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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Southwark Bridge – not the most obviously glamorous or renowned London bridge – features beautifully in this painting. Let us play a quick game. Take a minute – how much do you know about this bridge? Did you recall its unusual green and yellow colours? Or did you know that it is not the first
Add Your Heading Text Here The first video where the whole process of creating a painting is included. There’s a mix of time lapse and real time video and some still photography. https://youtu.be/6Z7VIRJYdfY Here’s the full image, of the completed painting Harlequin Gherkin – Cathy Read ©2020 – Watercolour and Acrylic Ink – 76 x
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Designer Stadium is a Wembley Stadium Artwork that I’m proud of. Not least because it was a struggle to create. When I started working on London Architecture, I wanted to create a piece of Wembley Stadium Art and ended up using one of the worst photographs I’ve ever worked from. Backstory: I’d decided to use
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The buildings in this painting of Gracechurch Street loom overhead. You’ll be forgiven for thinking what church is this? It seems like you’re gazing on a clock tower but far from it. Captured Time The clock is suspended on the wall, from a curved iron bracket in the foreground. The hour is 2:40pm and the
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Vertical Aspirations is one of my early paintings of Manchester. Developing my style involved created numerous paintings of Manchester. The essential components exist in this early painting. There are white lines, blown ink and blooms are there, but also elements that I don’t use in the same way. My trees have evolved into something else.
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Latest in a series of meditations I’m creating about my art ready for the exhibition in October. Trafalgar fountain meditations First look at the Trafalgar Fountain painting above. What do you see? The Fountain and it’s pool dominate beneath the crumpled sky. Fine Lines, emanating from the dark crumpled area. They reach out to touch
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