You nearly didn’t get to see this painting. I took the work in progress to The Love Art Fair so that I could finish it during quiet periods. I find it’s a good stage to work with when I’m showing people how I work. As it’s very tactile , it requires a different type of […]
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Another Routemaster but this time the Full Monty. It’s amazing how cropping an image changes the character of a piece. After last week’s close up I wanted to show the whole bus for this one. Here’s a shot of it and all the general mess that goes on when I’m painting. In the background is
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If you haven’t made it to the Love Art Fair yet… Here’s the finished painting. I love the way this one turned out. It was supposed to be for Windsor Art Fair for the Auction of paintings to fundraise for The Princes Trust, but I couldn’t wait until then before showing it off! If it
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As promised here’s the London bus painting I’ve been working on. It’s very small on 8 inches or 20 cms square. I was asked to create a canvas painting for the Windsor Art Fair on 7th November to contribute to the fundraiser for The Princes Trust. I’ve decided to take it to the Love Art Fair this
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And along comes the bus, Just in time. ©2014 – Cathy Read – Then along came the Bus – Watercolour and Acrylic – 29.7×21 cm – £160 Those sculptures are something else, aren’t they? They’re the work of Lynn Chadwick, on the corner of Bishopsgate and Wormwood Street in London. I’m planning some more transport
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Another iconic image now, the red bus. Although this one isn’t a Routemaster, that’s my next project… If you look carefully you can see the masked outlines of the Gherkin. (I know, I simply couldn’t resist.) I was taken with the statues and the Gherkin together. Then along came a bus… Maybe that should be
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