Month: February, 2009

Another Small Painting & A Story

Field & Clouds, 6×8, acrylic © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry I post a new painting every week on Saturday at the Small Paintings Blog. This is the new one for the week of February 28th! I am toying with doing another big sky piece after I finish the Cooper’s Falls painting I have on the [...]

Art Cards with a "Green" Twist!

Art Cards © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry Thanks to everybody here who suggested a favourite painting for the cards. I have taken 5 of your suggestions and made a set. I will eventually include all of them, but I want to save some for the another set in the near future! I put a great [...]

Frozen Lake & Small Painting

Summer Kitchen Door, 5×7, acrylic © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry I post a new painting every week on Saturday at the Small Paintings Blog. This is the new one for the week of February 21st! I go past this little house all the time and just love the way the light filters through the trees [...]

Musing on a Specific

Georgian Bay Near Honey Harbour © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry I went for a drive this afternoon. It was the first one since the Autumn. This winter has been a harsh one and the window of good weather seemed to be coming to a close, so I figured I had better get out. Driving is [...]

The Ice Hut & a Wedding

The Ice Hut © 2005 Michelle Basic Hendry I grabbed this one out of the archives as it is great picture of one of the more popular activities up here in Winter. It was a warm February day, and there was a peacefulness to sitting on the lake during a thaw much like the one [...]

Brush Tips, an Award & A Skunk

It is February and we are experiencing a rather unusual thaw. There is fog everywhere – and unfortunately, more than one kind.  As I was writing this post, a horrid smell began to seep through my walls. I realized that my cat was still outside. I have never experienced a smell like this. I suspected, [...]

Hopewell & the Big Launch

Hopewell, New Brunswick, 24×12 © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry (Want to see a larger image? Click here) The Artscapes Website has been renovated and the first small painting has been posted to the Small Paintings Blog! So here’s what has been accomplished since setting my 2009 Goals – I am implementing the first half of [...]

Work in Progress – Bay of Fundy

WIP – Hopewell, New Brunswick, 24×12 ©2009 Michelle Basic Hendry I have spent a lot of time complaining about the snow in recent days and I figured it was time to do some ‘winter worship’. This painting is a work in progress from a photograph I took when visiting Moncton in January a quite a [...]