Comments on: Twilight in Uffington http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/ An art blog by artist Michelle Basic Hendry in Muskoka Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:41:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Artscapes – Musings on Art & Life » Blog Archive » On the Move-Uffington, Muskoka http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-24180 Artscapes – Musings on Art & Life » Blog Archive » On the Move-Uffington, Muskoka Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:23:18 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-24180 [...] My fist visit inside the Fleger House [...] [...] My fist visit inside the Fleger House [...]

]]> By: Artscapes - Musings on Art & Life » Blog Archive » Latest Painting http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-18949 Artscapes - Musings on Art & Life » Blog Archive » Latest Painting Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:15:50 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-18949 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

]]> By: Michelle http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-17805 Michelle Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:27:58 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-17805 Jennifer - I have sent you an e-mail - I am VERY interested! Jennifer – I have sent you an e-mail – I am VERY interested!

]]> By: Jennifer Milne http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-17751 Jennifer Milne Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:23:17 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-17751 Hi Michelle, I would like to get in touch with you as I am currently working on a heritage project with St. Stephen's Church in Vankoughnet-not far from Uffington and a sister Church (now a Chapel) of St. Paul's. I think you may be interested in some information about St. Stephen's and our heritage day that includes a tour of the Cemetery. There is also an amazing old house next door to my own locally known as "the haunted house". Please contact me at the email posted above. Thanks, Jennifer Hi Michelle,

I would like to get in touch with you as I am currently working on a heritage project with St. Stephen’s Church in Vankoughnet-not far from Uffington and a sister Church (now a Chapel) of St. Paul’s.

I think you may be interested in some information about St. Stephen’s and our heritage day that includes a tour of the Cemetery. There is also an amazing old house next door to my own locally known as “the haunted house”. Please contact me at the email posted above.

Thanks,

Jennifer

]]> By: Heather http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-14757 Heather Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:04:14 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-14757 Love the photos...wonderful story...as mentioned time and time again you have a gift...one you use to the fullest!! I'm going to sign up for both the blog and the newsletter as I seem to miss a great deal... Cheers Love the photos…wonderful story…as mentioned time and time again you have a gift…one you use to the fullest!!

I’m going to sign up for both the blog and the newsletter as I seem to miss a great deal…

Cheers

]]> By: kaslkaos http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-14151 kaslkaos Sat, 23 May 2009 15:44:22 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-14151 Abandoned buildings are such a lure for kids. I remember avid explorations of a number of them, fading barns with broken staircases, 3 walled trapper shacks occupied by porcupine with WWI reports in the newspaper stuffed walls; I'm child-safety was less of a concern then, allowing me some rich and memorable experiences. This post certainly stirred some up. Thanks. Abandoned buildings are such a lure for kids. I remember avid explorations of a number of them, fading barns with broken staircases, 3 walled trapper shacks occupied by porcupine with WWI reports in the newspaper stuffed walls; I’m child-safety was less of a concern then, allowing me some rich and memorable experiences.
This post certainly stirred some up. Thanks.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-14092 Patrick Fri, 22 May 2009 09:33:03 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-14092 You're also a very good story teller Michelle. I won't comment each image here but i have to say that i really like the shoes in the lower left corner of the first one. I think they give all the meaning of this image. You’re also a very good story teller Michelle.
I won’t comment each image here but i have to say that i really like the shoes in the lower left corner of the first one. I think they give all the meaning of this image.

]]> By: Jennifer Rose http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-14063 Jennifer Rose Thu, 21 May 2009 18:56:07 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-14063 shame the house will be no more :/ so much history lost, but with your photos and writing down all of the stories you hear about the house and the people that live there, it wont be completely lost :) shame the house will be no more :/ so much history lost, but with your photos and writing down all of the stories you hear about the house and the people that live there, it wont be completely lost :)

]]> By: Michelle http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-14057 Michelle Thu, 21 May 2009 15:45:40 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-14057 Thanks, Linda, Kinsey and Lana! I love sharing these... Robin - Your words are so encouraging. Thank you so much for your wonderful comment. I feel what I do matters when I get a comment like this! Thanks, Linda, Kinsey and Lana! I love sharing these…

Robin – Your words are so encouraging. Thank you so much for your wonderful comment. I feel what I do matters when I get a comment like this!

]]> By: Robin Easton http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-14056 Robin Easton Thu, 21 May 2009 15:08:48 +0000 http://www.artscapes.ca/blog/2009/05/20/twilight-in-uffington/#comment-14056 Dear Michelle, I am stunned and left with an overwhelming feeling of homesickness. Although I did not grow up in a house this old or quite like this; ours was a mix between farm house and early cape cod. But where I grew up in Western Maine, there were SO many houses like this, and still are. And I've been inside so many of them that when I saw these pictures my whole body just plummeted into a powerful feeling from my past. I now live in New Mexico, which is whole different style/feel. But when I saw these -- I kid you NOT Michelle -- I could smell the way these houses smelled way back them, something about the old paint, the often damp wood, the faint woodsmoke smell that permeates everything and lingers still, even in summer months when the fires no longer burn. I could also smell the dust, the sunlight through the windows warming the floor boards making the wood give off a faint odor, and the smell of old clothes and shoes. I could hear the house creaking and moving and I could see the dust dancing in the shaft of sunlight through the window; I must have watched that a thousand times. And as all these sensory memories slammed into me I felt like balling my eyes out, I guess because I spent so much time in these old houses that belonged to family friends it took me back to a time of my life where my parents were alive. I would not want to be back there as I love sunny southwest New Mexico and I love the real adobe homes out here and definitely LOVE my life now, and my parents live on in my heart and are still with me in spirit...I feel them. Nonetheless it was a powerful and unexpected walk down memory lane. I know I keep saying this, but you have a real gift for capturing intense moods and feelings in your art and photography. There is no half measure with you and I REALLY like that. You do not just see something and then paint it or photograph it. You FEEL the mood of it and then paint or photograph THAT. You are a brilliant talent. I leave your post today with tears in my eyes and long ago warm memories in my heart. Thank you my friend, Hugs and love, Robin Dear Michelle, I am stunned and left with an overwhelming feeling of homesickness. Although I did not grow up in a house this old or quite like this; ours was a mix between farm house and early cape cod. But where I grew up in Western Maine, there were SO many houses like this, and still are. And I’ve been inside so many of them that when I saw these pictures my whole body just plummeted into a powerful feeling from my past. I now live in New Mexico, which is whole different style/feel. But when I saw these — I kid you NOT Michelle — I could smell the way these houses smelled way back them, something about the old paint, the often damp wood, the faint woodsmoke smell that permeates everything and lingers still, even in summer months when the fires no longer burn. I could also smell the dust, the sunlight through the windows warming the floor boards making the wood give off a faint odor, and the smell of old clothes and shoes. I could hear the house creaking and moving and I could see the dust dancing in the shaft of sunlight through the window; I must have watched that a thousand times. And as all these sensory memories slammed into me I felt like balling my eyes out, I guess because I spent so much time in these old houses that belonged to family friends it took me back to a time of my life where my parents were alive.

I would not want to be back there as I love sunny southwest New Mexico and I love the real adobe homes out here and definitely LOVE my life now, and my parents live on in my heart and are still with me in spirit…I feel them. Nonetheless it was a powerful and unexpected walk down memory lane.

I know I keep saying this, but you have a real gift for capturing intense moods and feelings in your art and photography. There is no half measure with you and I REALLY like that. You do not just see something and then paint it or photograph it. You FEEL the mood of it and then paint or photograph THAT. You are a brilliant talent. I leave your post today with tears in my eyes and long ago warm memories in my heart.

Thank you my friend,
Hugs and love,
Robin

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