Month: December, 2008

Merry Christmas

Moonrise © Michelle Basic Hendry Winter has certainly made an early entrance and the snow is as deep as it ever got last year. As I look forward to celebrating with my family for the first time in a long while, I had a look back at my post from last Christmas. So many things [...]

Filleadh na Gréine

Filleadh na Gréine (Return of the Sun), Digital painting, inspired by the petroglyphs of Newgrange, Ireland © Michelle Basic Hendry Today, Autumn passes into Winter… In Ireland, the Winter Solstice is marked by a special event at Newgrange in the Boyne Valley. The Sun rises and penetrates the mound – lighting up the passageway and [...]

More Inspiration & Discovery

Frontspiece – very likely sketched by Gray himself © Thomas Y. Crowell Company I find myself struggling with a bit of a painting dry spell. It seems to be that I have forgotten how to make my hands work! After a couple of small disasters in the last week or so, I decided to give [...]

Inspiration

Wilson Farmhouse © Michelle Basic Hendry Recently I had the pleasure of visiting with one of my early teachers, Pat Fairhead. We had a lovely conversation over tea; we talked about art and exciting places and watched the ducks which still converge on her cottage for corn until the river freezes over. Pat has a [...]