blue – Reina Cottier Art

Jellyfish & Kina (sea urchin) Painting- Sold

September 1, 2023October 4, 2023Posted in artTagged acrylic, acrylic on canvas, art, blue, bubbles, current, floating, flow, green, ink, intuitive art, jellyfish, kina, nzart, nzartist, ocean, painting, paintings for sale, pink, reef, sea, turquoise, urchin, waves, yellow4 Comments

This Painting is now complete. It is 90 cm x 45 cm and is available through my online store. I ship worldwide & have AfterPay available in my shop

Paintings currently available to purchase here:

Paua – Painting finished & Sold

July 24, 2023Posted in artTagged abalone, art, blue, colourful, intuitive art, intuitiveart, nzart, nzartist, ocean, oceanart, painting, paua, shell, surf, surfart, turquoise, visionaryart, waves, yellowLeave a comment

I have just completed this Paua (abalone) painting. Capturing those shells is very challenging, I have painted Paua once before and it took a whole day to get it right. And you have to get it right, it’s a very unforgiving subject. 😎 The light, the colours, the blending… a test of my patience & determination 😆 I

Overall, ’m loving those colours too, warm goldy greens, teals, turquoises, lime & blues.

Found it’s new home in Singapore with a regular collector of my art.

2 more Finished Paintings ~ Ocean themed

July 22, 2023July 25, 2023Posted in art, paintingTagged abalone, acrylic on canvas, art, artforsale, blue, canvas prints, flow, intuitive art, kina, new Zealand art, newzealandart, nzart, nzartist, ocean, paintings for sale, paua, prints, purple, reef, rockpool, sea, seabed, seaturtle, starfish, surf, teal, turtle, visionaryart, water, waves, yellowLeave a comment

On a roll! continuing my love affair with Ocean / Reef/ Sea themes. I have 2 more completed & sold in the last 3 weeks. Revisiting this ‘older’ style (last time I painted like this was 2017 for the huge commercial stairwell installation ) has been so refreshing. Painting with new perspective, fresh eyes, and a deeper love for my process & my creative journey. Patience & discernment are my biggest learning curves over the last few years, just because my inspo, concept & flow is at a hundred miles an hour, does not mean my process has to be as well. Taking my time with deep consideration.

More on the Paua piece in another dedicated post soon.

Both these pieces have sold. 🙂

Latest finished artwork- Ocean themed.

May 31, 2023September 1, 2023Posted in art, paintingTagged acrylic on canvas, art, artforsale, artprint, arttolicense, blue, boatwrap, bubbles, carwrap, green, ink, intuitiveart, jellyfish, kina, koru, license, magical, mural, mystical, newzealand, newzealandart, nzart, nzartist, ocean, oceanart, painting, print, red, rockpool, sea, seascape, seaurchin, splashback, turquoise, underwater, visionaryart, water, whimsical, wrap6 Comments

Here is my latest painting. I got inspired after a boat company licensed my seabed image for a boat wrap ( will post separately on that) and I felt excited to paint something in that theme & style again. The entire painting (100cm x 75cm) took less than a week, it all came together with an ease & flow of this style that I haven’t tapped into in years. I used acrylics & acrylic inks. A most enjoyable refreshing experience!

Sold 🙂

Third & Final Install- Seabed to Stars

May 7, 2017July 10, 2017Posted in acrylic, art, Artist, bird, commission, Contemporary Art, corporate, nativeart, New Age Art, New Zealand art/paintingTagged abalone, anenome, aotearoa, art, artist, bird, blue, colorful, commission, flax, green, kina, kowhai, large, mural, nativeart, nature, ocean, office, painting, panels, paua, peaceful, pohutakawa, purple, sea, seabed, silverfern, sky, sorporate, stingray, teal, toetoe, tui, turquoise, vibrant, waves2 Comments

Last week we made the trip to Auckland with the final 3 paintings to install.
Here’s a short look at the final painting, on level 3 of the stairwell.
I’ll have a longer, beginning to end vid coming soon.

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.
©Reina Cottier Art

Carnival Peacock

July 14, 2016July 14, 2016Posted in Abstract Art, acrylic, art, Artist, mixed media, mixedmedia, peacockTagged abstract, abstract art, abstract paintings, art, artist, blue, bright, colorful, feathers, fuscia, magenta, mixedmedia, orange, painting, peacock, pink, purple, red, vibrant1 Comment

This, just finished, is a commissioned peacock from a wonderful friend of mine
from my school days.
There is something really liberating about using these colours, something uplfiting
and joyous. Reminded me of a carnival.

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)

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or email me: reinacottier@gmail.com

xxx

Painted Mannequin Torso

March 31, 2015Posted in acrylic, art, body, female, form, mannequin, painted, painting, torsoTagged acrylic, art, arty, black, blue, body, creative, decorative, energy, female, flowing, form, green, kiwiana, kiwiart, koru, mannequin, maoriart, painted, painting, purple, shapes, teal, torso, turquoise4 Comments

Finally was able to finish one of many mannequin torsos!
very happy with the outcome and sold to a regular buyer in Australia.
Much more difficult to paint fine smooth lines on this surface,
so this took alot longer than I normally would to paint something similar on canvas.
I have more to paint, and Im looking forward to experimenting with feathers and other things!

©Reina Cottier Art

as always, for any queries, or commission questions, pls contact me at:
reinacottier@gmail.com
🙂

Peacock Feathers, Tribal decoration & Birds

July 12, 2014July 13, 2014Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, Artist, kiwiana, New Zealand art/painting, paintingTagged abstract, abstract paintings, art, art for sale, bird, blue, feather, fly, flying, green, kiwiana, koru, mysticl, mythological, peacock, purple, turqoise, wings2 Comments

My lovely partner is a house painter, and came home with what was leftover of the most beautiful fuchsia coloured paint, called ‘Center Stage’ (<<love it) – so, being acrylic paint, I asked if I could have it, and created this beauty with it.
A carry on from my peacock phase , and I added some of my Reina style tribal/cultural designs to it, and I must say Im rather pleased with what the outcome was 🙂

that then led to this:

Needing a change of direction 😉 I then decided to try my hand at some ‘birds’. I use the word ‘bird’ loosely.. I loathe giving anyone an expectation, cos I like my ‘creatures’ to be anything really,.. lets just call them ‘flying creatures’ – they do look a little mystical/mythological…. so these 3 were produced in (again) rather quick succession, and I really loved them. The top one is finished, and the bottom 2 are still in progress, but not too far off being done.

There is a little piece of me in all my paintings of course, but these were a big piece of me 🙂

Ill post up finished pics of those 2 once done, not far off now. 🙂

Phew, finally catching up on this blogging thing 🙂

Whales & Dolphins

April 9, 2014Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, Artist, dolphin, Kiwi, Maori, whaleTagged abstract art, abstract paintings, aqua, art, blue, creature, dolphin, kiwiana, koru, magical, maori, ocean, purple, surfart, teal, turquoise, wave, whale8 Comments

I succumbed, and finally painted a dolphin. 🙂 ‘Reina Style’ of course 🙂

Here is the result, the hardest part was getting the shape of the dolphin right, I had about 4 goes at it

until I was satisfied it looked right (in perspective). The rest was easy, so much fun, like coloring in when you were a kid!

SImilar thing with the whales below, getting the shape right was the most important thing and what I

focussed on. After that, it just flowed……

I have a 3rd whale on the go, a commission, and perhaps there is another dolphin inside me somewhere…?

as usual, you can contact me at: reinacottier@gmail,com if there are any queries. 🙂

Tis all for now… bye. x

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…..