Deansgate – Just the Art
Just the Art – Deansgate, an original painting by artist Cathy Read
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Manchester
Six of the Best Paintings of 2022 – Part 2
In the final hours of 2022, here are six of my favourite paintings created in my studio this year. One for each month from July. July Setting up the Pitch Earlier in the year I was cultivating an interest in combining architecture with scenes of street life. Buskers have always intrigued me. I don’t paint
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Art Close up: Lost and Abandoned in the City
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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Heading Home past Central Library
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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Deansgate Artist’s Talk
The Deansgate painting is sold. Other Manchester paintings and prints are available. Browse Available Manchester Art
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Mysterious Painting – Deep Dark Lock.
Cathy Read’s Deep Dark Lock is a mysterious painting. This intriguing lock leads off the River Irwell but where’s the canal?
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Everyday Drama in an Urban Painting
Speeding through the City Street. An ambulance on an emergency run dominates this urban painting. The bright yellow and blue vehicle hurtles past, on the opposite carriageway, heading to a shout. Its yellow paintwork reflecting on the surrounding walls. Although it doesn’t seem to hurry at all, does it? Frozen in time, it’s ever on
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Deansgate Painting – Musing on a Dark City
Urban Romance Cities have romantic charm at night. The dark shadows in low light hide the flaws painfully obvious in the harsh light of day. In this Deansgate painting, the coloured lights seem like fairy lights on a Christmas tree. Shadows merge shapes, and the imagination can often offer interesting and unnerving interpretations, of what
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Manchester Tram Leaving St Peter’s Square
A bright yellow Manchester tram The yellow paintwork is a distinctive feature of the Manchester tram, making them easy to spot as they approach. This one dominates the bottom of the image, declaring Piccadilly as its destination. It reminds me of a previous painting Piccadilly Bound, I wonder if it’s the same one? Mosley Street
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