Michelle (Basic) Hendry - Fine Artist & Author

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Two More 5×5 Paintings

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pitcherHere are a couple more 5×5 inch paintings being donated to the Fine Art Institute in Edmond, Oklahoma for their fundraising sale May 1-3 2015.

These little canvases have offered the opportunity to try out new ways of blending the traditional with new materials and composition. The three here and dozens more by artists such as Bert Seabourn and Joan Frimberger are being offered at $55 each with 100% going to support programs at the Art Institute.

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The painting on the left is a tilted silver plated pitcher I picked up at a local antique market.

At right, I thought it might be fun to experiment with embossed gold mixed media over a traditionally painted sky.

This last one, which I posted originally a few weeks ago, is the most traditional of the bunch and will also be available at the sale.  The interesting thing was that even though I didn’t plan it, a theme emerged – metal!

Steel, silver and gold…

Click here to find out how to get one!

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  4. Beautiful work, Michelle! A 5 x 5 canvas sure can unleash creativity. Your gold and silver embellishment make me think of Klimt’s Woman in Gold. Are you aware there’s a movie on that painting with Helen Mirren? Quite a story, albeit the film could have been better crafted. Wrote a review on it last week. Have a good weekend!

    • I am, yes! I must say I am salivating at the release of Mr. Turner… Thanks for the compliments!

  5. Funny how the mind works, and one thing leads to another–metal, shiny things, a theme! Miniatures are freeing, aren’t they? I’ve doing 9×12’s (big for me, actually), so I think next week I will crop some paper and try some mini’s again. Sometimes mini’s let you move quickly through themes, thoughts and experiments, and failures (if they happen, I’m talking about my own, here) don’t hurt quite so much.

    • That is absolutely true! I’ve enjoyed it so much, I’ve bought a bunch of 6×6 canvases and panels to continue with the, as you put it, exploration of themes without worry about failures.