Music Stand At the corner of Tib street and Cross street in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, this marvellous musically inspired creation once stood. I say once, as it has now been removed, sadly. Created by David Kemp and is also known as the Big Horn or Tib Street Tuba. This bizarre edifice stood tall, […]
When someone uses a set of Bagpipes as a flame thrower, it’s an impressive sight, and one I was keen to capture. Sadly, I didn’t get the money shot as he’d stopped flaming when I took the photo, but that didn’t stop me from letting imagination fill in the blanks. There’s an overall impression of
Cathy Read’s Deep Dark Lock is a mysterious painting. This intriguing lock leads off the River Irwell but where’s the canal?
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Speeding through the City Street. An ambulance on an emergency run dominates this urban painting. The bright yellow and blue vehicle hurtles past, on the opposite carriageway, heading to a shout. Its yellow paintwork reflecting on the surrounding walls. Although it doesn’t seem to hurry at all, does it? Frozen in time, it’s ever on
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Cathy Read’s painting, ‘Westminster Bridge – Impressions of Westminster’ had a working title of ‘Westminster Bridge’: descriptive, safe, and boring. Although dissatisfied with it, nothing better came to Cathy’s mind. But as she meditated on the painting more deeply, ‘Impressions of Westminster’ came to her. A suitable name when considering one of London’s more contentious
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This Week for Saturday Night Live Art Shows, I’m sharing my painting London Brolly. There’s also a little tour of the studio. And so you can have a little look, here’s a still image of the painting.
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