Valerie Catoire

Painter

Gardens, Flowers, People,

I paint gardens, flowers and people. I work in thick impasto by palette knife using pure oils. I

work in calm and silence my mind completely focuses on the painting. I love to paint on large

canvas which gives me the possibility to express myself better and offer to the viewer a

beautiful painting.

My paintings are flamboyant, vibrant while conveying a lot of calm and serenity. They

enlighten, uplift and promote in a striking way these wonderful spot of beauty that are the

Irish gardens. I give harmony and balance to forms and colours to render the Intelligence of

the Nature (green), its beauty (flowers) and Joy (colours).

I love to convey through my paintings, the beauty, the harmony, and the atmosphere of all

these gardens. I depict more than a visual feast of beauty and colours. My paintings are

vibrant and they catch the inner feeling, the personality and uniqueness of each place. The

gardener, the owner will recognize the species of their garden, and they will feel its life.

My People paintings convey joy, peace, emotion they pictured an important moment in the

lives of the subject. They are particular! They have no face, so everybody can take their place

and share this moment (travel, first date, shopping, rest, and well being...). Among them, I

depict the street musicians of Cork who give joy in streets and pubs.

I always look for partners of quality to show my paintings all around the world.

Valerie Catoire

Do you want an original painting of your garden?

I do commissions; I would be delighted to paint your private garden...

catoirepaintings@hotmail.fr

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Gardens

People

Florists

The Shopping Oil on canvas

120x90cm

Inish Beg Garden Oil on canvas 100x100cm

Inish Beg Garden 2 Oil on canvas

80x80cm

Streets of Cork Fiddle player Oil on canvas

100x70cm

The Bay Garden Oil on canvas

90x60cm

The First Date Oil on canvas

120x90cm

Ballinspittle Back Road Oil on canvas

100x70cm

Irish Clematis Garden Oil on canvas

75x50cm

The Man in a Robe Oil on canvas

120x90cm

Aultaghreagh Cottage Garden Oil on canvas

80x80cm

River House Garden Oil on canvas 100x100cm

Oysterhaven Cottage Oil on canvas

50x50cm

The Woman and the Scarf Oil on canvas

90x60cm

Afternoon Tea Oil on canvas

80x50cm

The Traveller Paris Airport Oil on canvas 100x100cm

Inish Beg Garden 3 Oil on canvas 100x100cm

A little Princess Oil on canvas

90x60cm

Roses and Cherries Oil on canvas

50x40cm

The College Girl Oil on canvas

120x90cm

Ballinspittle Blue Cottage Flowers Oil on canvas

100x50cm

Jazz Musicians Oil on canvas 150x120cm

Aultaghreagh Cottage Garden 2 Oil on canvas

100x50cm

The Mini Oil on canvas 150x120cm

The Director Oil on canvas

100x80cm

Annes Grove Garden Oil on canvas

90x60cm

Nice Encounter in Kinsale Oil on canvas

120x90cm

Streets of Cork Flute Player Oil on canvas

100x50cm

Poppies in the rain Old Head Kinsale Oil on canvas

90x60cm

Helen Dillon Garden Dublin Oil on canvas

90x90cm

Self Portrait Oil on canvas

76x51cm

Charm and Elegance Oil on canvas

100x50cm

Charm and Elegance 1 Charcoal & sanguine

60x50cm

Charm and Elegance 2 Charcoal & sanguine

60x50cm

Oriental Bouquet Acrylic on fabric

80x40cm

Market Quay St Antoine Lyon Oil on canvas

80x80cm

Black Vase and Lace Acrylic on fabric

70x30cm

China Vase Dahlia Cactus Delphinium Acrylic on fabric

80x40cm

China Vase Dahlia Cactus Blue Butterflies Delphinium Acrylic on fabric

80x45cm

The Cocktail Oil on canvas

60x45cm

Robert Tea Time the Rest Oil on canvas 100x100cm

Flight of Poppies Acrylic on fabric

70x45cm

Ballinspittle Forest Oil on canvas

120x90cm

The Green House Oil on canvas

50x25cm

The Sleeping Cat Oil on Canvas

50x50cm

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Garrycloynes Garden Oil on canvas 100x100cm

A Proud Little Boy Oil on canvas

90x60cm

Fernhill garden Oil on canvas

100x50cm

“Le Bouquet”

The bouquet is part of our everyday life; it is popular in the entire world. It is an act of

generosity, tenderness, love, peace, friendship. It is here in all the great times of Life.

Who never had offered a bouquet?

Again, flowers, I paint them in gardens, fields…and cut, imprisoned and assembled in vases

where always they radiated life, beauty, and elegance.

The bouquets sold at the florists, true magicians who arrange the flowers in extraordinary,

unexpected and stunning ways. Explosions of colours, subtle and delicate arrangements,

those offer a true visual pleasure.

From the child who picks up flowers in the garden to offer a bouquet to his mother in act of

love and tenderness, to the adult who offer a bouquet to express his love, friendship,

thanks…the bouquet is still here as a symbol of love, joy and pleasure.

Valerie Catoire

Helen Dillon Garden Dublin

"All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so." Joseph Joubert

Texts and photos by Valerie Catoire Copyright (©) Valerie Catoire 2015