Michelle (Basic) Hendry - Fine Artist & Author

Artist and Author - Landscapes and Ruins

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The Warrior – New Painting & Thoughts

Musings, Paintings

Disaster. That about sums up the third of Bert Seabourn’s summer classes for this artist. (not pictured here) Last night was our first foray into abstraction – the kind of abstraction that is done by intuitively placing colour and form around a canvas. Cue the horror film music. I already suspected I had an issue with intuitive painting, but this experience confirmed […]

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School’s Out for Summer

Art on the Road, Musings, Paintings

I have been painting with Cherokee artist Bert Seabourn for a year now. I had not ever before attempted to paint a face. I did my first painted portrait last Fall. This is a sketch from my last class. It was drawn from a historic photograph. We have done a few of these and the expressions varied widely. […]

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Wondering about Wabi Sabi

Musings, Photography, Wabi Sabi

So what about that project? I spend a lot of time writing and I have rarely come across a topic that resists writing. Wabi Sabi has resisted writing. Anything with an ounce of Zen is all about experience and being in the moment. This takes a lot of practice. Someone I speak to regularly told me […]

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Critical Mass

Interesting Artists, Musings

I had the pleasure of spending a lovely evening with a group of artists at the home of artist Pat Fairhead (one of her paintings is above). Pat is one of my earliest mentors in art. I took classes with her and she fueled my love for painting. Some of my happiest moments were spent […]

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3rd Blogiversary

Photography

Fraserburg Ruin © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry Today is the 3rd anniversary for the Artscapes Blog. It is hard to believe that I have been doing this under my own motivation for 3 years! I have included this photo of an old ruin from Fraserburg, Ontario, because recently I found out I have deep connections […]

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