Standing in a darkened portal, we look towards the Thames through Hay’s Galleria. Under the archway that frames a brilliant scene. Golden colour lights up the whole painting. Drawing your eyes, through light festooned arches, to the blue sky beyond. Perhaps you are attracted to the clock face, suspended mid air on barely visible chains? […]
Hidden Shard One of my smallest artworks, the Hidden Shard painting is a small, intimate moment discovered while walking around London. I realised I could see the Shard in the gap between two buildings. Only for a moment before it was hidden again as I moved on. It’s a feature I love about cities. One
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Man and nature are sadly often at loggerheads but that is not the whole affair. During both the First and Second World Wars allotments were tended in Battersea Park to grow much needed fruit and vegetables. After the Second World War the Festival Pleasure Gardens were created in Battersea Park for the Festival of Britain.
For this week’s Art Talk I’m looking closely at what’s going on in my painting of Piccadilly Circus. I originally called it Eros, it’s now called Meeting Place but why the change of Heart?
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The Leadenhall Building – the Cheesegrater – is an imposing skyscraper towering over the City of London. 225 Metres tall. 52 Storeys high. One of the tallest buildings officially opened in 2014 – a date shared with the creation of this Cathy Read painting. The distinctive wedge shape hints at the common kitchen utensil with
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Reflected Glory Well, it obviously can’t but a window in it can. For all its geometric lines, there’s an organic feel to this painting. The earthy browns and leaf greens would be at home in a forest. Even the dark vertical band of black and blue suggests a mass of teeming, hairy, caterpillars edging their
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