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
Manchester Paintings
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 …
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
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 …