County Hall – Just the Art
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Cultural Exchange – Just the Art
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St Pancras King’s Cross
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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Flaming Piper
When someone uses a set of Bagpipes as a flame thrower, it’s an impressive sight, and one I was keen to capture. Sadly, I didn’t get the money shot as he’d stopped flaming when I took the photo, but that didn’t stop me from letting imagination fill in the blanks. There’s an overall impression of
Hay’s Galleria
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?
Hidden Shard Painting Backstreets
Hidden Shard One of my smallest artworks, the Hidden Shard painting is a small, intimate moment discovered while walking around London. I realised I could see the Shard in the gap between two buildings. Only for a moment before it was hidden again as I moved on. It’s a feature I love about cities. One
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Battersea Park
Man and nature are sadly often at loggerheads but that is not the whole affair. During both the First and Second World Wars allotments were tended in Battersea Park to grow much needed fruit and vegetables. After the Second World War the Festival Pleasure Gardens were created in Battersea Park for the Festival of Britain.
Art Talk – A familiar Meeting Place
For this week’s Art Talk I’m looking closely at what’s going on in my painting of Piccadilly Circus. I originally called it Eros, it’s now called Meeting Place but why the change of Heart?
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The Cheesegrater Couple
The Leadenhall Building – the Cheesegrater – is an imposing skyscraper towering over the City of London. 225 Metres tall. 52 Storeys high. One of the tallest buildings officially opened in 2014 – a date shared with the creation of this Cathy Read painting. The distinctive wedge shape hints at the common kitchen utensil with
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