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Page 10, Whltby Free Press. Wednesclay. Novoniber 18, 1992 Carol -Gabouri*e Co'per's 'Enchanted. Gardens' An exhibition of watercolours and nmuxoed *media works by regional artist Carol Gabourie Cooper yill open at the Robert me * ghlin Gallery on Nov. 19. The publc is invited ta meet theatt at ýa. reception ta be, held Thursday, Nov. 19, 7 ta 9' p.m. 'Enchanted Gardons' Co mprises approximately 40 worlcs accom- panied by verse. The artist feels the title invites her té portray the magic of the secret and, open places where children and animals play. 0f her work, Cooper says, "Mdy gardons grow in my mni.d&s heart where the quiet pulse of a single bud and the chirp of a bird excite "Mardiens are havens indiscri- minate in hospitality and blessed by* the hand, of God. My sometimes wild gardens are places of joy and evoke memories of cbldren' 'dlimbing our apple tree, singing ad playing.. memories'of my mom's lily-of-the- valley and my grandmother Gabourie's peonie, flowering shrubs and planot e)xchanges with family and friends. "Whether cultivated b loving banda or the wbims>ofnature real or imagined as',the balicat that awakens Lake Kashwakamak, the mystery of may gardens and their guests inspilre mle ta go beyond the gate ta ee my minds heart and explore -in vibrant 'palette .of, mnixed- media eclectric interpretations." Cooper's exhibition wil continue until Jan. 3.> Ma .ry*,Rawlyk's wood block prints An exhibition of wood block made mainly on the etcbing press prints by Kingston printmaker fromn metalfplates.- MayRawlyk will open. at the 'Most of the wood. blockcs for Robert McLaughlin Gallery on the book were cut for my Nov. 19. Christmas carde. I refined te The public is invited ta, meet images - recuttmng, reprinting the artist 'at -a reception teo be and' arraning them on the held on Thursday, Dec. 10, 7 ta 9 colourful background collages-. p.m. 97he project lias provided The 'Nativity' cmrssa scoe for a flood of unused idems coprse ad interests and creative collection of images illustrating options. It offered moiru aspects of the nativity stary -nities ta explore neiw,Îespfpormtai exocuted by the artist over a ajprehsteclu«nddson ROvawlyk Peid ' rccé h It opened up the fiel o Rawyk eciedta ecylethre story-book illustration with its blocks for a children's1 pice special reciuirements of serial book. ~imagery an dtx. "This Nativity Book is a new Rawlyk last exhibited at the adventure for me," shé' sia. Robert McLaughlin Gallery in While I amn still involved wth 1986. Her work is included in the printmaldng procedures, the use gallery's permanent collection. of woodcuts in a s'mallor format is 'Nativity' continues until'Jan. a departure from my large prints 3. ' ---:--*- - I lâ4Freiids of Fiddlers Green' will Durhan' pub, 227 Brock St. S. ini ,ê gest performers at the Vital downtown Whitby. SpakFl Club to be hld on Friends of Fiddlers Green is a Sat'dy ov 1 i Whitby. talented folk ensemble made up Tiài.cbs usuallocation, the. of niembers from aIl over Masonic Hall ini Oshawa is un- Ontario. available on that date so the Admission is $8 for members, concert will be held at Mmes, $10 for non-members.1 Doors the hallupstairs at the Earl of open at 8 p.m.> Watch the Whitby Free, Press for CHRISTMAS CAROLS & GREETINGS SUPPLEMENT included in, the Deoem ber 2nd issue. If your group would like to reserve some extra copiS please cai the Free Press before Novemnbor 25th.e WHITBY AUTHOR Ted Wood with some of Wood spoke 'recently. at Whitby Public Libr- the 12 books he's wnitten over the years. ary.ReorWhtyFePrs Whitby author- had to ,go. to U-S., to find ,publis 1her Canada niay be the setting fior books by Whitby author Ted Wood, but ho had ta go ta an American company ta, get thein published. Khown for his Reid Bennett and John Locke mystery ser*ies Wood says ho tried his first mystery novie, 'DMead in the Water,' «every- w ere in Canada but nobody baught it. "Thon finally, almost 10 years later I sent it ta, the States and it was bouglit first bounoe - the same day; it was wonderful.» Wood says Canadian publishers feel a Cana- dian author "can't be much good; he's home- grown. There are exceptions, of course -- there's the politically-correct people... (and) moat of the women writers have gone straiglit ibtCanadian publishers are more sym- p theict womens books -- or women authors anyway.» But "run-of-the-mill writere can't getpub- lished here, says Wood. «You have ta m=keit somewhere else before -yeu make, it in Canada... "I my case, they said 'don't you realize this is supposed ta be a. thriller or a mystery and it's set in Can ad? -- the implicit message was 'Haven't you understood that mysterios are set in . England and 'thrillers are set in Las Angeles?... "When I sent it ýta the States they were kind of pleased that Hey, here's an exotie location.»m Wood lias written 10 more m1stery novels since that first one --attal of eight in the, Reid Bennett and theo Nn the John Locke series, which hoe writesusn the pen naine Jack Barnao - and 'a bok f short stories entitled 'Somnebody Else's Summer.' "That was a vory Canadian book, very gontie and affectionate; I got wonderful reviews and didn't make any monoy. n He's published by Charles Scribner's i the U.S. and Collin's Crime, Club in Britian. .Maxwell Macmnillan distributes hisa-books, which have been translated inta six other languagosinCanada. Wood says lho got ha astart writing short staries, which lho began turning out as a child. «When I came ta -Canada (in 1954) I was able ota afford a typewriter, se that meant I could send thein out.» Ho joined the Tarante Police force in 1957, sean after arriving, went inta advertising three years later and eventually worked lis way up ta creative direct«~ at the three biggest agen- cies in the country. Wood and his, wife, who writes a columnn for the Toronto Sun, have been retired for the last three years. «We justwrite - (that means) doing what you want ta do rather than doing what you hv odo.» SEE PAGE 27 ICE)E1I esival ofights-begfins I ~f~f'The Festival of Lights has 11il na t. E sib 430-863 Fniday, Nov. 20 A FTER DA RK Saturday,-Nov. 21 THREE AMIGOS Friday, Nov. 27 FULL COUNT BLUES BAND Saturday, Nov. 28 PINK CA DIL LAC begu a <ulien Uardens. Aout 100,000 lights illu- minate the miniature village which n ow- includes-a Santa, Claus parade on Main St.-, .A traditional nativity scene is in the valley, and further along at a bond i the river is the Huron Indian nativity scene. A new, holiday special is a- giant, old-fashioned locomotive light sculpture in cottage cou n- try. There are three shows every evening, and Santa is in the tea room. 1 The. Festival of Lights, shows and' miniature parade continue until Jan. 3. Breakfast with Santa will b. an 'Dec. 5 12 'and '19, a l 9th century (*iristmas car;d work- esho on Dec. 12 and 13 'and the wiircaniVal Dec. 27 ÎoJîân 3.S t' a a