SPRINGFIELD – Lincoln Land Community College’s James S. Murray Gallery presents “Shift.” It is featuring local artist Bernie White-Hatcher’s evolving style, Feb. 9 to March 5.
The show is open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Menard Hall second floor gallery.
The public is invited at no charge.
“Shift” offers the unique opportunity to witness a sort of retrospective in transitions of one artist’s career over time.
“As we age, most of us change and so does our perspective on life,” said White-Hatcher. “How we ‘see’ things affects what we do, what we produce. As an artist, it has become evident in my work over time.
“The traditional landscapes I had painted began to evolve in past years, and a new look gradually emerged. Horizontal landscapes – half sky, half land – gave way to ’scapes viewed from a hill or mound. Those transitioned to aerial views, as if viewed from an airplane.
“The new paintings, still of land and nature, are more abstract, though in some, buildings and objects are definable.”
White-Hatcher of Springfield has lived in Illinois since 1960. She worked as a draftsman and drafting supervisor for the Bell system, a graphic designer and manager of graphics and illustration at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She was also a part-time adjunct faculty member at LLCC.
She holds a B.A. in communications and an M.A. in arts management from the University of Illinois-Springfield. White-Hatcher now concentrates on painting.
