Catherine Taron Vancouver Island Visual Artist
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Landscape

I am most at home on the land, with my face to the ocean. Luckily for me, I have lived on Vancouver Island and by the ocean for most of my life. I am also happy to be painting in the Cowichan Valley. And while my primary focus in on ocean and shoreline subjects, I will continue to add more paintings of the Valley and other Island locations to this portfolio.

I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. —John Muir

When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused." —Rainer Maria Rilke

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Just Add Water
Just Add Water
Remains of the Day
Remains of the Day
The Golden Hour
The Golden Hour
Elevation
Elevation
The Talking Circle
The Talking Circle
Chemainus River Bend
Chemainus River Bend
Repose, Wickaninnish Beach
Repose, Wickaninnish Beach
Special Delivery
Special Delivery
Amaryllis
Amaryllis
End of Season Tomatoes
End of Season Tomatoes
View from Mount Prevost
View from Mount Prevost
Bridge at Esquimalt Lagoon
Bridge at Esquimalt Lagoon
End of the Boardwalk, Osborne Bay
End of the Boardwalk, Osborne Bay
Lake View
Lake View
Snowdrops, Hope for Spring
Snowdrops, Hope for Spring
Bright Angel Park
Bright Angel Park
The Eagle Tree
The Eagle Tree
Shore Watch
Shore Watch
A Good Morning
A Good Morning
A Long Time Alone, West Coast Cove
A Long Time Alone, West Coast Cove
Laughing Brook
Laughing Brook
Long Beach Luminescence
Long Beach Luminescence
Above Lismer Bay
Above Lismer Bay
Quamichan Lake Reprise
Quamichan Lake Reprise
Ode to an Island Forest
Ode to an Island Forest
Coastal Silhouette
Coastal Silhouette
Peace of Mind
Peace of Mind
November Wickaninnish
November Wickaninnish
Numinous
Numinous
Red Zen
Red Zen
Outward Bound
Outward Bound
Snow Day
Snow Day
Sproat Lake View to Mount Kiltsa
Sproat Lake View to Mount Kiltsa
Whiskey Point, Mill Bay
Whiskey Point, Mill Bay
Mill Bay Day
Mill Bay Day
Night Watch
Night Watch
Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather
West Coast Totem
West Coast Totem
Love Like an Ocean
Love Like an Ocean
Wet Weather Day
Wet Weather Day
Heart of Oak
Heart of Oak
Maple Bay Arbutus
Maple Bay Arbutus
Song of Somenos
Song of Somenos
Peace Like a River
Peace Like a River
Safe Landing
Safe Landing
One Fine Day
One Fine Day
Another Path
Another Path
Silent Passage
Silent Passage
Pending Weather
Pending Weather
Clouds over Clayoquot
Clouds over Clayoquot
Morning Light
Morning Light
Rapt in the Light
Rapt in the Light
Drawn to the Light
Drawn to the Light
Warmth in Winter
Warmth in Winter
Still Sanctuary
Still Sanctuary
Renewal
Renewal
Sunset Sail
Sunset Sail
Sun Salutation
Sun Salutation
Longing
Longing
Silent Reflection
Silent Reflection
Into the Sun
Into the Sun
Into the Mystic
Into the Mystic
Winter Creek
Winter Creek
Wonder
Wonder
Come Autumn!
Come Autumn!
Somenos Lake
Somenos Lake
Bird's Eye Cove
Bird's Eye Cove
Somenos Garry Oak Reserve
Somenos Garry Oak Reserve
Decompression
Decompression
White-Barked Trees I
White-Barked Trees I
White-Barked Trees II
White-Barked Trees II
Mount Tzouhalem Arbutus
Mount Tzouhalem Arbutus
Out of the Showers into the Sun
Out of the Showers into the Sun
Colour Shift
Colour Shift
Falls
Falls
Lake Escape
Lake Escape
Summer Showers
Summer Showers
Pinnacle
Pinnacle
Townend Road
Townend Road
Meadow
Meadow
Tonquin Beach Lookout
Tonquin Beach Lookout
Riverside
Riverside
Cherry Point
Cherry Point
Pick Up Sticks
Pick Up Sticks
Captured
Captured
Stranded
Stranded
South Wickaninnish Beach
South Wickaninnish Beach
Rock and Roil
Rock and Roil
Surge and Shatter
Surge and Shatter
Low Tide
Low Tide
Shore Surge
Shore Surge
Cobble Shore
Cobble Shore
Field Day
Field Day
Beach Day
Beach Day
Falls on the Chemainus River
Falls on the Chemainus River
Stoney Hill Arbutus
Stoney Hill Arbutus
Sun in Fog
Sun in Fog
Evening Sentinel
Evening Sentinel
Tofino Surfers
Tofino Surfers
Somenos Marsh
Somenos Marsh
Maple Bay
Maple Bay
Reclamation
Reclamation
Sea View
Sea View
Stoney Hill Path
Stoney Hill Path
Coastal Forest
Coastal Forest
Bleeding Hearts
Bleeding Hearts
Breeze
Breeze
Get Ready!
Get Ready!
Reminiscence
Reminiscence
Under the Autumn Canopy
Under the Autumn Canopy
East to Salt Spring
East to Salt Spring
Spring Again
Spring Again
Spring Blush
Spring Blush
Summer Shade
Summer Shade
Shift into Autumn
Shift into Autumn
Winter Gray
Winter Gray
Cowichan Bay Farm
Cowichan Bay Farm
Cherry Point Bridge
Cherry Point Bridge
Lower Chemainus River
Lower Chemainus River
Hiking Above Cowichan Lake
Hiking Above Cowichan Lake
Goldstream Estuary
Goldstream Estuary
Cowichan Farmland
Cowichan Farmland
Chemainus Riverbank
Chemainus Riverbank
The Seventh Wave
The Seventh Wave
Tofino Evening
Tofino Evening
Sundown Weather
Sundown Weather
Wave Study I
Wave Study I
Wave Study II
Wave Study II
Boats at Comox
Boats at Comox
Weathered Snag on Tofino-Ucluelet Highway
Weathered Snag on Tofino-Ucluelet Highway
Stoney Hill Outlook
Stoney Hill Outlook
Trickster Moon
Trickster Moon
View from Newcastle Island
View from Newcastle Island
Beach Walk, Cherry Point
Beach Walk, Cherry Point
Wend and Wander
Wend and Wander
Island Low Tide
Island Low Tide
Tracings of Spring
Tracings of Spring
Longing for Florencia Bay
Longing for Florencia Bay
View from Stoney Hill Bluffs
View from Stoney Hill Bluffs
Rock and Rollers, Ucluelet
Rock and Rollers, Ucluelet
Viridity: A State of Greeness
Viridity: A State of Greeness
Rinse Cycle
Rinse Cycle
Ever a New Day
Ever a New Day
The Victoriana
The Victoriana
Rapacious Stillness, Great Blue Heron
Rapacious Stillness, Great Blue Heron
Purple Martin Perch
Purple Martin Perch
Halcyon Kingfisher Day
Halcyon Kingfisher Day
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
Caw-cophony
Caw-cophony
Steller's Jays at Cowichan Bay
Steller's Jays at Cowichan Bay
The Old Wickaninnish Inn 1977
The Old Wickaninnish Inn 1977
Fog Wedge
Fog Wedge
Mackenzie Beach Driftwood
Mackenzie Beach Driftwood
Tide Pool
Tide Pool
West Coast Calm
West Coast Calm
Coastal Glow
Coastal Glow
Chesterman Beach Dog Walker
Chesterman Beach Dog Walker
O Bluebirds, Welcome Back Again
O Bluebirds, Welcome Back Again
Pollywogs
Pollywogs
Black Rock Lupine I
Black Rock Lupine I
Black Rock Lupine II
Black Rock Lupine II
Herd Road Flooded Fields
Herd Road Flooded Fields
Chemainus River at Swallowfield Road
Chemainus River at Swallowfield Road
View to Stuart Channel
View to Stuart Channel
Optical Delusion, the glass ball I wish I'd found!
Optical Delusion, the glass ball I wish I'd found!
Beach Dogs Walk
Beach Dogs Walk
Long Beach April
Long Beach April
Kwisitis Centre at Wickaninnish Beach
Kwisitis Centre at Wickaninnish Beach
Surf Hut Fence at Jordan River Beach
Surf Hut Fence at Jordan River Beach
Frank Island Rocks
Frank Island Rocks
Lone Surfer
Lone Surfer
View to Lovekin Rock
View to Lovekin Rock
South Beach Driftwood
South Beach Driftwood
South Wickaninnish Bay
South Wickaninnish Bay
Waiting
Waiting
View to Lennard Light
View to Lennard Light
Sandhill Creek
Sandhill Creek
West Coast Shoreline I
West Coast Shoreline I
West Coast Shoreline II
West Coast Shoreline II
Tofino Sunset
Tofino Sunset
Quamichan Lake Blackbirds
Quamichan Lake Blackbirds
I am the Beach, and here you shall find peace
I am the Beach, and here you shall find peace
Little Beach, Ucluelet
Little Beach, Ucluelet
Fletcher's Beach
Fletcher's Beach
Ucluelet Driftwood
Ucluelet Driftwood
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