Wheat Field, acrylic on canvas, 20″x20″ ©Michelle Basic Hendry, 2008 I learned that the field I had to cross to get this painting was freshly planted with wheat. It looked like neatly spaced rows of grass in a green so rich in light and deep in shadow. I selected three images to end up as […]
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Innisfil, Photograph, ©Michelle Basic Hendry, 2008 I have not been so excited to get out of the house in ages…. The weather yesterday was exceptional and I had the opportunity to combine and art supply and RV pick up with a good tour of the countryside for reference photos. Flu free and having my voice […]
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Thanks to Brian’s comment on my last post, I was given the opportunity to see one of Muskoka’s historic homes. This one is abandoned – sort of – clearly someone owns and maintains the grounds. There is a melancholy to these empty places. It is rare to see so much architectural detail remaining on a […]
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Twilight, 36″x24″, acrylic Well – it was close – a long night and an intense day – but it is finished. It was a wonderful learning experience and it will be fun to see it after having not been able to look at it for a couple of days. Photographs are never the same… and […]
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