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 )

Cover of the Coromandel Life Magazine!

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019Posted in art, Artist, bird, Contemporary Art, koru, maoriart, mixed media, nativeart, New Zealand art/painting, newzealandart, newzealandart, newzealandartist, koru, nzart, nzartist, nativeart, art, artist, painting, mixedmedia, energy, cultural,, newzealandartist, nzart, Reina Cottier Art, tuiTagged acrylic, art, artist, bird, contemporaryart, coromandel, cover, feature, fern, ink, koru, life, magazine, maoriart, mixedmedia, moon, native, newzealandart, nzart, nzartist, reinacottier, sun, tribal, tui2 Comments

Honoured to have my latest Tui painting
on the cover of the latest Coromandel Life Magazine!
AND a 2 page feature on yours truly inside.
This mag is a widely distributed, visually stunning,
glossy mag filled with art & artists.

This is the second magazine my artworks have graced,
the former being New Zealand Artists magazine in 2015
with my flying owl, and a 4 page feature inside.
This mag, to this date, remains their biggest selling issue!

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November 22, 2017October 15, 2020Posted in art, cardsTagged artist, cards, deck, deep, guidance, Inspiration, knowledge, meaning, native, newage, nzart, nzartist, oracle, phrases, reinacottier, spiritual, support, tarot, uplifting, wisdom, wordsLeave a comment

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Time Lapse Demo of Detailing the Bird

April 11, 2017April 11, 2017Posted in art, bird, nativeart, newzealandart, newzealandartist, koru, nzart, nzartist, nativeart, art, artist, painting, mixedmedia, energy, cultural,, wingsTagged acrylic, art, artist, bird, colourful, cottier, flying, ink, insprie, kea, kereru, mixedmedia, native, nzart, nzartist, painting, phoenix, reina, soaring, uplfting, vibrant, wings2 Comments

Native New Zealand Bird by Reina Cottier — Inks & acrylics on custom wood.

Video Demo- A day in my studio

April 4, 2017Posted in acrylic, art, bird, demo, ink, mixed media, nativeart, newzealandart, newzealandartist, koru, nzart, nzartist, nativeart, art, artist, painting, mixedmedia, energy, cultural,, videoTagged acrylic, art, artist, beautiful, bird, colors, colourful, cottier, demo, ink, inspiring, interesting, large, mixedmedia, mural, native, newzealand, painting, reina, teach, tutorial, vibrant, vid, video2 Comments

I video’s most of my days painting yesterday, edited it into a 10 minute ,easy to watch video, if you are interested in my process, then take a look 🙂

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.

My ‘Colour In Your Life’ TV Show

February 23, 2017August 26, 2023Posted in art, colour, TV, videoTagged acrylic, art, artist, canvas, colour, colourinyourlife, cultural, fine, ink, inspire, life, mixedmedia, native, newzealand, nzart, nzartist, painting, sacred, show, spiritual, teach, tips, TV, vibrant, video, whale8 Comments

‘My show, on Colour In Your Life, is now live on You Tube and on their website.

New Works! – Falcon, Whale Tail, Peacocks.

February 15, 2016March 25, 2016Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, art, Artist, falconTagged art, bird, falcon, feathers, koru, maoriart, mixedmedia, native, newzealand, ocean, painting, peacock, tail, whale2 Comments

I barely know where to start…. after having 6 weeks of no creativity thru end of December and January 2016 (kids on summer school holidays here in New Zealand), I have thrown myself back into it with a vengeance and so much stored up creative ideas, its like I cant stop and nor do i want to!

So this year has been about breaking thru some boundaries I was starting to get stuck in with my art last year. I still LOVE my precise detailing and fine lines, but I needed and wanted to do something alot freer and alot faster, so im having day on, day off with commissions (precise detailing taking alot of focus and time) and this new technique i hahve literally thrown myself into. Fast, no thinking, mixed media, ink, stencils, sticks, scrapers, acrylic, enamel spray and anything else i can get my hands on…. layers and layers of detail, to then use it for inspo to pick out something, in this case peacocks. 🙂
This first one is in progress, still have some to do, but its pretty much there,… totally LOVED these, they satisfied the aspect of me that is messy, uncontrolled, i even used my left hand (I am right handed) for some of it to make sure it was naive and not contrived in anyway.

In progress:
This is a Karearea (New Zealand Falcon, native bird of NZ), this is the second one i have painted, REALLY love the powerful energy that comes thru with these glorious birds.

and i started this whale tail yesterday… been wanting to do one for about a year, and finally felt an uncontrollable urge.

For more on what im up to on a daily bases, come and visit me on my FB page, www.facebook.com/reinacottierart id love to chat.

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:

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:

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Firefly, Feline, Butterfly & Bird

December 21, 2014December 21, 2014Posted in abstract, Abstract Painting, art, bird, butterfly, cat, creative, feline, firefly, Kiwi, newzealand, tribalTagged abstract, art, bird, butterfly, cat, comission, feline, firefly, kiwi, kiwiana, kiwiart, koru, lotus, maoriart, moon, native, newzealand, orbs, painting, stars, tail, tribal, tui, wing1 Comment

I was commissioned to do 2 paintings, one of something with a firefly in it, and one with a feline theme.

Below are the finished pieces, owner is very happy 🙂

This Butterfly was something light and fun I did as a ‘fill in’ with all my Xmas commissions. I find I need a break from the commissions all the time, so I stay fresh and inspired.

This is a cropped piece of a Tui bird tail (Native bird of New Zealand), I have painted 3 of these birds now and I always start with the tail and complete that first, then I build the rest of the painting around it. I will post the whole three complete soon.

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