12 Radclive Church Tower by Cathy Read

Cathy Read

12 Radclive Church Tower

Watercolour, Acrylic ink

17.8 x 17.8 cm (7.01 x 7.01 in)

Inv: 812

£250

12 Radclive Church Tower
The tower of Radclive church stands tall. There is as a sandy undertone that gives the colour of the tower and muted tone. The overpainting adds shades of dark purple,, brown and green. Forming blooms of colour before breaking up into areas of texture with lacy edges. The stone work is defined by white lines but the individual stones merge into one another. Blown ink tendrils fly out at jaunty angles.
Tiny window-like apertures are suggested by the lines in the middle of the tower.
The building is set against turquoise sky, the outline of a tower stepping up like a child's tower of building blocks. And atop the crowning glory., crenelations cap all four walls at the roof. A hint of times when churches were linked to defences perhaps? The top seems to reflect the architecture of castles. A deliberate attempt to inspire awe in the congregation? Maybe. or a decorative throwback or a necessity from times when civil unrest was a real cause for concern? A strange association for house of God and a place of worship.
Whatever the reason, towers impress.

The twelfth of a series of 50 paintings all 7" x 7" detailing architecture features from buildings in the Buckinghamshire area. Part of a challenge to create 50 paintings in 2018.
12 Tower - is the working title. The image is of the Tower of Radclive Church which is within site of my old Radclive studio which I left in 2013

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