aqua – Reina Cottier Art

Install: Painting 1- New Zealand Native Art- ‘Seabed’.

February 25, 2017July 10, 2017Posted in art, seabedTagged abalone, anemone, aqua, art, artist, blue, commercial, commission, corporate, green, kina, koru, large, newzealand, nzart, nzartist, office, panels, paua, red, seabed, starfish, stingray, teal, turquoiseLeave a comment

The first painting, of three, (2.4m x 1m) has now been installed on level one of the internal stairwell of the office block.

For those of you tha dont know, I got a contract to paint 6 panels, each 2.4m x 1m for the internal stairwell of a major city office block, the external wall being glass so will be able to be seen from the road. It is all based around native New Zealand (where I live) so the lower level is seabed, the middle is native forest/bush and the upper will be NZ skies. First panel now complete. The next one is a diptych. and the final is a triptych.

Couldn’t be happier .

Painting Paua / Abalone

January 28, 2017May 10, 2017Posted in abalone, anenome, art, Artist, kina, maoriart, mixed media, NZ art, ocean, paua, seabed, starfishTagged abalone, anenome, aqua, blue, coast, cultural, green, kina, maoriart, nativeart, newzealand, NZ, nzart, nzartist, ocean, pacific, pacificaart, paua, rockpool, seabed, starfish, tribal, turquoise4 Comments

Cropped piece of large wall mural of NZ Seabed.

This was a real challenge. The perfectionist in me needed this to be exactly right, the feel of it, the colours everything had to be exactly as I sensed it should be and I was settling for nothing less. I painted over it three times completely wiping it out and starting again , before I manage to finally get on a roll that felt on the right track.

Relief! That is the feeling when everything else Floyd so easily with this painting and this is completely stopped me in my tracks. The end result I am thrilled with and it sits perfectly and balance with the rest of the painting.

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Whale / Tohora Commission

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016Posted in art, Artist, koru, maoriart, New Zealand art/painting, newzealandart, newzealandartist, NZ art, whaleTagged aqua, art, blue, creature, humpback, kiwiart, koru, maoriart, nativeart, ocean, oceanic, painting, purple, tail, tohora, tribal, turquoise, whale2 Comments

This is a commission for a friend. Ive painted loads of whales, but decided to change the angle of this, I wanted it to more dramatic. I akso, for the first tine am using acrlic markers for some of the detailing , certainly alot faster than brush & ink.
Really happy how it’s progressing so far 🙂

Acrylics, Inks, Acrylic markers.
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