Anne Marie (Nehring) Harvey was born at Fort Babine, and from the start, she had an inherent love for indigenous people. A love and joy that she put into art.<\/p>\n
Her mom, Mary Hughes, was raised in Victoria, B.C., and got her degree in education. However, it wasn’t a cultivated, cultural lifestyle that she wanted. She took her education degree, and was the first white woman to teach at Fort Babine. <\/p>\n
Mary met Douglas Stevens, a gold prospector of the Golden Eagle and Silver Cup mines. Three children came 11 months apart. The siblings were inseparable. <\/p>\n
The chief’s wife babysat Anne Marie and her brothers. She was kind, gentle, and very strong.<\/p>\n
A portrait of an indigenous person was the first piece of art Anne Marie sold at age 20. <\/p>\n
Smithers, too will always be in part of her heart. Her family built a home on Lake Kathlyn, and Anne-Marie graduated from Smithers Senior Secondary.<\/p>\n
Her life’s journey, which centred around joy, took her on a path from northern BC.. to the wine country of the Okanagan, and finally to the oceanfront of Bowser on Vancouver Island. <\/p>\n
With all of her travels she has carried within her a joy of light and colour, and she loves to capture that in people and scenery..<\/p>\n