Posted on Oct 18, 2002

Walter Hatke,
May I. Baker Professor of Art, has a solo exhibition of his paintings and
drawings, “Walter Hatke: Upstate Diary,” on display through November 2 at the Gerald
Peters Gallery
in Santa Fe, N.M.
The forward to the exhibit catalog was written by Jordan Smith, professor of
English. “It is my conviction that the best landscapes are those where artists
… have firsthand acquaintance,” he has said. “One must walk across the land,
touch it, note the crunch underfoot, breathe the air, literally smell and taste
the atmosphere.”