ruru – Reina Cottier Art

Commission for Dept of Conservation ( DOC) NZ

March 19, 2024July 1, 2025Posted in artTagged acrylic on canvas, art, bird, commission, conservation, DOC, forest, ink, kauri, kauri dieback, kereru, leaves, morepork, native, native forest, nativenz, newzealandart, nzart, nzartist, nznative, 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 )

Recently Completed Works

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, art, art exhibition, New Zealand art/painting, newzealandart, newzealandartist, koru, nzart, nzartist, nativeart, art, artist, painting, mixedmedia, energy, cultural,, paintingTagged abstract art, abstract paintings, art, butterfly, intuitive art, koru, morpork, owl, painting, reinacottierart, ruru6 Comments

After a somewhat prolific painting period in Feb/MArch, I was so pleased to be able to have some of these on display for the Mercury Bay Art Escape (Studio tour) recently. Also happy that some sold, and some are going to 2 separate galleries in our region.
I am totally loving my new abstract pieces, harking back to my first days of painting, and combining with some techniques both learned/inspired from others, and also self discovery as I go.

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and last but not least , a commission I completed for a man who owns a Bed & Breakfast on the shores of our beautiful Lake Taupo, named after our native owl, ‘Ruru’, with views of the lake, and Mt’s Tongariro, Ngarahoe & Ruapehu. He asked for the owl to be the feature and for it to be set at night….I was really pleased with how it turned out.