Cathy Read - Artist - Manchester Map painting

Manchester Map

Maps are a city’s footprint.  Each uniquely depicting streets and buildings that grew organically over centuries.  Manchester Map is no different. City layouts are often designed intentionally, but in other circumstances natural features dictate the plan. Think of places where rivers wind their way through a city’s heart bringing trade from far off lands.  Or

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Cathy Read captures the beauty of Southwark Bridge in a city scape painting using watercolours and acrylic ink.

Southwark Bridge

 Southwark Bridge – not the most obviously glamorous or renowned London bridge – features beautifully in this painting. Let us play a quick game. Take a minute – how much do you know about this bridge?  Did you recall its unusual green and yellow colours?  Or did you know that it is not the first

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Cultural Exchange is a Cathy Read painting in watercolour and acrylic inks depicting tourists on the National Gallery steps in Trafalgar Square in London.

Cultural Exchange

Cultural Exchange. Remember London scenes like these? People milling around in close proximity. I’m sure they will return. But wearing more masks. Our culture has changed, and only time will tell what the new normal will be. Why call the painting ‘Cultural Exchange’? We’re outside the National Gallery in London. A true mecca for cultural

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