"My art has reached a whole new level for me lately, there seem to be more layers, more energetically to each piece. While I have less time to paint, (my colouring book and childrens book being published has been keeping me super busy), what I am painting is feeling a lot more satisfying than previously.
I have revisited my cosmic connections and integrated them with my love for cultural themes and nature/creatures."
- Reina Cottier
The artist describes her work and the level of energy and inspiration in her pieces in her own words. You can't look at her work and not be moved by it's beauty and energy, by it's soothing, ethereal elegance.That she loves the New Zealand culture and nature is apparent in her work.
I was hooked the first time I saw her work. It was a dolphin in shades of blues and greens. It was graceful and elegant. It had movement and joy. I have a copy of it on my desk from her 2015 calendar. It makes me happy. It keeps me grounded.
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“Inspiration is all around me, I
literally breathe it in on a daily basis. I live in Tairua, a beautiful seaside
town, on the Coromandel Peninsula. I am constantly inspired by the majestic
mountains to the west and the wild surf beach to the east. I am heavily
influenced by our magical mystical universe, and all its wonderment and
secrets. I find enormous inspiration in different cultures and tribal life,
Pacifica, Indonesian, Indian, Oriental, American Indian and so on, My art has a
real ‘cross fusion’ of tribal/cultural feel to it. Bits of this, and a hint of
that, blended with a mysticism and ‘other worldly’ feel at times. “My art has
developed and evolved immensely, at first it was totally experimental both in
expression and technically, now it is certainly still very experimental, (I
love being in the moment, no planning and just seeing what evolves on the
canvas), but I have developed a certain style that seems to appear, whether
consciously or not.”
- Reina Cottier
- Reina Cottier
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