Contemporary Urban Paintings Portfolio
Contemporary urban paintings with a unique perspective on metropolitan landscapes and bring city scenes to life. Fusing structured masking with expressive paintwork, iconic architecture is reborn. Cathy Read captures the mood of the metropolis in her art.
The blown ink trails energise the buildings. Conveying a life force or electricity escaping the structures. Cathy’s paintings capture the dreams and ambitions that lead to creation of cities. Iconic structures intended to impress, they cannot help but influence the people who inhabit the spaces.
Albert Hall - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 45.7-x-61-cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink on watercolour paper of wooden panel
Bigits Tea Bus - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 42 x 59 cm - watercolour and acrylic Ink
Liverpool Street Station - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 56 cm x 76 cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Embankment - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 38 x 28 cm - Watercolour and Acrylic
Christchurch, Oxford Tom Tower - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 56 x 76cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink - SOLD
Hertford College, Oxford Bridge of Sighs - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 59.4 x 42.8 cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Globe Theatre - ©2021- Cathy Read - 61 x 45.7 x 2.3 cm - Watercolour and ink on watercolour paper of wooden panel
Turl Street Turn - ©2021 - Cathy Read - 50 x 40 cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Original painting of Admiralty Arch 2 - ©2020 - Cathy Read - 56 x 76cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink
County Hall - ©2020 - Cathy_Read - 75x105cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Cultural Exchange - ©2020 - Cathy Read - 56 x 76cm
Battersea Park - Cathy Read - ©2020 - 40 x 50 cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Southwark Bridge - ©2020 - Cathy Read - 40 x 50cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Alley Bike - ©2020 - Cathy Read - -50 x 40 cm - Watercolour and Acrylic ink
After the rain - ©2020 - Cathy Read - 50 x 40 cm - Watercolour and Acrylic
Leaving Hammersmith - ©2020 - Cathy Read - 41 x 59.4 cm - Watercolour and Acrylic
Manchester Map- ©2020- Cathy Read - 56x76cm - Watercolour and Acrylic
Harlequin_Gherkin - Cathy Read ©2020 -76x56cm - Watercolour and acrylic ink
Contemporary urban architecture paintings showing historic and modern architecture in dramatic and intimate style. Cathy focuses on London, looking for perspectives that convey the character of the city and the lasting impressions of those new to the city.
Fleet Street Express Building - ©2016 Cathy Read -Watercolour and acylic ink - 56 x 76.5cm
©2013 - Cathy Read - At the British Museum...again! - Watercolour and Acrylic - 75 x 55 cm
©2016 - Cathy Read - Kings Cross detail work in progress - Graphie - 40 x 50 cm
Big Ben - ©2018- Cathy Read - 61 x 61cm Watercolour and acrylic ink
Haymarket-Corner - Cathy-Read- ©2018-Watercolour and Acrylic-40x 50cm - £577
Abstract painting of one of London's Newest skyscrapers known as the Cheesegrater. Commissioned painting created to show the height of the structure.
Farewell Tommy - Cathy Read ©2014 -- Watercolour and Acrylic -50 x 40cm
©2019 - Cathy Read - Blue Spire of St James - watercolour and acrylic ink - 42 x 59 cm 1200
Fixed Flight - ©2011 - Cathy Read - 40x50cm- Mixed media
©2012 - Cathy Read -Touching the sky - Mixed media-75x55cm
©2014 - Cathy Read - Meet me under the clock- Watercolour and Acrylic - 20x15.5 cm
©2011- Cathy Read-Millenium Vision-38x28cm- Mixed Media . Painting of the London Eye
Dramatic paintings of Cathy’s home town. A city with a proud heritage and ambitious dreams which are reflected in its architecture.
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32-Gate Bell -©2018-Cathy-Read-Watercolour-and-Acrylic-17.8x17.8cm
Mosely Street Meandering- ©2017 - Cathy Read - Watercolour and Acrylic - 50 x 40 cm SOLD
BAHLSEN UK & IRELAND RANDALL HOUSE, CHALFONT ST PETER UNITED KINGDOM by - Cathy Read - Watercolour and Acrylic - 80 x 130cm ©2018
Completed painting of a buttress on Maids Moreton Church showing details of a leaded window and big wooden door.Vanishing Buttress -©2018 - Cathy Read - 14 of 4950 Series - Watercolour-and-Acrylic-17.8x17.8cm
©2018 - Cathy Read - Bahlsen Hannover Stammhaus - Watercolour and Acrylic - 80 x 130
Swan Mill - ©2013 - Cathy Read - Watercolour and acrylic ink -40x50cm - SOLD
Farewell Tommy - Cathy Read ©2014 -- Watercolour and Acrylic -50 x 40cm- SOLD
Chantry Chapel - ©2018 - Cathy Read - 4 of 4950 Series - Watercolour-and-Acrylic-17.8x17.8cm - SOLD. Painting of a wooden gate that leads to Chantry Chapel in Buckingham set against an old stone wall
Oxford-Almanack-image-by-Cathy-Read-©2015-Oxford-University-press-©2016-Watercolour-and-Acrylic-49.5-x-67.5-cm
©2012 - Cathy Read - Destination Anywhere - Mixed Media- 50x40cm- SOLD
33 Metal Window - Cathy Read ©2018 - Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8x17.8cm - SOLD
19 Arch Window - ©2018 - Cathy Read -Watercolour and Acrylic
©2016 - Cathy Read - Kings Cross detail work in progress - Graphie - 40 x 50 cm- SOLD
Great-Ancoats-Street-©2017-Cathy-Read-Watercolour-and-Acrylic-ink-40-x-50-cm-SOLD
©2015 - Stopping-at-Central-Library - ©2015-Cathy-Read- SOLD
As a spiritual person, I do not see death as the end. I have never fully understood the need to have memorials to the dead. I always prefer to remember them alive rather than buried in the ground. So when I see a disused Cemetery entrance it makes me think...
50 Signpost - ©2018 - Cathy Read -Watercolour and Acrylic ink- SOLD
44 - Fanlight - Cathy Read - ©2018- SOLD
These paintings were initially part of a commission to create paintings of the modern Oxford Colleges and show a side of the city unfamiliar to the outsider. Later pieces have included more of the historic buildings.
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A mix of locations, all these architecture paintings are inspired by industry. The grime and grit of a once glorious industrial heritage. These buildings are generally neglected, some restored and the rest repurposed. They have tales to tell and secrets to hide of the many lives that were affected by their presence. That’s the appeal of these historic structures, wondering what life was like for those who lived and worked in and around these buildings.
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In 2018 I created 50 paintings inspired by features on buildings in and around Buckingham. These paintings are the result.
19 Arch Window - Cathy Read - ©2018 - SOLD
Orangery, Claydon House, Bucks
20 Temple Columns - Cathy Read - ©2018 - SOLD
Temple at Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckinghamshire
21-Spiral-Staircase - Cathy Read - ©2018 - SOLD
Spiral Staircase in an Alley off Bridge Street, Buckingham
22 Gaol Bolt - Cathy Read - ©2018
Main Door, Old Gaol, Buckingham
23 Pebble Alcove - Cathy Read - ©2018
Templar Quam Delictum, Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckingham
24 Shop Sign - Cathy Read - ©2018
Well Street, Buckingham
25 Adstock Crenelations - Cathy Read - ©2018
Adstock Church, Buckingham
26 Doorstep - Cathy Read - ©2018
Castle Street, Buckingham
27 Weather Vane - Cathy Read - ©2018
Church Lane, Tingewick
28 Letterbox - Cathy Read - ©2018 -
Cattle Market, Buckingham
29 Hospital Steps - Cathy Read - ©2018
Buckingham Hospital
December - 30 Streetlight - Cathy Read - ©2018 - Watercolour and Acrylic
Parish Church Grounds, Buckingham
Capital Detail - ©2018 - Cathy Read - Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8x17.8cm
Bridge Street, Buckingham
32-Gate Bell - Cathy Read - ©2018
Bell Gate, Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckingham
33 Metal Window - Cathy Read ©2018 - SOLD
Gawcott Church
34 Anniveresary Sundial - Cathy Read - ©2018 - SOLD
Claydon Gardens, Claydon House
35 Stonework- Cathy Read - ©2018
Opposite Town Hall, Buckingham
36 Dormer Windows - Cathy Read - ©2018
Opp Old Cemetary, Buckingham
In 2012 I was commissioned by MK Fringe to create a series of paintings inspired by the architecture of the new city of Milton Keynes. These are the result.
©2012 - Cathy Read - The Vision of Milton Keynes - Mixed Media - 50 x 40 cm
Final Piece - Cathy Read -©2012 - Watercolour and Acrylic Ink - 50 x 40cm