Cathy Read

Cathy Read re-imagines iconic architecture using explosive, colourful drops and trails of paint, held together with a structure of white lines. She exhibits with the Society of Women Artists in London and was awarded the Barbara Tate Memorial Award in 2015. Her work is in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and corporate collections. She appeared on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year in 2016 and 2017. Originally from Manchester Cathy now lives in a chapel near Buckingham which she converted with her husband. She lives close enough to London to get her Urban Architecture fix when needed.

Cathy Read – Artist - Impressions of Westminster Bridge Painting

Impressions of Westminster Bridge

Architecture, Art, London, Meditations on the Art, The story behind the painting / By

Cathy Read’s painting, ‘Westminster Bridge – Impressions of Westminster’ had a working title of ‘Westminster Bridge’: descriptive, safe, and boring.  Although dissatisfied with it, nothing better came to Cathy’s mind. But as she meditated on the painting more deeply, ‘Impressions of Westminster’ came to her. A suitable name when considering one of London’s more contentious […]

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Painting of a woman in Trafalgar Square with a brolly with pictures of London on it. And lion sculpture

London Brolly

Art, London / By

Crossing Trafalgar Square on a grey rainy day is a woman with an umbrella – a London brolly. She is lost in thought with a faraway look in her eyes and oblivious to the crowds around.  There are people everywhere in one of the capitals favourite meeting places. Is she a visitor? Or a tourist?

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A Cathy Read painting of Southwark Cathedral, the oldest church building in London - a stunning gem tucked away in the city. 

Southwark Cathedral

Architecture, Art, London / By

Southwark Cathedral is the oldest church building in London.  It is a stunning gem tucked away in the city.  The origins of the church are mysterious since no one knows when the first building was constructed.  However, it is believed that a church has existed on the site for over 1,000 years. Impressive Southwark Cathedral

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