by Geeks on the Beach | Aug 30, 2016 | Artist's Aside, Village Vibe
Photographer Tony Sprackett has been around the neighbourhood for a very long time ›› Jillian Player In the early 80s, he worked at the Prancing Pony Restaurant before becoming part-owner, turning it into the Soho Village Bistro. Additionally, he is a long-time...
by Geeks on the Beach | Jun 5, 2016 | Artist's Aside, Events, News, Village Vibe
Take a stroll through Fernwoodian art studios >> Jillian Player In 2007, an idea was hatched by a few local artists to open their studios to the public. Using their own funds (and with lots of support from both Fernwood NRG and the Fernwood Inn) the first...
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 | 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...
