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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Lodge Door, 8×8, acrylic © 2011 Michelle Basic Hendry The first painting from Sparrow Beach Lodge is a small one. It is the door hardware on the main entry to the front of the hotel. Only the handle itself remains untouched by layers of paint and shows the wear of decades of hands. This remarkable […]
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Mrs. Fleger’s Bedroom Door, 8×10 acrylic © Michelle Basic Hendry This is a new painting I finished this week. It is a small piece of the painted wooden door to Mrs. Fleger’s Room on the second floor of the abandoned “Twilight” House in Uffington, Muskoka. See the story here. On September 9th, I had a […]
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Work in Progress – Stage 2 © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry This week I have gone back into the studio in earnest in order to prepare for the McMichael Show in October (see announcement in last post). I have picked up a painting that I put aside in May before I started traveling. I found […]
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Summer Kitchen Door, 5×7, acrylic © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry I post a new painting every week on Saturday at the Small Paintings Blog. This is the new one for the week of February 21st! I go past this little house all the time and just love the way the light filters through the trees […]
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