Manchester Paintings

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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Heading Home Past Central Library Library in Manchester, a painting by artist Cathy Read. Heading Home Past Central Library ©2018 - Cathy Read - 42 x 59 cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink

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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