Local Scenes Calendar Forms Part of Decade Long Series
Wendy Mackenzie's artwork features in 12 paintings of Brentford and environs
The calendar would make an excellent gift for a Brentford resident
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October 29, 2025
Wendy Mackenzie’s latest offering — the 2026 “Local Scenes” calendar — is the latest in a decade-long series of calendars featuring her original artwork of the local area, particularly around Brentford and its environs.
Wendy has been producing these calendars annually for the last ten years, each one drawing on her watercolour, acrylic and oil works, rendered from scenes both familiar and quietly overlooked around Brentford and neighbouring districts.
Availability is through her website www.wendymackenzie.com, and locally you’ll soon be able to pick it up from outlets such as The Northumberland Arms, Naked Grain and other outlets to be confirmed.
Typical pricing in earlier editions (for reference) was around £8 for smaller size and £12 for larger (in the mid-2010s editions) though you’ll want to check the current listing for 2026.
With subjects drawn from Brentford’s canal basin, the weir, old dockside, the Sunday market, bridges, and the interplay of light on the Thames and adjacent waterways, the calendars serve both as a functional item and a potential Christmas gift.
Wendy Mackenzie was born in Perth, Scotland, and studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Her practice is varied: in addition to painting (watercolour, acrylic, oil) she is involved in metalworking, recycling, clothing design, tree-dressing, mould-making and sculpture, utility-bag fabrication and more.
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