commission – Reina Cottier Art

Commission for Dept of Conservation ( DOC) NZ

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024Posted in artTagged acrylic on canvas, art, bird, commission, DOC, forest, ink, kauri, kauri dieback, kereru, leaves, native, native forest, newzealandart, nzart, nzartist, ocean, original, owl, painting, ruru, snail, tohora, tree, weta, whale, wood pigeon4 Comments

🍃 Commission for Dept of Conservation ( DOC) Thames. 🐌

100cm x 80cm~ Acrylic ink & acrylic

🐋 While the original painting will hang in the Thames / Coromandel Peninsula Doc office, the image of it will be used as a peep board / hole in the head board for promotion & events to raise awareness of our native forest but predominantly the Kauri tree & the effects of kauri dieback disease on this mighty tree.

The brief was to include Kauri, Tohora ( whale) , Ruru (owl) , Kereru ( wood pigeon) , giant weta & giant snail.
The words read:

“Just as kauri entwine with others to protect the health of the forest, we work together to protect our kauri lands for future generations.

He waka eke noa – We are all in this together”

( please feel free to google the relationship and story between the Kauri & Tohora its beautiful )

Another Large Commission to the Bahamas

October 30, 2017December 5, 2019Posted in Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, acrylic, art, maoriart, New Zealand art/painting, newzealandartist, NZ art, nzart, paintingTagged acrylic, art, artist, commission, contemporaryart, corporate, corporateart, ink, large, maoriart, maoriinspired, painting, reinacottier6 Comments

This 4 piece painting , 2m x 2m is off to the Bahamas once done.

Each panel is 1m square.

My buyers live on a canal , and wanted all the colours of the water and sky. Their inspiration was my ‘Legend’ series.

I’m using acrylics and inks, and am about 3/4 way through at this point.

Beginning to End- Large Corporate Commission Video

May 12, 2017August 26, 2023Posted in Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, acrylic, art, commission, Contemporary Art, corporate, officeartTagged acrylic, art, artist, commission, contemporary, corporate, install, kowhai, large, milkyway, mural, nativeart, newzealandart, nzart, nzartist, officeart, process, silverfern, southerncross, stairwell, toetoe, tui, video2 Comments

The final video, from conception to install. A collation of some of the videos I took along the way, in the 4 and half months it took to complete this awesome project.

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 2- New Zealand Native Art

March 25, 2017July 10, 2017Posted in art, Artist, New Zealand, New Zealand art/painting, NZ art, NZ fern & flaxTagged commission, corporate, cottier, fauna, flora, fusion, koru, kowhai, large, maoriart, mural, native, newzealand, office, pacifica, pohutakawa, reina, silverfern, tui7 Comments

The second very large painting, (of three) has now been installed. A diptych (2 panels, each panel is 2.4m x 1m, so entire painting is 2.4m x 2m)) of New Zealand native plants and our native bird the Tui. This is on the second level of a 3 storey office block, in the internal stairwell.

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 .

Commissioned Book Cover- Perfecting the Dance (now published!)

April 11, 2015March 1, 2016Posted in art, Artist, book, commission, cover, nesha, painting, sleeve, tateTagged arc, arch, book, colorful, colourful, commission, couple, cover, dance, Heart, horizon, koru, nesha, people, perfecting, published, rainbow, spiritual, sunrise, sunset, tate, vibrant2 Comments

Well this is exciting!!
I was commissioned by the amazing Dr Nesha Jenkins-Tate to paint her a cover for her book. Perfecting the Dance.
(Published by Balboa, a subsidary of Hay House.)
A wonderful journey, from her telling me her thoughts and ideas, to me (with her input) coming up with this concept.
It flowed right from the start, most enjoyable and easy. Even the ‘figures’, that I thought i might struggle with, just ethereally placed themselves there and asked for no feet (LOL!!!) im serious…feet were NOT on the agenda.
Nesha knew exactly the colours she wanted, and i got that spot on first time round too. Thank you Nesha for this wonderful opportunity, im totally honoured to have been able to do this for you. 🙂 All the very best, its a fantastic book!

Excerpt from the back cover:

“Perfecting the Dance offers the intimate counsel and refreshingly candid voice of a good friend as it shares practical and inspirational life-lessons.Gain new insights about yourself and your relationships while exploring various topics, such as people-pleasing, parenting, friendships, partnering, love-lessons, forgiveness, and how to discover and pursue your life’s purpose.But this isn’t a book about perfection—it is a book about perfecting. It is about constantly discovering something new about yourself while uncovering new ways to approach life’s twists and turns.And it isn’t a book about perfecting the dancer. It is a book about perfecting the metaphoric dance— navigating your way through life’s changes and challenges and learning how to transcend them through greater love, faith, and courage.Be enriched by these lessons about life and love that are essentially dance-lessons—powerful, practical reminders about how we can keep on dancing with life as it comes our way.“

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