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Painting of pipework behind Fleece Yard in Buckingham 45 Pipework - ©2018 - Cathy Read -Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8x17.8cm

45 Pipework Sculpture or creative Plumbing?

Where is it? I shall be flabbergasted if anyone can tell me where this pipework sculpture is. It’s behind shops somewhere in central Buckingham, that’s all I can really tell you without being exact. These pipes don’t seem to have been planned but added as required, giving them an organic feel. I can imagine them

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Painting of a shop sign in BuckinghamShop Sign - ©2018 - Cathy Read -Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8x17.8cm

Recognise this Shop Sign in Buckingham?

Here’s a familiar sign, if you know the street. but where is it? Somewhere in Buckingham, naturally. The 4950 paintings are all of features in Buckingham and surrounding villages. This one you can find on Google Maps  I’ve tried not to make it too easy for you though, where’s the fun in that? The painting

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Painting of architectural detail, bolt on a door.22 Bolt - ©2018 - Cathy Read -Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8x17.8cm

Can a building be summed up by a Single Architectural feature? Plus the staircase answer.

Today’s architectural feature is a Bolt. The original image took me a while to find. I had my list of intended painting subjects and this one, Bolt, was particularly hard to find, which surprised me. Bolts are common place aren’t they? The trouble is, they tend to be on the inside and I wanted the

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Cathy Read- - Artist = Fortnum and Mason Painting

Meditations on Fortnum and Mason Painting – New artwork.

The Fortnum and Mason painting’s a busy one. Lots of colour and texture everywhere. Two main colours dominate,  orange/brown and blue/green. The scene is Fortnum and Mason on Piccadilly. A long-established, respectable firm with a reputation reaching back a few centuries to 1707.  The Clock dominates and looks incongruous – French Louis XVI style against

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