NEW YORK, NY.- Littlejohn Contemporary presents Edges of Mist, an exhibition of new paintings by Anne Siems. The exhibition will run from February 11 – March 14, 2015.

The title of this exhibition is inspired by Mary Oliver poems in which the writer celebrates all wonders of Nature, a topic shared by painter Anne Siems. “Edges of Mist” came to mind as the artist hiked the foggy backcountry of the Pacific Northwest. Discovering anew the beauty of the landscape, she was taken with the majesty of the trees, old growth stumps and nursing logs.  Trees are unending providers of new growth, conjoined with small landscapes of tiny mushrooms, ferns, and saplings all nourishing and regenerating the forest and its inhabitants.  Calling them grandmothers because of their indescribable nurturing presence, Anne Siems’ anthropomorphic ‘tree portraits’ represent the spiritual and physical connection that exists between man and nature.

The subject of spiritual regeneration is further explored by the artist as the landscapes in her paintings give way to a mist or cloudscape, pushing the figure forward in a new way. Rocks, crystals and minerals-- keepers of time, witnesses to history, vehicles of healing--accompany the artist’s cast of characters. More than ever the artist felt a need to limit the era of costume of her figures to an earlier time when the area was more densely settled by people aligned with the earth, when life was not run by technology and people not alienated from their roots. The landscape itself became a much larger focus in her world, connecting Siems with the terrain of her adopted land as opposed to the landscape of her youth. Her connection to the natural world has gone hand in hand with the artist’s journey towards self-realization, inner peace and harmony.

Anne Siems, a Fulbright Scholar, received her MFA at the Hochschule der Kunste in her native Berlin. The artist, who now lives and works in Seattle, WA has exhibited widely throughout the United States, in Canada, and various European countries. Her work is included in such collections as the Arkansas Art Centre, Boise Art Museum, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and the Tacoma Art Museum.