Michelle (Basic) Hendry - Fine Art

Hopewell & the Big Launch

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Hopewell, New Brunswick
Hopewell, New Brunswick, 24×12 © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry
(Want to see a larger image? Click here)

The Artscapes Website has been renovated and the first small painting has been posted to the Small Paintings Blog!

So here’s what has been accomplished since setting my 2009 Goals – I am implementing the first half of my marketing plan – I have improved my website and created a blog that will help me move my brush more, offering much more for my readers to see and a chance to buy small paintings at a special rate on-line.

On the Artscapes Website:

• The website has been fully renovated using CSS – getting rid of all the soon to be obsolete HTML tags
• My Bio has been rewritten
• There are Links to local artist and friends, galleries and other interesting things (this section will evolve a fair bit this year)
• There is a News page that will list everything that is new so people can save time and go directly to the things they have not seen
• The Paintings page has been divided into the categories of:

  • landscape
  • rural architecture
  • new work
  • small paintings
  • art cards and prints (the art cards and prints are in the works for later this month – what would you like to see?)

• The Small Paintings section of the Paintings Gallery include on-line purchasing with PayPal for paintings under 8×10
• The Hopewell painting above is now on the home page

The Small Paintings Blog
This new blog is for the sole purpose of showing original small paintings and sketches under 8×10 and for sale on-line. These paintings are unframed, on canvas board or hard board and are available for under $95US. New paintings will be posted every Saturday. The first one is up today! Until March 7th, shipping will be included in the painting price to Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and some of Europe.

There is an e-mail subscription available to the Small Paintings Blog. Click here to see the first painting.

You can also follow my work:
On Twitter:
http://twitter.com/Artscapes

On Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26545566@N05/

On Facebook:
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Enough of that – now I have a question for all of you – What paintings would you like to see as prints or greeting cards? Do you have a favourite? Is there something you would like to see or to know that I have not included? Your feedback is important to me!

Thank you so much for visiting – my friends and my new friends. There is no reason the make art if not to bring as much pleasure to as many as possible!

Work in Progress – Bay of Fundy

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Hopewell, New Brunswick
WIP – Hopewell, New Brunswick, 24×12 ©2009 Michelle Basic Hendry

I have spent a lot of time complaining about the snow in recent days and I figured it was time to do some ‘winter worship’. This painting is a work in progress from a photograph I took when visiting Moncton in January a quite a few years ago now. My husband and I were at a conference and we decided to skip out, rented a car and drove to the Hopewell Rocks on the Bay of Fundy. Thus began my love affair with Canada’s East coast.

Traveling in January

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Michelle Basic Hendry
Hopewell Rocks, 8×10, acrylic

In the early part of this decade, my husband and I had very little money for travel, so we took advantage of trips with his company to go to conferences and shows. I have seen some pretty interesting places in Canada and the U.S. as a result.

Every January, one particular conference would take us to a different city every year, across Canada. I missed Saskatoon this year, although the -49C temperatures that they experienced while my husband was there makes me think it was OK to miss that one! We have been to Ottawa and Niagara Falls, Ontario; Moncton, New Brunswick and Canmore, Alberta. My husband on his solo trips went to Quebec City, Quebec; St. John’s, Newfoundland and Vancouver, BC. This country in Winter is stunning and I would encourage anyone to try a trip when the snow is flying!

We both agree, however, that the best one was to Moncton, New Brunswick. We took the train from Ottawa and saw some stunning landscapes, enjoyed surprisingly good food on VIA rail and met and bonded with some exceptional people. The east coast of Canada is one of the finest breeding grounds for comedians and all around friendly people. We had an exceptional time that year!

The painting above is from this trip, as well as, the painting from the ‘More Painting with Filed Colour‘. The latter is from a photo I shot from the train very early in the morning on the trip out.

On the last day of our time in Moncton, we rented a car and drove down to see the Hopewell Rocks. This is a hugely famous attraction on the Bay of Fundy known for the highest tides in the world. In summer, this place is crawling with tourists. In January, the rocks and the water belonged entirely to us. That alone made the trip worthwhile and inspired the painting above, Hopewell Rocks.

We had to struggle down a snow covered stairwell to get down to the water. The day was crisp and cold, but the sun was out and the rocks were incredibly rich and rusty in colour. There was a quietness that I am certain cannot be found at any other time of year.

Who says January cannot be an excellent time to travel?

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