Rhyna Cottrell

Rhyna Cottrell is one of Rona Gallery’s best kept secrets. Rhyna came to Rona Gallery with a background in fashion, interior design, art and art framing, and when she’s not looking after the post office, making jewellery, or looking after our growing selection of art supplies she is busy in her shed at home designing and making rocking and carousel horses.

It’s a real labour of love carving every horse, with such attention to detail that every horse has a name and its own personality.

Listed among her other hobbies are hiking, canoeing, dressmaking and adventure touring on her motorbike. She lives in Eastbourne with her partner and has two grown up children and four grandchildren.

Rhyna’s favourite books are often non fiction, she loves books on road trips, sailing, people, as well as each of her many, many books on art.

The fiction she has enjoyed recently is
“Recipe for Life,” by Nicky Pellegrino
“House Rules,” by Jodi Picoult