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.
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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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Music Stand At the corner of Tib street and Cross street in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, this marvellous musically inspired creation once stood. I say once, as it has now been removed, sadly. Created by David Kemp and is also known as the Big Horn or Tib Street Tuba. This bizarre edifice stood tall,
St. Pancras and King’s Cross stations are a stone’s throw apart. It’s puzzling why two large stations should have been built so close together, and yet they were. St Pancras looks the older, with its ornate Victorian brickwork and railings. Just look at that name sign, in wrought iron. Atop these magnificent gates with spikes
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The lone figure strolls past the Balliol door, deep in conversation on her phone. She pushes a blue bike, one that matches her phone. Her face is obscured. She focuses on that all important call. We can’t tell if she’s as a student or just a regular citizen, about her business. Oxford is an old
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Standing in a darkened portal, we look towards the Thames through Hay’s Galleria. Under the archway that frames a brilliant scene. Golden colour lights up the whole painting. Drawing your eyes, through light festooned arches, to the blue sky beyond. Perhaps you are attracted to the clock face, suspended mid air on barely visible chains?
