Lois Hatcher
American 1946 -

A graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, Lois Hatcher has exhibited works at many prestigious art galleries and museums, including the Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, the American Heartland Theatre and Gallery North. Her work is sought after by corporations all across the country and her clients include Sprint, Hallmark Cards, Wal-Mart, Bayer Hines, Blockbuster Video, Russell Stovers, H & R Block, The National Arbor Day Foundation and Unicover Corporation. An extremely gifted portraitist, Hatcher strives for individuality in her artistic style. She says about her work, "Art is simple. . . Art is expressing what you see in your inner man. People are so different, one from the other; and so is their art." Hatcher has created more than 70 original works for Fleetwood's First Day Covers. She has also been the principal artist of Fleetwood's Black Heritage First Day Cover Series, having created works depicting Scott Joplin, Mary McLeod Bethune, Dr. Allison Davis, Wilma Rudolph, Roy Wilkins, Marian Anderson and other prominent figures in Black history. Lois created the original work for Fleetwood's First Day Cover for the 1965 Selma March stamp of the 2005 Milestones in the Civil Rights Movement set.