Featured Artist Issue 25 – Reina Cottier
January 14, 2025
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My art continues to feature a blend of abstract and representational elements, often focusing on themes of nature and the human experience.
My art continues to feature a blend of abstract and representational elements, often focusing on themes of nature and the human experience.
My journey into art started with 10 years of deep depression. During this time, my counsellor suggested I start painting, which led to me putting some paintings into an exhibition run by Stepping Out, a support group for psychiatric survivors in Thames.
Many homes in Coromandel Town and the surrounding area have a Tony Calsaferri on their wall. After 24 years of painting, Tony’s work has found its place, with him completing 100 paintings annually.
Whitianga-based musician FĒI LÍN sat down with fellow Kiwi-Asian Elvisa van der Leden to share some insights on some of the elements that bring her music to life.
Colour and a blank canvas of the mind are the two prerequisites I need to create, and from that beginning, a range of decisions start to unfold. Which colour is ‘there’, and what to do ‘here’?
My art continues to feature a blend of abstract and representational elements, often focusing on themes of nature and the human experience.
My journey into art started with 10 years of deep depression. During this time, my counsellor suggested I start painting, which led to me putting some paintings into an exhibition run by Stepping Out, a support group for psychiatric survivors in Thames.
Many homes in Coromandel Town and the surrounding area have a Tony Calsaferri on their wall. After 24 years of painting, Tony’s work has found its place, with him completing 100 paintings annually.
Whitianga-based musician FĒI LÍN sat down with fellow Kiwi-Asian Elvisa van der Leden to share some insights on some of the elements that bring her music to life.
Colour and a blank canvas of the mind are the two prerequisites I need to create, and from that beginning, a range of decisions start to unfold. Which colour is ‘there’, and what to do ‘here’?
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