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Imagine a building that reminds you of someone you love?
Mum took me to Manchester Art Gallery, when I was a child and the painting Work by Ford Madox Brown captured my attention so completely, that I was lost in the details. It was the moment I realised the power of art to inspire and I wanted to create art that sparked that response in other people. Even now, when I see that painting, I'm instantly transported back to that moment but more than that, the building itself inspired me.
Now imagine your special building, captured as a dreamlike cityscape, with white lines and colours so vibrant, they dance on the page. For there are watercolours, and there are watercolours with attitude, as one of my collectors described my paintings.
I'm Cathy Read and I create watercolours with attitude. You might have seen me on Landscape artist of the year? My architecture inspired paintings capture memories and emotions, in vibrant, kaleidoscopic drops of ink, reflecting city life in all its colourful glory
Beautiful Architecture paintings that capture the mood of cities, like Manchester, in expressive watercolour and create painted stories. Buildings tell us so many stories, if we listen and lend our imaginations to the task.
Often I choose iconic structures that are intended to impress and influence the people who inhabit such spaces. By fusing structured masking with expressive paint, the familiar city is reborn in a myriad ways. Blown ink trails give a sense of energy, like a life force or electricity escaping from the buildings.
Imagine a painting that inspires you daily? Would you like to experience that wow feeling every day? Talk to me, and we can find or create a unique painting that rocks your world too.
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Manchester is an every changing city, as can be seen as you walk the length of Lower Mosley Street. -
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You can’t see music although artists have tried to show it. if I were to try to describe this busker’s music, it would talk of warm, rich colours, fusions of mellow browns and golds. The colours are r ... -
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The city at night takes on the charm, sometimes lacking in the daytime. Even the most drab of scenes can appear magical with the right lighting. In the Great Northern Railway Company, we see a buildin ... -
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What an impressive sight it is, when you alight a taxi or stroll down from the city centre, to behold the glorious facade! Illuminated and hinting at exotic and not so exotic destinations. The leaded ... -
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In real life you have to crouch to see this view. The railings of the bridge come to about elbow height, enough to stop anyone inadvertently falling into the canal below. You’ll find it on Oxford Road ...
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Wandering around Manchester with my Camera, I heard this and my curiosity was peaked. I didn't expect what I found, but it lead to one of my favourite paintings. -
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Delve into the world of music inspired contemporary art. Cathy Read discusses her interpretation of David Kemp's sculpture on Tib Street in Manchester. Affectionately known as the Tib Street Tuba.