Another Red Chair… and Ants
Red Chair, 8×10, acrylic © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry This was my contribution to this year’s Muskoka Arts & Crafts Mystery Art Sale and Fundraiser. I seem to really like red chairs lately… and so it becomes my latest painting. Visits to the tiny St. Stephen’s Church in Vankoughnet, Bethune House, Sparrow Beach Lodge and [...]
The Divinity of Creating Form
Across the Hall, 12×16, acrylic © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry “Legacy” has been extended for another week. If you haven’t been out to the Gallery, there is still time! Check my website for details…. The response has been wonderful and I look forward to sharing old pictures of some of the places that I painted [...]
Exhibition of Muskoka Heritage
Cooper House Bathroom Sink, 10×8, acrylic © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry Saturday, October 9th 2010 marks the opening of “Legacy” at the Auburn Gallery of Fine Art in Gravenhurst. It is an exhibition of portraits, paintings and photographs depicting the people and places of 19th and 20th century south Muskoka and some of their stories. [...]
New Painting "Waiting"
Waiting – Red Chair, 16×20, acrylic © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry This is the bay window at the abandoned Livingstone Stephens house near Bracebridge. This one was a tough one, technically – for its complicated interior architecture; emotionally because these old places I have come to know have touched me; and due to ‘life’ around [...]
Being Human and a WIP
Work In Progress – Red Chair © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry So I decided the chair needed to be red…. This is the most raw form of the painting after the line drawing, which took twice as long as I expected! The perspective had to be corrected, the light and shadow lines simplified (some of [...]
Gold in Muskoka
Crystal’s Room, acrylic, 16×24 © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry The front room from the interior of the house in Uffington featured in June’s “On the Move” post is finally complete. This room was the favourite of Mrs. Fleger’s granddaughter, Crystal. Apparently she took the bed from this room to college. I named the painting in [...]
An Empty Chair…
Photograph of Bay Window at Livingstone/Stephens House © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry The insistent River of Time flows downstream and eventually its contents disperse in the Sea of the Universe. My husband lost his beloved Grandmother yesterday. The world, for him, is somehow diminished without her presence. His focus is now on the gathering of [...]
Still in Progress…
Still in Progress… © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry There is nothing worse than discovering errors in drawing when working on a painting. It means that progress is slow in order to ensure corrections are made and the painting is finished as it should be. Sessions are going by with very little visible change. I have [...]
Award of Excellence in Acrylic
“Everything But the Bathroom Sink” wins an Award of Excellence in Acrylic at the 2010 Muskoka Arts and Crafts Spring Members Show. Everything but the Bathroom Sink, acrylic, 16×24 – Available © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry I was late arriving, but, it was very exciting to discover that one of my favourite pieces from this [...]
New Hope for Uffington, Muskoka
Twilight © 2008 Michelle Basic Hendry My last post introduces the work in progress, Crystal’s Room. I have news today…. On my way back from the doctor in Bracebridge (follow up on a routine check-up) I decided to swing by Uffington, the location of the “Twilight” house and my WIP. I had assumed by the [...]
