Sleeping Cat Painting

I work in thick impasto using pure oils and primary colours. I do my paintings by palette knife, on linen canvas. I immersed myself completely in my work. I work in calm and silence my mind completely focuses on the painting. 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 work on large canvas (100x100cm) which gives me the possibility to express myself better and offer to the viewer a beautiful painting. 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 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. Beside my work depicting the Irish Gardens on large canvas (1x1m) in pure oil by palette knife I developed collections called “Le Plaisir Des Fleurs” in acrylics and oil. My main passion is depicting gardens and wildlife, but I love showing Life in all its forms always in joyful colours, still life, forest, florist, portraits, street musicians... Valerie Catoire