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Silver Fern & Tui

April 10, 2015July 23, 2023Posted in abstract, art, Artist, Kiwi, kiwiana, kiwiart, maoriart, new, newzealand, painting, silver fern, tui, zealandTagged abstract, acrylic, aotearoa, art, artist, bird, blue, bush, canvas, dark, fauna, feathers, fern, flora, frond, kiwi, kiwiart, koru, light, mamaku, maori, maoriart, native, new, newzealand, original, painting, ponga, prints, silver, silverfern, teal, tribal, tui, turquoise, zealandLeave a comment

New Zealand has many native flora and fauna.
We are blessed with some of the most stunning native bush in the world.
We live between native bush and the sea, so I get to go bush walking when ever I want to.
I could load up 100 pics 🙂 of my walks if i wanted to, but i wont , (collective sigh of relief lol)…
here are 3 to show you where i get my inspiration from………

….to then paint things like this:

©Reina Cottier Art. (Sold)

and, right outside my bedroom window in spring, are gorgous wee chaps like this Tui bird,
(another native of New Zealand),
talking away, clicking and singing with what sounds alot like a bell bird at times.
The stunning ‘metallic’ colours on this bird are mesmerising to me, these pics dont really show the deep gun metal grey, emerald greens and deep turquoises…the subtle nuances of them are what fascinate me, not a blaring vibrant “look at me” type thing, but more, an elegance, (esp with that ‘cloak’ of feathers around its nape), and a slight arrogance in a way. They are quite naturally tame, you can get within a metre or so when they are feeding and they dont mind at all.

so here are 2 of my Tui paintings:

©Reina Cottier Art (sold)

As always, I am active on FB if you want to chat there 🙂
(my FB link to the right of this post)

or email me: reinacottier@gmail.com

xxx

Butterfly Series

November 13, 2013July 26, 2015Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, butterfly, New Zealand, paintingTagged abstract, art, artist, blue, butterfly, colorful, green, magical, painting, purple, teal, turquoise, vibrant, whimsical, yellow4 Comments

A few months ago I spontaneously painted an abstract-ish butterfly, it was so popular, sold within 5 mins of posting it, and everyone said ‘you HAVE to paint more butterflies!’……
I didnt feel like it at the time, but a few weeks ago, I suddenly had an urge, and in my usual style, have painted about 10 in 3 short weeks. LOL!
Here are a few of the ones I have done so far, more to come, they have all, but one, sold…..

ALL images & artwork is ©Reina Cottier Art 2013

More to come…… 🙂

Reina Cottier Art YouTube channel

June 24, 2013June 24, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, Artist, Contemporary Art, video, YoutubeTagged abstract, abstract paintings, artist, kiwi, kiwiana, koru, magical, maori, New Age, spiral, vieo, whimsical, white, youtube, zenLeave a comment

VERY happy to announce that I finally have sorted my YouTube channel and have uploaded a whole pile of slideshow vids.
SOme are of last years art, and others are right up ot the present moment, including my Shades of White Series above.

Im so happy with how they have turned out, I managed to get some awesome royalty free music to go along with it, and I have credited the musicians in the blurbs with the vid.

Here is another: