If you’ve ever wanted to travel back in time to the way Bermuda used to be, a new exhibition of Chris Grimes’ artwork could be the way to go.Mr Grimes, well known for his paintings of old Bermuda, will hold his first show in six years this week.Reflections on the Past will exhibit at the Windjammer II Gallery at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.Twenty-three pieces in the show offer a tour of Bermuda’s history from the Queen of Bermuda docking in Bermuda in 1960 to passengers catching a train on an impossibly rural Ord Road in the late 1930s to the Sea Venture rolling in hurricane surf off the Island.“It takes a lot of preparation, planning and research for the kind of work I do, so I don’t have exhibitions very often,” he said. “The planning for this one has taken about a year.”Mr Grimes said he used to do most of his research at the Bermuda Archives or through his large collection of Bermuda books, but increasingly he is turning more and more to the internet as a resource.“With the advent of the internet, it is so much easier to find things, like information and old photographs,” he said. “People are posting information left right and centre about old Bermuda.“I also enjoy talking to a lot of older Bermudians about the way Bermuda used to be. It is interesting because you get to do a lot of research and learn about your home.“Then you get to transpose that to canvas and add colour because the old photographs were black and white.“You have to be aware of things like, which plants were imported at which times. You get to know a wide range of trivia. I find the research to be as interesting as the painting.”Some of his subjects come directly from his own memory. He said one of his favourite scenes in the exhibition is the Queen of Bermuda docking.“That is a scene I remember as a youngster, seeing the Queen of Bermuda come in,” he said. “Some of the other scenes are from before my time.“Where there are roads in the pictures they are all dirt roads, no paved ones.“Quite a lot of the paintings feature water. Several of them I had to work really hard on the reflections of calm water. They are kind of a play on the show’s name, Reflections on the Past.”His studio is located at the Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, and he enjoys getting feedback from visitors and locals who frequently hang over his shoulder to watch him work.“The biggest thing is when people come into the studio and see you working and say they really like what you are doing,” he said. “That is very rewarding.”Reflections on the Past opens Thursday with a reception between 5.30pm and 7.30pm, and runs until May 31.www.oldbermuda.com, www.windjammer2.com.For more information telephone the gallery on 295-1783.