Maria Evers Smith
Bacardi Limited Biennal at the Bermuda National GalleryBacardi Limited Biennial 2002Artists featured in the Bermuda National Gallery's BiennialsBacardi Ltd.Biennial 1994Biennial 1996Bacardi Biennial 1998Bacardi Ltd Biennial 2000

maria smith prickly pears

Prickly Pears

Oil on canvas,
48 x 36 inches
(cat. 60)

Maria Evers Smith Bermudian, born February 2, 1940


artist statement
My work in the past few years has been constantly changing. I am still exploring the full range of the expressive in my art and recently have concentrated on a number of botanicals. I have found the lush, tropical foliage of Bermuda, reproduced on a large scale both challenging and fun.
I never tire of the endless variation in colour, light and line that nature provides, wether it is the farms and mountains of Vermont or the southern light of Bermuda.

education
1961 College of St.Elizabeth, New Jersey, BSc in Education

solo exhibitions
1992 Heritage House Gallery, Bermuda, "Byways"
1993 Heritage House Gallery, Bermuda, "Byways II"
1994 Heritage House Gallery, Bermuda, "Shorelines and Gardens"
1999 Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, featured artist

selected group exhibitions
1978-99 Bermuda Society of Arts members shows
1987-99 Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard members shows
1987 Bermuda Society of Arts, 2 person show
1992 Mall Gallery, London, Royal Society of British Artists
1993-99 Heritage House Gallery, Bermuda, Small Pictures shows
1994 Bermuda National Gallery, 1st Biennial
1995 Heritage House Gallery, Bermuda, "Different Strokes" 3 person show
Windjammer Gallery, Bermuda
1996 Bermuda National Gallery, 2nd Biennial
1997 Heritage House Gallery, Bermuda, two person show
1999 The Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, featured artist
2000 Quechee Gallery of Fine Arts, Quechee, Vermont, Group Show
2001 Burnaby Gallery, Bermuda, two person show
The Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, featured artist

special commissions
1999 W.P.Stewart and Co. Ltd., boardroom