Can you imagine alighting the train onto the platform at Manchester Central Station in the days of the steam train? Exiting the station buildings, you are met by the Midland hotel in all its glory. It must have been an impressive view back then. Indeed, it still is, although I suspect the red glow of […]
Heading Home Past Central Library ©2018 – Cathy Read – 42 x 59 cm – Watercolour and Acrylic ink More about Heading Home Past Central Library
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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,
Printworks is one of my Manchester series, you can find more in my portfolio.
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Manchester is often on my mind. All month I’ve been working on paintings inspired by the city. Focusing on my home city already, it’s impossible for me not to say something about the atrocious attack on Monday. My thoughts and prayers are obviously with those directly involved. No words I can say will ever be
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To some, painting colour and Manchester don’t combine. They see Manchester as a grey and wet place and, like most English cities, it can be. Graphite images reflect that perception. But if you look carefully you’ll find colour, even on dull days. Recently I’ve been taking risks with painting colours. With inks that can get
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Industrial roots are obvious in the Manchester Skyline. I often think of it as sooty black because my most vivid memories are from childhood when much of it was. Nowadays red brick and slate dominate the Manchester Skyline. Like the court house in the foreground. Along with a lot of glass and steel and other
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Traveling along Great Ancoats Street in Manchester you cannot help but notice the subject of this Express building painting. Home of the Daily Express but now in new hands, it’s distinctive style has aged well. You’d be forgiven for thinking it was quite a new building. The fact it’s nearly 80 years old is a testament to it’s innovative design. A building that was even more impressive when it was still in use with the printing pressing running at full speed. All visible from the street, and an even better view when seen from the top deck of a bus.
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