Afternoon Light at Lavender
“Afternoon Light at Lavender, 18×24, acrylic © Michelle Basic Hendry The changes in the weather and the season play havoc with my sinuses. It has been a tough week of migraines and other discomforts which slowed the painting process significantly – but – it is done! Lavender is a little hamlet of mostly farms just [...]
The 'White House' & a WIP
“The White House”, Ufford © Michelle Basic Hendry Earlier this week I visited with one of Bracebridge’s most noted historians, Mr. Ken Veitch. Mr. Veitch’s family along with the Shea’s has been in Muskoka for over a century and was one of the founding families of the town of Ufford just north of Bracebridge. The [...]
Latest Painting
Mrs. Fleger’s Bedroom Door, 8×10 acrylic © Michelle Basic Hendry This is a new painting I finished this week. It is a small piece of the painted wooden door to Mrs. Fleger’s Room on the second floor of the abandoned “Twilight” House in Uffington, Muskoka. See the story here. On September 9th, I had a [...]
Everything but the Bathroom Sink
Everything but the Bathroom Sink, acrylic, 16×24 © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry This is the third in a short series of interiors from some of the buildings I have discovered in the last year and a half. Going inside an abandoned or empty building is a whole other emotional experience to wandering the outside. It [...]
Bathroom Sink – WIP
Everything but the Bathroom Sink – WIP © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry I finally got myself together to start the Heal House bathroom. This is the work in progress. I am aiming to have it complete early next week. The struggles of my most recent work have been weighing heavily on my mind. I am [...]
Revisiting Swords
Swords Schoolhouse © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry With rain in the forecast for the next 4 days, I decided to abandon the studio for a drive out to a couple of my favourite locations in north and west Muskoka. On the way, I picked my Mom up to show her the place that inspired last [...]
Stormy Sky & Musical Muse
A Storm Is Brewing, 24×24, acrylic © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry Update (07.20): I had to add for interest to the foreground. Between the caffeine and the sleeplessness, I hope it was worth it! OK – This one nearly killed me…. I am not entirely sure I am finished with it. Sometimes it takes an [...]
Yellow Door & Two Art Events
Yellow Door © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry I think it is finished. I toyed with adding more peeling painting to the yellow door itself, but, I was afraid it would make it too busy and break up the door as the focus of the painting. This is my second interior painting. I have another that [...]
In the Studio – WIP con't…
Work in Progress – Stage 2 © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry This week I have gone back into the studio in earnest in order to prepare for the McMichael Show in October (see announcement in last post). I have picked up a painting that I put aside in May before I started traveling. I found [...]
