Painting of roof tiles on a house43 - Tiled Roof - Cathy Read - ©2018 - Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8x17.8cm

43 Tiled rooftop painting

This Rooftop painting is inspired by a tiled roof in a Buckinghamshire village which seems to have everything thrown at it, and the result is…?

Colourful, complicated, cosy, *insert adjective here*

Think someone wanted to get there money’s worth with this one. It’s a bit like a child in a sweetie shop, can I have this, and this…

Painting of roof tiles on a house43 - Tiled Roof - Cathy Read - ©2018 - Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8x17.8cm - £154
43 – Tiled Roof – Cathy Read – ©2018 – Watercolour and Acrylic – 17.8×17.8cm – £154

I’m really pleased with the trees on this one, and I don’t say that often. So, a roof, and a lovely little roof it is too. Lots of interest and red, so very red. This one is in the villages, Gawcott to be precise, can you guess where?

For non Buckingham Residents, it is on Google maps, so feel free to play along.And, in case you were wondering about the last picture…

Answer: Number 42 Porch was the Radcliff Centre in Buckingham

Number 43 Tiled Rooftop is part of Cathy Read’s 4950 series. You can see them all together in the Chantry Chapel exhibition 12-15th April 2019.

Find out more about the 49 50 Challenge and the Exhibition in April 2019

Exhibition of art by Cathy Read's 4950 Painting Series Exhibition poster
Exhibition of art by Cathy Read’s 4950 Painting Series Exhibition poster

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