Cooper House Bathroom Sink, 10×8, acrylic © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry Saturday, October 9th 2010 marks the opening of “Legacy” at the Auburn Gallery of Fine Art in Gravenhurst. It is an exhibition of portraits, paintings and photographs depicting the people and places of 19th and 20th century south Muskoka and some of their stories. […]
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Family photos © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry The first floor of the building was split between the Store and the main living quarters which contained a back kitchen, a parlour, two hallways and a more recent bathroom. One of the hallways was more like a room from which every other part of the house was […]
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Cooper House and General Store © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry Recently, I had the privilege of visiting Frank Cooper’s General Store. The store has been closed since the early 1960’s and Frank, grandson of Thomas Cooper the founder of the community, operated his Excavation business from the location. Frank is still a busy man at […]
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Cooper’s Shed, 8×10, acrylic on canvas © Michelle Basic Hendry Cooper’s Shed is the first in a short series of paintings I am doing on the small, nearly ghost town, of Cooper’s Falls. I introduced Cooper’s Falls and the grandson of it’s founder Mr. Frank Cooper to you in August. This is a shed that […]
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Windermere Farm, acrylic, 30×36″ © Michelle Basic Hendry This is a large painting of the Veitch farm on Windermere Road. Interestingly enough, across town on the same day as my opening, was the opening for Sara Jane Doberstein and Annie Veitch at the Gateway Gallery owned by Anita Stephenson. I managed to get to the […]
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