"Shenandoah Gap, Virginia"Oil pastel on paper 5/2004
The first public art exhibit of fall semester takes the viewer on a continental journey from Harrisonburg, Va., across the United States, part of Canada, Mexico and back to the Shenandoah Valley.
Bridgewater, Va., artist Robert (Bob) Bersson will display "Landscapes Across Time and Place," based on several cross-country road trips, in the third floor art gallery of Hartzler Library at Eastern Mennonite University.
The exhibit opens Sept. 3 and runs through Oct. 6. A reception for the artist will be held 2:30-4 p.m. Oct. 1 in the gallery.
Dr. Bersson is professor emeritus of art and art history at James Madison University.
One set of drawings transports the viewer from New England to Gatineau Provincial Park in Quebec to Soldier Lake National Forest in Michigan