Merry Christmas! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. As soon as I painted the Globe Theatre, people commented that it has a Christmas Feel. Read about the Painting 20 Sometimes I create a painting and forget about it. This is one of those painting. Not because I don’t like it or feel that I […]
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Artist Cathy Read on her Painting of Portland Street in Manchester The finished painting. Lost and Abandoned in the City – ©2015 – Cathy Read – Watercolour and Acrylic – 40 x 50 cm Enquire about the Painting
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Sometimes the simplest of lines work best. There is a misconception that the more complicated a picture is, the harder it is to create. Not so, as any cartoonist will tell you. Creating an image with a few lines is incredibly difficult, as the slightest change will alter the character of the line. The fewer
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The Cheesegrater Enquire about the Painting
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We’re standing near the Midland hotel and looking across the road to Central Library and St. Peter’s Square in the distance. It’s after 5pm and commuters are beginning that journey home. A number cross the road, taking advantage of the many light controlled crossings and enjoying that feeling of relief that the day’s work is
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Music Stand At the corner of Tib street and Cross street in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, this marvellous musically inspired creation once stood. I say once, as it has now been removed, sadly. Created by David Kemp and is also known as the Big Horn or Tib Street Tuba. This bizarre edifice stood tall,
