by Geeks on the Beach | Apr 12, 2016 | Artist's Aside, Village Vibe
>> Jillian Player Visual artist Deryk Houston and his wife, glass artist Elizabeth Wellburn, live just outside the border of Fernwood. I want to include them as Fernwood artists because Deryk has done so much for this community. He was one of the early art...
by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 9, 2016 | Artist's Aside, Village Vibe
Sometimes, you just need to go to France. >> Jillian Player I was surprised to find CarrolAnn Smedley living across the street from me in the sweet little grey house on Fernwood Road, close to the village centre. She has been living in this tidy house, converted...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 9, 2015 | Artist's Aside, Village Vibe
>> Jillian Player Jeremy Herndl likes to remind himself of a quote by drawing master William Kentridge, “Resist the attempt to construct an argument.” Looking at Herndl’s work, one can see why this quote would be important. His large paintings, busy with thick...
by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 9, 2015 | Artist's Aside, News
›› Jillian Player Gazing at the large abstract paintings that recline against Jane Francis’s studio walls, I am intrigued by the tender graphite marks that reside in the spaces between an explosion of paint strokes. Her inspiration from nature, and her walks around...
by Geeks on the Beach | Aug 11, 2015 | Artist's Aside, Village Vibe
Fernwoodian artist, Margaret Hantiuk, has lived in Fernwood for the past 27 years. >> Jillian Player Margaret Hantiuk has lived in the same house in Fernwood for twenty-seven years. Originally from Alberta, she studied art at the Alberta College of Art...
