Arthur D. Hershey: A Pennsylvania Landscape Painter Rooted in Rural Tradition Arthur D. Hershey (born November 14, 1937) emerged from the fertile soil of Cochrane, Pennsylvania, as an artist deeply attuned to the rhythms and beauty of rural America. While his political career – serving as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1982 until his retirement prior to the 2008 election – undoubtedly shaped his worldview, it was his artistic vision that cemented his place within the landscape tradition of American Regionalism. Hershey’s canvases capture not merely pict…