whale – Reina Cottier Art

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 )

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.

Whale/Tohora Finished.

December 26, 2016April 10, 2017Posted in acrylic, art, Artist, nzart, nzartist, tohora, whaleTagged aotearoa, art, artist, beautiful, cultural, fins, humpback, koru, maoriart, nativeart, newzealand, nzart, nzartist, sacred, spiral, symbols, tail, tohora, totem, whale2 Comments

Have completed this commission. It has been shipped to its owner in Australia.
My best whale yet I think 🙂

©Reina Cottier Art.

Colour In Your Life (TV Series).Vid of Behind the Scenes of my shoot…

November 30, 2016May 9, 2017Posted in art, colour, Reina Cottier Art, series, TVTagged art, artist, CIYL, colour, colourinyoulife, filing, in, life, maoriart, NZ, nzart, nzartist, reinacottier, series, shoot, tohora, TV, video, whale, yourLeave a comment

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.
©Reina Cottier Art

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.

Art Fair, Whale Mural, Colouring Book feature and commission complete!

September 2, 2015Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, art, Artist, book, colouring, Contemporary Art, maoriart, pages, paintings, printsTagged abstract, abstract paintings, adult, art, book, coloring, colouring, cottier, inspirational, kids, kiwiart, koru, maoriart, mural, New Zealand, pages, reina, spiritual, tribal, whale2 Comments

Lots of news to share with you in this post….
first up,

©Reina Cottier Art (SOLD)

….Finished painting for commission “Band of Gold” .

see June 16 post for details on this piece, link below:

https://reinacottierart.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/band-of-gold-commission-process/

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in other news, colouring book is going really well,
the regional paper did a feature piece on me and it spurred alot of interest
resulting in many sales of the book, so very happy about that! 🙂

Im also helping students at Tairua School do a whale mural for the school pool wall.
We have cut it into ’tiles’ and they will be mounted slightly apart…
progress is going well, with only detailing left to do, here is a part pic of it, not complete.

And last week, I had a stall at the Whitianga Art and Craft Fair… again, very successful, and alot fo fun.
Met some awesome local artists, and sold plenty of prints, colouring books and cards.
I also got 3 commissions out of it, and sold a mini board and 2 paintings…
cant really ask for more than that really, very pleased with the results.

Inspirational Wordart!

September 2, 2014March 1, 2016Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, art, Word art, WordsTagged abstract, animal, art, butterfly, cards, dolphin, for sale, inspire, maoriart, moon, owl, painting, peacock, print, prints, spiritanimal, totem, tribal, whale, wordart3 Comments

WORDART

I created this wordart using my images/paintings, I used words that are in tune with the animal/creature I have paired them with, or the feel of the image/painting I have used. The result was better than I imagined, and the resulting sales of prints and cards means Ive done something pretty spot on I think 🙂

So, we have 3 butterflies, an elephant, an angel wing, an owl, a peacock, a dolphin & a whale.
I will most likely be adding more to the collection as time goes on.

ALL WORDART AVAILABLE IN PRINTS ON CANVAS, PHOTOCARD & GREETING CARDS.

For inquiries on pricing, pls email me:
reinacottier@gmail.com

all images are ©Reina Cottier Art 2014

©Reina Cottier Art 2014.

If anyone is interested in prints, either on canvas, or on photocard, or greeting cards,
then contact me: reinacottier@gmail.com
thanks!

Inspirational Wordart by Reina Cottier. All available on prints and cards.

Finished Works

September 1, 2014April 9, 2015Posted in abstract, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, acrylic, art, Artist, Contemporary Art, NZ artTagged abstract, acrylic on canvas, art, dolphin, full moon, Goddess, intuitive art, kiwiana, kiwiart, koru, maoriart, whaleLeave a comment

Finally finished Tribal moon Goddess. Phew.
That is the first face I have painted and, whilst I got the shape ok, the shading was a different story altogther.
Very happy with how she turned out, I didnt want her to look real, but I did want her to have a realness about her essence.

This one also finished. One of my faves actually.
Not sure why, I think its the magical dreamy quality about it, it just feels good for me to look at 🙂

a lovely NY collectors 2 paintings he bought from me, a dolphin & a whale.
I think they look great together.