Inspiration Art Trail
Take the tour and see Buckingham from an artist’s perspective. In 2018 artist Cathy Read created a series of 50 paintings inspired by Buckingham and the surrounding area. See if you can find some of them. For the Buckingham Fringe Festival we have created a tour of the town where you can seek the real life inspiration for each painting.
Appearance on Landscape Artist of the Year
Cathy Read appearing in Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year in 2016. At ease on the camera, here she is explaining her technique to Frank Skinner.
Repeating the experience the following year as a wildcard, proved to be a soggy encounter with a windy clifftop in Wales.
“I paint with Watercolour, it could be a disaster”
Contemporary artist Cathy Read draws with masking fluid, creating urban landscape paintings that reflect city life in all it’s glory. From the ground breaking designs of cutting edge architecture to the decaying remnants of a glorious past. Each lovingly embraced in images full of detail.
Using vibrant colours of watercolour and acrylic ink, she conveys the mundane and the ordinary next to the glorious and spectacular. Cathy’s distinctive paintings depict geometric shapes and inherent patterns of architecture in a free, expressive style, where she brings the city to life.
Cathy draws inspiration for these paintings from time spent in London and other major cities, such as Manchester and Oxford.
Contemporary Architecture Artist
Discover the Latest Creations
In my studio I create vibrant metropolitan perspectives all the time. This is where my fledgling creations meet the big wide world.
Tower Bridge South Tower©2022-Cathy Read - Watercolour acrylic on papered cradled panel 91x91 cm
Library Vibes ©2021 - Cathy Read - watercolour and acrylic- 76x56cm
Christchurch-St-Aldates-©2022-Cathy-Read-Watercolour-and-Acrylic-ink-76-x-56-cm
Leaving St Peters Square - ©2021 - Cathy Read - Watercolour and Acrylic - 61 x 45.7 cm
Deansgate-©2021-Cathy-Read-Watercolour-and-Acrylic-61-x-45.7-cm
Deep Dark Lock ©2021 - Cathy Read -Watercolour and acrylic ink - 76x56cm
Leadhall Market London - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 50 cm x 40 cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink - SOLD
Sheldonian Theatre Reflected- ©2021 - Cathy Read - 76 x 56 cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink
Albert Hall - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 45.7-x-61-cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink on watercolour paper of wooden panel
Bigits Tea Bus - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 42 x 59 cm - watercolour and acrylic Ink
Liverpool Street Station - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 56 cm x 76 cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Embankment - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 38 x 28 cm - Watercolour and Acrylic
Christchurch, Oxford Tom Tower - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 56 x 76cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink - SOLD
Hertford College, Oxford Bridge of Sighs - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 59.4 x 42.8 cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Globe Theatre - ©2021- Cathy Read - 61 x 45.7 x 2.3 cm - Watercolour and ink on watercolour paper of wooden panel
Turl Street Turn - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 50 x 40 cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Original painting of Admiralty Arch 2 - ©2020 - Cathy Read - 56 x 76cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink
County Hall - ©2020 - Cathy_Read - 75x105cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
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