Working With Your Gallery
With more and more emphasis on partnerships in this new economic climate, it is important that we make the most of the relationships we have. 80% of our sales come from 20% of our customers. If you currently work with a Gallery that is surviving the upheaval, it behooves us to help that Gallery increase [...]
2010 Goals
I had my goal list pretty much done in the middle of December, but, as I reviewed what I accomplished, I realized how much time I spent obsessively focused on a few things on that list. I felt I needed to get off the speeding train, get grounded and re-evaluate. It is a tricky balance, [...]
Happy New Year! 2009 in Review
2009 in review… So – Here we are on the first day of the second decade of the 21st century. Sounds impressive, especially when I have spent so much of the last two years looking back into the last two centuries. It boggles my mind that I have had the privilege of talking to a [...]
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, [...]
Happy New Year!
Shortly after dusk, the sky began to clear revealing a tiny waxing crescent moon. In what had been a hectic but pleasant day, I actually paused to admire such a beautiful sight in sky. A new beginning…. It seems that the New Year is an appropriate time to discuss setting goals. I took a class [...]
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 [...]
Avian Guests & Jay Moore's DVD Workshop
Woodpeckers on the Willow © Michelle Basic Hendry My neighbour alerted me to a couple of guests in my backyard last week. A storm had taken down yet another branch from our willow tree – and this tree has been struggling for a while. Needless to say, the break exposed a buffet for these two [...]
