A new fine art gallery within the Habitat for Humanity ReStore is helping support projects across Bermuda, while providing a commercial space for local artists.

Every year, Habitat for Humanity Bermuda restores approximately 25 homes for Bermudian families and individuals. The newly opened gallery offers an additional funding source toward the completion of these projects.

Collin Cluett, the general manager of ReStore, said: “The gallery offers artwork from local artists for the purpose of funding the renovations we do around the island.”

With each sale, 33 per cent of proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity, funding the retrofitting of homes for the disabled or elderly or repairing homes that have fallen into disrepair.

On March 26, the gallery on King Street welcomed 80 to 90 residents for an opening reception. Among those in attendance were many of the island’s artists and Andrew Murdoch, the Governor.

Mr Cluett said the event was the first in a series intended to raise awareness of the gallery and the benefits it brought to the community.

The gallery is not your typical thrift store experience and stands apart from the donated furniture and housewares of the ReStore.

Some may question the idea of viewing fine art in such a setting, but one visit makes clear the carefully staged environment works.

Mr Cluett credits participating artists Diana Amos and Sheilagh Head for curating the slate of artists. These include nine painters, two photographers and two sculptors. Traditional landscape views awash in colour are featured by several painters, including Amos and Head.

There are also more experimental pieces,such as those by Carmen DoMarco that show tropical flora manipulated by digital media.

On a larger scale are photographer Andy Detzer’s multimedia panels of Bermuda Gombeys.

While there are other commercial art galleries on the island, the Habitat for Humanity Fine Arts Gallery gathers traditional Bermudian landscapes, carved cedar bowls, bronze marine creatures and watercolour seascapes, all made by accomplished local artists contributing to the island’s co-operative spirit.

Many have visited to see the paintings.

“We don’t have the same type of foot traffic as the old space,” Mr Cluett said, referencing its old location in the Bluck’s shop on Front Street.

Even so, the charity's new location next to Hamilton Fire Station at 33 King Street, which it moved to in 2025, offers more parking and a bit more space for shopping.

Mr Cluett noted that the variety of price points and subjects will appeal to a broad audience, making the gallery accessible to both collectors and casual visitors.

The people who used to pass by the window daily on Front Street, however, may miss what the new space has to offer.

Beyond the additional breathing room inside the store, there is now a space for Bermudian artists to display their work, making it more accessible.

Looking ahead, Mr Cluett said the goal was simple.

“Keep selling artwork,” he said. “So we can keep doing projects.”