off the new season at the Burnaby Gallery this evening. Bermudian Mr. Boyer was educated at Dellwood School, where he first began working in wood under the expert eye of Eugene Smith.

He was inspired to take up wood carving after viewing well-known local sculptor Chesley Trott's work at a City Hall exhibition 20 years ago.

"I carve primarily with knives, as I find I can achieve more detail with them than chisels,'' Mr. Boyer explains. "Woodcarving leaves me with a great sense of achievement, fulfillment and pleasure.'' In recent years Mrs. Smith has become fascinated with the use of colour as an emotional force, using it to create rather than imitate light.

"My work no longer relies on the exact depiction of the work before me, but has become a response between reality and invention. The colours are brighter, and used to define shapes and evoke emotion,'' she explains. "How the colours interact with one another and are balanced across the canvas is my challenge.'' The artist's paintings are found in corporate and private collections both here and abroad, and she has long been an exhibitor in both group and individual shows.

Garden glories: Artist Maria Evers Smith with some of the paintings to be found in her joint exhibition with wood carver Roy Boyer at the Burnaby Gallery, which opens this evening.

On the move: A land crab's journey is immaculately captured in wood by Roy Boyer. The piece is but one of the Bermudian wood carver's art which will be exhibited in the Burnaby Gallery until October 18.