How can you capture the sun in paint? When to look at it with will blind you? And photographs are overtaken with glare. The brilliantly coloured image seen by your eye is translated into a monochromatic world of oversaturated brilliance and deep, dark limitless shadow. Even The Shard, with its mighty stature, is lost beside the glowing orb. Overshadowed by reflections.

Sunshine has brought crowds to the Southbank,. We see mostly silhouettes, some lost in the light, and others lost in the shadow. Maybe you can guess at who they might be? Rrarely with any certainty,though. Anonymous splodges indicate individual people with rich and varied lives. Indispensable to those who love them, made insignificant besides the dazzling sun,

Cathy Read Art

Reflected Glory

Great Northern Railway Company

Castlefield

South Bank City Hall

Crusin the North Bank

Irwell Reflections

Harlequin Gherkin

Kings Cross the pink side

Stairway to Heaven

Police Boat

The journey Begins

Tower Bridge Poppies

City Hall

London Eye

Across the Glowing Bridge

After The Rain

Battersea Power station painting when the renovation works were just being started. With cranes and

Battersea Reborn

Battersea Power Station for Chelsea side of the Thames.

Battersea Under Chelsea

white

yellow

orange

purple

dark blue

green

light blue

brown

black

Acrylic

Aquatint

Canvas

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Charcoal

Clay

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Embroidery

Graphite

Gold

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Pastels

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Textile

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Text

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Very large

Large

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Very Small

Ancient Signs

Mini Manchester Tram

Waterloo Sunset

Shop Front V and A

Natural History Grafitti