,… this one has sold, few tweaks to do,.. its almost there.
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