Since my last post before the hiatus, I have more than accomplished what I set out to do. I finished five paintings, the last edits on the manuscript, a trip home and a trip to the Ozarks. Not bad! I have learned that, for me, writing and painting are both necessary for creative fulfillment. I […]
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Work in Progress & Japan
This is the latest work in progress. It is a big one and it took some planning. Small things become glaring at 24×36 inches and I changed the composition and the canvas twice. I think I am finally happy. Now the visible progress begins. Details in a ruined house are a part of the composition, […]
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Waiting – Red Chair, 16×20, acrylic © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry This is the bay window at the abandoned Livingstone Stephens house near Bracebridge. This one was a tough one, technically – for its complicated interior architecture; emotionally because these old places I have come to know have touched me; and due to ‘life’ around […]
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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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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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