Barbara Kassab-Every

Barbara Kassab was born in 1945 on the island of Saba in the Netherlands Antilles.^[1] Beginning at a young age, Kassab started painting landscapes of her home of Saba, including portrayals of the hills and iconic winding roads of the island. One of these pictures depicting an s-shaped road was presented to the Queen of the Netherlands on one of her visits to the Netherlands Antilles.^[2]

Kassab had one brother, Floyd Every. After moving to St. Kitts, she married Bichara Kassab and had two children: Brian and Sandra.^[2] She had an art studio in her home in the Fortlands.^[3]

Barbara Kassab's works have been exhibited in Canada, Guyana, Barbados, St. Kitts, Curaçao,^[4] and other Caribbean islands. Her paintings include:^[2]

• Iveora Flower
• Landing at Fort Bay, Olden Days (Saba)
• Road to Mount Scenery (Saba)
• Golden Profiles
• Local House (Saba)

In 2009, one of Kassab's acrylic landscape paintings was given as a gift to a member of the United States of America's Federal Reserve Board.^[5]