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
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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,
Marylebone Station Meditations Keep looking at the painting of Marylebone as you read through my meditation. A patchwork of yellow and orange permeates your vision, taking your eyes down and to the left. Then, “Oh No!” there’s more hiding in the middle right. The sassy taxi shouts “Look at me! Bet you can’t ignore my
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Gherkin painting – Whispering Glass. The first thing you’ll notice in this is a swathe of blue green swirling from the top of the Gherkin painting, which d disappears, after a few wave. Slipping down by the dark building at the bottom right. Then, what looks like smoke rising from behind the office block. The
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Artist Meditations on a painting I’m often asked about the stories behind my paintings. I’ve recently begun a practice of meditating on my art and writing down my thoughts. These are those thoughts edited slightly. Beginning with Albert Square. Colour takes on life of its own with this painting. Colours leech out of the constraints,
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The 4950 Painting Challenge continues This week my focus for the 4950 Painting Challenge is Buckingham’s Chantry Chapel. Although with a working title of #4 Gate, it’s really been the Chapel Gates. The Chantry Chapel is the original home of The Royal Latin School and is now preserved by the National Trust. The building itself
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When the hardest thing about creating new painting is finding a good title!
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Painting the Haymarket I love iconic architecture, but some places are iconic in different ways. The Gherkin, Lloyds and the Shard are buildings that are distinctive in shape. They are relatively simple and easy to find a “classic view” and show the whole of the architecture. Somewhere like London’s Haymarket demands a different approach. When
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Mystery abounds with this painting Do you love to get back to normal? You know how it is, when life is hectic and you long for routine in familiar surroundings? It’s been a crazy month, I’ve been creating art but I have not been blogging about it. Back in the studio, at last! I’ve been
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