Some Paintings are meant to be . The Weight of the Eye is a painting that wanted to be. A chance finding of a sculpture, as my children played in a park, led to the photograph I used to create it. The image spoke to me, as did the colours. Once I started painting. I […]
There are three punting places in Oxford, two in the city centre and Cherwell boathouse to the North,
Cherwell boathouse is, to my mind, the only place for punting. It’s peaceful and chaotic. There are punts and canoes and rowing boats, but no larger boats and no power boats. It’s beautiful, calm and relaxing then, occasionally the pole sticks in the mud and a drama begins. Will the punter fall in or not?
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Have you heard the quote that good art needs a good frame but bad art needs an excellent frame, or something like that?
When I first started working as an artist, I happily used any frame. How I learnt from this mistake and found the perfect frame.
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Museums like the Victoria and Albert can be overwhelming. Even when painting them, selective attention is required. Here’s how Cathy manages overwhelm while creating and looking at art.
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The story of the Oxo tower has become legend. This South Bank, Thames Landmark found a creative way to bypass London’s advertising ban. The Oxo Tower was born. Read the story behind the Tower and see Cathy’s interpretation of this Iconic London Landmark.
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Something about this building reminds me of owls, the sloping and curved roof. The beak like outlined shape of the lower two sections. St George Wharf, Riverside Walk is on the south bank of the Thames, near Vauxhall wharf. The image used was taken from the Thames clipper on which I was cruising towards Canary
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Wherever you are in Oxford, you see the mediaeval. Whether it’s a glimpse along the rooftops or full Gothic architecture, with carved stone gargoyles, crenellations and cobbled courtyards. With a city as old as Oxford, it’s only natural. So why is this called Carfax tower?
If you hadn’t seen the title, would you know what you are looking at? Once we understand what we see, it’s hard to unsee it. This is Blackfriars Bridge seen in close up detail. The closer you look, the more abstract it becomes.
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Growing up near a canal. I’ve always been drawn to them. Though I should say, growing up near a derelict canal piqued my interest, and my curiosity, as the canal I grew up by was little more than a trickle. I wondered what they were like in the heyday. How they worked and how people managed with so little room in the working boats.
