Can You Trust Your Eyes at This BCCC Art Exhibition?
“Perception Deception” challenges what you think you see.

Visitors to Bucks County Community College’s Hicks Art Center Gallery may find themselves asking, “What am I looking at?” during Perception Deception, a new exhibition that playfully challenges how we see and interpret the world around us.

Featuring regional artists Chuck Fischer, Brian O’Leary, and Gene Underwood, “Perception Deception” presents a series of visual puzzles, illusions, and ambiguities that invite viewers to look twice—and then look again.

Fischer constructs three-dimensional works from wood, metal, and wire that unsettle the viewer’s sense of space and depth. O’Leary’s improvisational paintings bend reality, blurring the line between representation and abstraction. Underwood’s still lifes of translucent and transparent objects ask viewers to “see through” the paint itself, revealing how perception is constructed.

“Each of these artists approaches illusion differently,” said Clifford Eberly, Senior Manager of Galleries and Exhibitions at Bucks County Community College. “Together, their work turns the gallery into a laboratory for seeing—where you can’t quite trust your first impression.”

“Perception Deception” is on view November 17, 2026 – February 27, 2027 at the Hicks Art Center Gallery at Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown, Pa. For a campus map and directions, visit bucks.edu/newtown.

Admission and parking are free. To learn more, visit hicksgallery.bucks.edu and follow on Instagram at @bcccartscomm.

Event Details

Title: “Perception Deception” Art Exhibition at Bucks County Community College

Date: November 17, 2026 – February 27, 2027.

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 21, from 1 - 4 p.m., with remarks at 1:30 p.m. Cost: Free admission and free parking.

Pop-Up Greeting Card Workshop with Chuck Fischer: Saturday, December 5, from 1 – 3 p.m. Cost: $10 per person, youth under 18 free and free parking.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Location: Hicks Art Center Gallery, Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown, PA 18940.

The school will be closed on select days during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Visitors are encouraged to check the college’s website for the most current schedule: https://www.bucks.edu/culture/hicks/

Photo credits:
Chuck Fischer, Live Edge No. 1, Wood, canvas, aluminum, gesso, acrylic, metal wire, 32” x 32” x 3” 

Brian O’Leary, Self, Dye sublimation print & oil on metal, nine panels, 8” x 8” each 

Gene Underwood, Bubble Double, Oil on panel, 12" x 12"