Painting Piccadilly Circus took a while. Complicated paintings aren’t the work of a few moments.They take many hours, over a period of days.The beauty of Time lapse photography is its ability to capture this process. Belying the time taken from white page to finished art. Like this painting of Piccadilly Circus. The way the liquid […]
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Are the streets of London Paved with gold? So thought Dick Whittington as the tale of goes. As often happens with stories of historic characters myths have arisen which have nothing to do with the real character. As time goes on these myths are embellished as we enjoy the romance of the tale. London is
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Dreams are how things happen! The thought behind this painting of the London Eye was a curiousity about why it was there. Every construction starts with a vision. Be it big or small, an initial idea is needed to direct what becomes reality. To celebrate the year 2000 many monuments were planned and erected. Any
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And along comes the bus, Just in time. ©2014 – Cathy Read – Then along came the Bus – Watercolour and Acrylic – 29.7×21 cm – £160 Those sculptures are something else, aren’t they? They’re the work of Lynn Chadwick, on the corner of Bishopsgate and Wormwood Street in London. I’m planning some more transport
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Another iconic image now, the red bus. Although this one isn’t a Routemaster, that’s my next project… If you look carefully you can see the masked outlines of the Gherkin. (I know, I simply couldn’t resist.) I was taken with the statues and the Gherkin together. Then along came a bus… Maybe that should be
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