Giveaway Prize: 5 – 4.5×6″ art cards with envelopes © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry November 9th marks the two year anniversary of the Artscapes Blog! I want to take the opportunity to thank all of you who have hung in there these past two years and send a warm welcome to new readers! This year […]
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The church painting is almost done… Posting the final version on Saturday! Most people think of artists as ‘right brained’ people. Artists see the world a little differently and use visualization instead of language to communicate. I always found this an interesting idea. Being a person who loves to use both images and language, my […]
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Moonrise © Michelle Basic Hendry Winter has certainly made an early entrance and the snow is as deep as it ever got last year. As I look forward to celebrating with my family for the first time in a long while, I had a look back at my post from last Christmas. So many things […]
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Today marks the one year anniversary of the Artscapes Blog! I struggled over the last few weeks to decide what I wanted to do for the first anniversary of the Blog. I have had a lot of fun participating in their celebrations of others recently. I am working on a project that will not be […]
Continue ReadingThe Fate of the Arts
I just read a post on one of my favourite blogs about the state of the art buyer and the art world. (Visit Linda’s Blog) It got me to thinking about art how or why some of us become artists and why some appreciate – or do not appreciate – the arts. It seems that […]
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In spite of a fight worthy of the greatest warrior, my grandfather passed away very early this morning…. At a loss for my own words, the poem “Nature” by Longfellow speaks of the quiet departure to rest that I wished for him. NATURE As a fond mother, when the day is o’er, Leads by the […]
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