Bernita works in oils, having begun her study and practice of art about a decade before retiring from her job as a National Bank Examiner. She has a working knowledge of oil, watercolor, drawing and sculpting, and has developed her style over the years by incorporating techniques learned from classes taken at the Oak Park Art League, Oakton Community Collage and elsewhere.
Bernita has an unleashed, realistic eye for beauty which is controlled and alluring, and it is inherent in the compositions she captures to canvas. Her passion is travel and her oil paintings reflect many places and scenes from around the United States and over a hundred foreign countries. She was particularly impressed with travels in India, Africa and South America. She finds inspiration in nature, as well as in the peoples of the world. Her brightly colored pieces include depictions of animals, people, flowers and scenery.
Her paintings have been displayed and sold chiefly through Oak Park Art League, Antioch Fine Arts Foundation and a shop in Northfield, Minnesota. Commissions have included imaginative depictions of places, in this case, cities with special meaning to the client.