Maggie Bevier
California Watercolorist, Jeweler, and Maker
Born on the Central California Coast, raised by professional Carmel watercolorist Jack Bevier, my life has always been full of art. During my 45 years of professional art practice I’ve been fascinated with the properties of watercolor in capturing color and light. I enjoy the magic in placing a stroke here, a wash of color there, and leaving a flicker of white paper untouched in order to create a bunch of tiny abstract patterns which gradually coalesce to reveal detailed impressions of California. Some might see my art as more traditionally pictorial, but if one looks closely, tiny abstract and impressionist elements can be seen. After earning a BA in Art with honors and several teaching credentials from Humboldt State University in the early 1980’s along with a MA in Art from San Jose State in the 90’s I’ve pursued a career as both an artist and art instructor in Northern CA. My watercolor paintings have been and continue to be exhibited in galleries and shows between Mendocino and Monterey counties on the coast and in Gold Country to the East where they have won awards. Upon retirement from teaching in 2016, I acquired a cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I am blessed to be able to spend my time enjoying a creative life making all types of art and painting the CA scenery I love in-between our homes in the mountains and on the Central Coast. The way watercolor mixes and flows together never ceases to enchant me. I chose the word enchant purposefully as the process of making art is magical for me. The rest of the world melts away and I remain simply in my own world with no boundaries between myself and my art.
Like my namesake “the magpie” I’m constantly attracted by beautiful things and often explore other media. Currently I am also exhibiting one of a kind mini art jewelry pieces in fused glass and copper wire at Aloft Art Gallery in Sonora and at All that Matters Gallery in Twain Harte, CA.
More of Maggie's work can be viewed online at www.mbevierarts.com
California Watercolorist, Jeweler, and Maker
Born on the Central California Coast, raised by professional Carmel watercolorist Jack Bevier, my life has always been full of art. During my 45 years of professional art practice I’ve been fascinated with the properties of watercolor in capturing color and light. I enjoy the magic in placing a stroke here, a wash of color there, and leaving a flicker of white paper untouched in order to create a bunch of tiny abstract patterns which gradually coalesce to reveal detailed impressions of California. Some might see my art as more traditionally pictorial, but if one looks closely, tiny abstract and impressionist elements can be seen. After earning a BA in Art with honors and several teaching credentials from Humboldt State University in the early 1980’s along with a MA in Art from San Jose State in the 90’s I’ve pursued a career as both an artist and art instructor in Northern CA. My watercolor paintings have been and continue to be exhibited in galleries and shows between Mendocino and Monterey counties on the coast and in Gold Country to the East where they have won awards. Upon retirement from teaching in 2016, I acquired a cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I am blessed to be able to spend my time enjoying a creative life making all types of art and painting the CA scenery I love in-between our homes in the mountains and on the Central Coast. The way watercolor mixes and flows together never ceases to enchant me. I chose the word enchant purposefully as the process of making art is magical for me. The rest of the world melts away and I remain simply in my own world with no boundaries between myself and my art.
Like my namesake “the magpie” I’m constantly attracted by beautiful things and often explore other media. Currently I am also exhibiting one of a kind mini art jewelry pieces in fused glass and copper wire at Aloft Art Gallery in Sonora and at All that Matters Gallery in Twain Harte, CA.
More of Maggie's work can be viewed online at www.mbevierarts.com
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