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 Fernwood Art Stroll was born. Along with the creation of […]
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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 contributors to the Cornerstone Cafe, painting some of his large canvasses […]
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 into two suites, for twenty years. When walking up to […]
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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 strokes of oil paint, capture the fleeting moments of humanity and light as […]
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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 our Fernwood neighbourhood, trigger Jane’s imagination to produce complex yet pleasing abstracts. Layers […]
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 then moved west. She settled on the Island in the 1980s, where she completed her BFA […]
Catch a glimpse of Fernwood based artist’s studios during the Annual Fernwood Art Stroll, June 20 & 21 from 11am to 4pm
›› Jillian Player
I’m sitting outside on Margaret Hantiuk’s sunny back deck, gazing out at her established lush garden. We are talking about art—not just her art, but the community of art that makes Fernwood […]
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