Magnificent St Martin’s. One of London’s countless historic buildings, St Martin-in-the-Fields’ architectural style shows off what was possible, in the long-gone time of 1726. Like many an older building, the church decoration is excessive. Every inch embellished. Although remarkably restrained compared to some – like Keble College, Oxford perhaps – it still flaunts columns, arches, […]
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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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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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For Saturday Night Live Art Shows I discussed my Manchester MOSI Art creation called MOSI Grey. Why is there no grey in it? What is MOSI and what is that curious thing in the sky? Curious how sometimes you never see a thing until some time later, when you look back. Take a close look
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On a trip to London, we were travelling around in a taxi when I saw this bicycle chained up against the railings. It inspired my abandoned bike painting called Neglected. Its saddle was lost, with a flat tyre and rust covered it. It’s not my first cycle painting and will probably not be my last.
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Charing Cross Station is the subject of this painting creation time lapse video. It shows the evolution from white page with yellowed masking to full colour picture of a London street. Whilst the video shows that the lost transient stages are just as interesting as the finished art. The goal is always the completed original
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