Passing the portico library.
An original perspective on the painting of The Portico Library on Mosley Street in Manchester, a contemporary painting by Artist Cathy Read
Manchester Paintings
Midland Hotel
Can you imagine alighting the train onto the platform at Manchester Central Station in the days of the steam train? Exiting the station buildings, you are met by the Midland hotel in all its glory. It must have been an impressive view back then. Indeed, it still is, although I suspect the red glow of …
Swan Mill – Just the Art
Swan Mill Swan Mill – ©2013 – Cathy Read – Watercolour and acrylic ink -40x50cm – SOLD The Original Swan Mill painting is sold, but prints are available. Enquire About Prints
Victorian Destinations Meditation
Paintings take time to create and once they are made, tell stories by themselves. Cathy Read learns their tales by meditating on the finished painting and combining these discoveries with thoughts that were in her head at the time she painted them. This is the story behind Victorian Destinations.
Deansgate – Just the Art
Just the Art – Deansgate, an original painting by artist Cathy Read
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 …