Cathy Read - Artist - Westminster Stickers

Westminster’s Hidden Stories: Where Street Art Meets Royal Architecture

Discover an unexpected narrative unfolding at Westminster Underground station, where London’s gritty street culture collides with centuries of royal grandeur.

The sign is covered with stickers, a positive rainbow of them. In reality, they mar the structure, but in this painting, they become a feature as attractive as a building behind.

Am I comparing tacky stickers to the Palace of Westminster? Surely not!

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Cathy Read - Artist - Echos of London Bridge Painting

Medieval Echoes: Capturing the Last Remnant of Historic London Bridge

One of the many things I love about ancient cities is discovering the scars of the past. Those seemingly innocuous details which, when reached, lead to discoveries of past histories, peoples long gone, and past structures now vanished. Echoes of London Bridge, This clock and the tower it’s part of is one of my recent

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Cathy Read - Artist -Bridgewater meets Rochdale Canal Painting

Canal Heritage Tour and the Sanctity of Art

The Rochdale Canal has a particular draw to me. I grew up near the canal where it passed through Middleton Junction. The water flowed with barely a trickle, except after heavy rain. The Locks were replaced with a cement wall. I spent the spring of 1984 beside the canal sketching that closed lock and the mill beyond.

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