Well, I squeaked in on the deadline… You can see a larger version here. This house has become a powerful muse. This place has an aura that I can barely explain. Over the last 18 months, as I uncovered the story behind this abandoned and derelict Muskoka house, the presence of the people have faded […]
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Red Chair, 8×10, acrylic © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry This was my contribution to this year’s Muskoka Arts & Crafts Mystery Art Sale and Fundraiser. I seem to really like red chairs lately… and so it becomes my latest painting. Visits to the tiny St. Stephen’s Church in Vankoughnet, Bethune House, Sparrow Beach Lodge and […]
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Photograph of Bay Window at Livingstone/Stephens House © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry The insistent River of Time flows downstream and eventually its contents disperse in the Sea of the Universe. My husband lost his beloved Grandmother yesterday. The world, for him, is somehow diminished without her presence. His focus is now on the gathering of […]
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