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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. 🙂

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.

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.
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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.

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!

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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

©Reina Cottier Art 2014

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:

©Reina Cottier Art 2014
SOLD

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 🙂

©Reina Cottier Art 2014
available for sale

©Reina Cottier Art 2014
In Progress & both SOLD

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!

©Reina Cottier Art 2014
SOLD

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……

©Reina Cottier Art 2013
SOLD

©Reina Cottier art 2014
SOLD

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…..

ALL images & artwork is ©Reina Cottier Art 2013

More to come…… 🙂

Against the Grain series cont’d

October 7, 2013October 7, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, acrylic, art, paintingTagged abstract, art, blue, kiwi, kiwiana, kiwiart, koru, maori, New Zealand, organic, painting, purple, rustic, swirl, teal, turquoise, wood, woodenLeave a comment

The rest of the series I produced here, (the first few are in the previous post),

acrylic on canvas, with a rustic ‘wood’ look background with my designs of korus, swirls and intense vibrant colour.

All images are © Reina Cottier Art 2013

All images © Reina Cottier Art 2013

June 11th 2013

June 11, 2013June 11, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, acrylic, art, Contemporary Art, New Zealand art/paintingTagged abstract, kiwi, kiwiana, koru, magical, maori, paintings, purple, red, surfart, turquoise, whimsical, whiteLeave a comment

This is the busiest time of the year for me, a number of important birthdays, and family celebrations and lots of other activities that need my attention,

hence, not an overly active painting time, but still… I have managed to start some really cool cnavas’s that are making me smile.

here’s 2 I started, the red & purple on the left and the turquoise, orb & koru on the top right- both with LOADS of texture…

The bottom right is a revamp, a re visit of an older one that never ever quite sat ‘right’ with me. So I am totally changing it, and its feeling much better, even though I still have a long way to go.

all in progress……..