Darkest Night
Tonight marks the beginning of the Dark Half of the year, and to the Celts, it is known as Samhain. When the holiday was Christianized, we began to celebrate it as Halloween…. In the Cemetery © 2008 Michelle Basic Hendry The meaning of the this night and the day that follows has changed little over [...]
The First Snow…
Mid-October Snow © 2008 Michelle Basic Hendry Yesterday, from my window, I watched as the wind blew leaves from the trees – This morning I watch a gentle snow fall on them. The first snowfall of the coming winter in Muskoka. Mid-October Snow © 2008 Michelle Basic Hendry There were three people I thought of [...]
The Fate of the Arts
I just read a post on one of my favourite blogs about the state of the art buyer and the art world. (Visit Linda’s Blog) It got me to thinking about art how or why some of us become artists and why some appreciate – or do not appreciate – the arts. It seems that [...]
Dark Skies of Autumn
Summer’s Retreat © Michelle Basic Hendry Many times over the years I have looked at the trees dressed in their chromatic finery, lit by an angled sun and enriched by the moody clouds that seem to fill the sky behind them. This contrast is a trademark of the season of Autumn here. I remember the [...]
Early Harvest
Early Harvest, 20×20, acrylic on canvas © Michelle Basic Hendry Finally a new painting – and with a curious name in October! The harvest is certainly over…. The fields were so green that, it seemed to me, it was still mid-summer – even though I took my reference photographs in mid-September. I think the hay [...]
