Manchester – a city with a town hall? Why Manchester Town Hall, not City Hall? Cathy Read depicts the heart of Manchester in Albert Square – one of the city’s most iconic landmarks – in glowing golden light pinks, browns, and dark greens. A small branch of a nearby tree intrudes – cheekily photo bombing, […]
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This Week for Saturday Night Live Art Shows, I’m sharing my painting London Brolly. There’s also a little tour of the studio. And so you can have a little look, here’s a still image of the painting.
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The Leadenhall Building – the Cheesegrater – is an imposing skyscraper towering over the City of London. 225 Metres tall. 52 Storeys high. One of the tallest buildings officially opened in 2014 – a date shared with the creation of this Cathy Read painting. The distinctive wedge shape hints at the common kitchen utensil with
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Inspired by the Poppies at the Tower of London installationin 2014 “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by Paul Cummins and Tom Piper. Art inspires art. As Armistice day approaches, in this Saturday Night Live Art Show, I’m remembering my visit to a moving tribute to those lost in conflict.
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Glancing at this South Kensington Station painting, you’d be forgiven for supposing you were travelling the Paris Metro. Kensington Station is a curious building. There’s something about it that suggests that it should comfortably nestle in the Paris Metropole; not be set against the most English of English backdrops – London. The swirling iron curls
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On a trip to photograph the station, I came across this curious pair as they posed and took pictures. I stood and waited and decided to take some photographs of my own. I wonder what he’s doing now? In my Art Talk on St Pancras Twins, I discus how the image came about.
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Add Your Heading Text Here The first video where the whole process of creating a painting is included. There’s a mix of time lapse and real time video and some still photography. https://youtu.be/6Z7VIRJYdfY Here’s the full image, of the completed painting Harlequin Gherkin – Cathy Read ©2020 – Watercolour and Acrylic Ink – 76 x
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Reflected Glory Well, it obviously can’t but a window in it can. For all its geometric lines, there’s an organic feel to this painting. The earthy browns and leaf greens would be at home in a forest. Even the dark vertical band of black and blue suggests a mass of teeming, hairy, caterpillars edging their
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This week, for Saturday Night Live Art Shows I’m looking at Toast Rack Towers one of my contemporary Manchester paintings of the Hollings building part of the old university campus. Here’s the video, complete with gaffs. Finally I’ll leave you with a still of the completed painting. You can find more contemporary Manchester paintings in
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