The Ice Hut © 2005 Michelle Basic Hendry I grabbed this one out of the archives as it is great picture of one of the more popular activities up here in Winter. It was a warm February day, and there was a peacefulness to sitting on the lake during a thaw much like the one […]
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Taken near Dorset late last summer ©2008 Michelle Basic Hendry I thought I would have a mid-winter interlude of summer. I photographed this after a day trip to Algonquin Park on a beautiful warm evening. Its warm colours and peaceful silhouette gave me a little lift and I wanted to share it. I will be […]
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Red Lotus of Compassion ©2005 Michelle Basic Hendry I have been so absorbed with getting the new website ready for launch and preparing new small paintings that I have had to remind myself what day it is. I took part of yesterday off to watch the inaugural ceremony for President Barack Obama on television and […]
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I find that some of the best learning experiences, and even paintings, can come from when you give up on trying to ‘get it right’. I was working on a series of paintings in October. I had not picked up the brush for a little while, so I was very careful with every single brush […]
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