teal – Reina Cottier Art

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 .

Kiwiana, Silver Fern & Tui Bird

April 10, 2015Posted 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, kiwiana, 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:

©Reina Cottier Art. (Sold)

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:

©Reina Cottier Art (sold)

hope you enjoyed a taste of Kiwiana in this post.

As always, im rampantly active on FB if you want to chat there 🙂
(my FB link to the right of this post)

or email me: reinacottier@gmail.com

xxx

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!

©Reina Cottier Art

as always, for any queries, or commission questions, pls contact me at:
reinacottier@gmail.com
🙂

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

‘Against the Grain’

September 15, 2013September 15, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, Kiwi Art, koru, New Zealand, NZ art, paintingTagged abstract, abstract paintings, art, blonde, board, folk art, kiwi, kiwiana, kiwiart, koru, mahogany, maori, New Zealand, spiral, teal, white wash, wood, wooden6 Comments

© Reina Cottier Art 2013
#1

New Series!
‘Against the Grain’

Aptly named, acrylic on canvas, abstract wood look backgrounds with my Reina style korus & swirls atop.

I decided to try and create a more textured background for my shapes & colours.

Not at all planned or by design, I stumbled upon this wood look background and love it!

So set forth to put varies combinations of colour, swirl and curl on different shades and ‘wash’ of board.
I like how the spirals/korus ‘pop’ off the board, an illusion of 3D.

©Reina Cottier Art 2013

I really like the white wash board background of #3 above, I think so far this is my favourite,

although I am experimenting with many shades and tones of board.
SO the top 3 there are complete, (top 2 are sold), one above For Sale….

the next load of pics are all Works In Progress…..

WIP

Have lots more creative energy for this series, so will continue in that flow until I lose interest, and then it will be onto something else.

Great weekend to all! 🙂

A Gallery of July/August works

September 3, 2013September 6, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, Artist, butterfly, painting, surf artTagged aqua, art, butterfly, kiwi, kiwiana, koru, lotus, maori, New Zealand, orbs, spiritual, surfart, teal, turquoise, zen6 Comments

I have so many pics to share, that this post is going to be mainly pics of my art that I have produced through end of July and August.

SOLD

FOR SALE

I bought some TOTALLY COOL acrylic markers and you can see I have been having some fun with them.

Instead of outlining shapes in a large painting taking me about half and hour, it now takes me about 15- 20 mins max!

Been using my stencils again too, loving it!

🙂

Shades of White

May 13, 2013May 13, 2013Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, acrylic, art, Artist, magical, Maori, New age, New Age Art, New Zealand, New Zealand art/paintingTagged abstract art, abstract paintings, art, cosmic, doodle, doodle art, galaxy, koru, magical, maori, orbs, surf, surfart, teal, turquoise, whimsical, white12 Comments

well this series happened quite by ‘accident’ ….

I painted the background of #1 and then doodled a very fast design straight onto the canvas and painted the outline of it white, as I always do as a prep for the rest to come… the COLOUR, the signature ‘Reina colour’ 🙂 ……

I posted an ‘In Progress’ pic on my FB page and got an overwhelming response of: “its FAB as it is!!” … so, a new series was born…

this is the finished result of the first one:

#1 (18″ x 36″-for sale)
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013

#2 (20″ x 24″ Sold)

and this one i started yesterday, still in progress: (SOLD)

I feel like I have another few of these left inside me yet 🙂

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oh and in other news, my art is one of 52 artists featured in the wonderful e-book:

52 Prescriptions for Happiness- by Joe Dunn & Mali Apple.

Link here:
http://www.amazon.com/52-Prescriptions-Happiness-Inspiration-ebook/dp/B00CHU9PSO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

this is the pic they used:
“Gaia Speaks”-by Reina Cottier
(c) Reina Cottier Art 2013

Unity

November 21, 2012November 22, 2012Posted in abstract, energy, Kiwi, kiwiana, koru, Maori, painting, tribalTagged abstract, art, kiwiana, koru, maori, one, oneness, painting, peace, purple, teal, unite, unity, zen2 Comments

my latest artwork

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© Reina Cottier Art 2013 #1 New Series! ‘Against the Grain’

Aptly named, acrylic on canvas, abstract wood look backgrounds with my Reina style korus & swirls atop.

I decided to try and create a more textured background for my shapes & colours.

Not at all planned or by design, I stumbled upon this wood look background and love it!

So set forth to put varies combinations of colour, swirl and curl on different shades and ‘wash’ of board. I like how the spirals/korus ‘pop’ off the board, an illusion of 3D.

I really like the white wash board background of #3 above, I think so far this is my favourite,

although I am experimenting with many shades and tones of board. SO the top 3 there are complete, (top 2 are sold), one above For Sale….

the next load of pics are all Works In Progress…..

Have lots more creative energy for this series, so will continue in that flow until I lose interest, and then it will be onto something else. Great weekend to all! 🙂

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© Reina Cottier Art 2013
#1

New Series!
‘Against the Grain’

So set forth to put varies combinations of colour, swirl and curl on different shades and ‘wash’ of board.
I like how the spirals/korus ‘pop’ off the board, an illusion of 3D.

although I am experimenting with many shades and tones of board.
SO the top 3 there are complete, (top 2 are sold), one above For Sale….

Have lots more creative energy for this series, so will continue in that flow until I lose interest, and then it will be onto something else.

Great weekend to all! 🙂