seabed – Reina Cottier Art

Pearl of Wisdom – Painting

August 22, 2023Posted in artTagged aqua, art, clam, intuitive art, koru, newzealandart, nzart, nzartist, ocean, oyster, painting, Pearl, sea, seabed, shell, teal, tribal, turquoise, visionaryart, wave, waves, yellow2 Comments

Pearls are symbolic of wisdom gained through experience. The gems are believed to offer protection, as well as attract good luck and wealth. They are well-known for their calming effects. Pearls have a way of bringing balance to your karma.

This is one of my latest pieces, continuing my ocean, reef them.

Acrylic & Ink on canvas ~60x60cm ~ Sold

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. 🙂

Reina Cottier Ocean Art- Boatwrap for Stabicraft

June 23, 2023August 26, 2023Posted in art, boatwrapTagged art, boat, boat wraps, boatart, boatgraphics, boatwrap, canvas, graphic, green, kina, kiwiana, marine, mural, nzart, nzartist, ocean, painting, paua, print, prints, reef, reinacottier, rockpool, sea, seabed, stabicraft, stingray, surfart, underwater, vibrant, vinyl, vinylwraps, waves, wrap6 Comments

Stabicraft approached me a few weeks ago, and asked if they could use my artwork , ‘Seabed’, to wrap one of their boats for the NZ Boatshow. This is the result doesn’t it look amazing! The boat sold within half an hour of the show opening, the new owners loved the art!
West Coast Boat Wraps did an amazing job!

Pics courtesy of West Coast Boat Wraps

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 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 .

Painting Paua / Abalone

January 28, 2017May 10, 2017Posted in abalone, anenome, art, Artist, kina, maoriart, mixed media, NZ art, ocean, paua, seabed, starfishTagged abalone, anenome, aqua, blue, coast, cultural, green, kina, maoriart, nativeart, newzealand, NZ, nzart, nzartist, ocean, pacific, pacificaart, paua, rockpool, seabed, starfish, tribal, turquoise4 Comments

Cropped piece of large wall mural of NZ Seabed.

This was a real challenge. The perfectionist in me needed this to be exactly right, the feel of it, the colours everything had to be exactly as I sensed it should be and I was settling for nothing less. I painted over it three times completely wiping it out and starting again , before I manage to finally get on a roll that felt on the right track.

Relief! That is the feeling when everything else Floyd so easily with this painting and this is completely stopped me in my tracks. The end result I am thrilled with and it sits perfectly and balance with the rest of the painting.