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My Art Retreat season is starting again💫

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🤗I’m excited! …after an intentionally quiet winter ( I blocked off my calendar so I could focus on painting , & travelling to see my daughters, one is in Queenstown & the other in Australia) , my Art retreat season is beginning again and I’m really looking forward to it!

In case you don’t know, I hold small private art retreats ( mixed media) here on my property. We have a two bedroom unit and my studio on site.

These magical private retreats are for 2 to 3 people, and I most often get couples, mums and daughters, siblings and friends coming along and staying 4 -6 days with 2 -3 days in the studio with me.

Add to that the fact that I’m literally in one of the most stunning parts of New Zealand on the coast, Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula ( we live 250m from the beach) …people that come say it’s an experience they’ll never forget.

So next week is the beginning of some regular bookings leading up to Christmas, and I get to share my joy, my creative processes and techniques with the loveliest people. Somehow the right people always find their way to me and we always become besties at the end of it. 💛

I’m always amazed at the transformation of someone from day one to the day they leave , which is a very short space of time. (3-5 days) .

The way we explore the creative process, the way I watch them slowly let go, and step into their intuition & own natural flow is always a beautiful thing to me. often looking at a completely different person the day we say goodbye. Freer, happier, calmer… it’s wonderful.

My ‘season’ goes from October to April , which is our spring / summer (and yes I do make exceptions for people that can only travel May through September 👍 ).

If you’re curious & would like to know more, use the contact tab in the Menu & flick me a message, I’d love to chat. Or go to the Art Retreats & Workshops page in the Menu.

Bye for now , I’m off to prep my studio & cottage for 2 lovely ladies arriving Monday.

Have a great weekend!

-Reina x

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Native & Real, Bright & Energising

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I think this has to be one of my favourite pieces I have ever created. It has a vibrancy, an energy about it,.. its so alive and raw. I have reluctantly let it go to a gallery , but I wont be disappointed it it doesn’t sell (lol!) Id love to keep it 🙂
Its a mixed media piece: collage, ink, acrylic.

Flora Natures Reveal by NZ artist Reina Cottier
“Nature’s Reveal”, Mixed Media- by Reina Cottier, New Zealand artist

Collage & Ink Elephant

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I absolutely love using collage in some of my latest work.

Collage & ink on canvas.

This style suits itself perfectly to my elephants and butterflies.

Here is an elephant in progress, this is the second in s series of 3 so far. 🙂

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SOLDelephant-collage

Face lifts, Kiwiana & Commissions….

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I have SOOOOO much to post up…. time has been short, kids back to school, GAWD I LOATHE organising stationery, uniforms, shoes, hats, bags, ack.  It literally does my head in, I so cant stand the stationery thing, I just ordered the pack for both kids online and had it delivered to the house this year, LOL! The thought of trawling through what they do and dont need, esp with books called LBW4a2 and there is a BIG difference between that and the LBW4a3…… argh!!! … enough of that, you get the pic…..

so what have I been creatively up to? face lifting old art of mine!…….

I dug out an old collage the other day and added some metallic paint to it, some antique gold and some bronze, and some shadowing….

rather pleased with how it is evolving, it looked really flat before and sat in the cupboard for about 2 years, because i couldn’t quite put my finger on what I was to do with it… now its getting some depth and I like the ethereal underwater feel to it too…. still much to do.

 

This is another ‘oldie’ I have revamped a little (Im really LOVING giving my older ones a facelift!), this one is all but done now,.. some tidying here and there, a tinted glaze or two, a coat of varnish and done I think!

 

 

and this one I have just started:

this one is little, and has a very ‘Kiwiana’ (New Zealand) feel to it I think. (pronounced Keewee- ar- na) Again, no where near finished, but very happy with the direction Im headed in.

Now, over the next month, as time allows, I have 2 large commissions to do. Both triptychs. Both with text on them, so they are fairly involved, but I am really looking forward to both of them. Luckily both clients have full trust in my ability to deliver, so they are giving me full creative license which is superb. 🙂 Im only going to post progress shots of one of them as I want the other to be a surprise for that particular client. More on that over the next while.

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WHat else? OH yes, the book my art is in, (and I will feature on what looks like from the proof i have just read,  2 pages) is being published soon. Living Artists of Today Volume 1. Mila Ryk from Art & Beyond Magazine is a dream to deal with! She is publishing the book, such an accomplished artist, and talented business woman, Love her!

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OH! I nearly forgot!…. *drum roll please!*…..and I got nominated for a Versatile Blogger Award!!! *skips around the room* so I will be back later today to do all the  things I must to acknowledge this lovely honor and pass it on to others as well…..

watch this space……

xxxx