Brief Biography

Anne Hefer studied Art History and German Studies at the Universities of Marburg and Cologne and Art at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. In 1977, she lived and worked in New Mexico, USA. Since 1993, she has participated in numerous exhibitions both domestically and internationally and has organized solo exhibitions. As an author, she has contributed to the magazine "Kunst 5–10" published by Friedrich Verlag. She is represented internationally as a core artist by the LDX Artodrome Gallery.

Artist Statement

"A small piece of advice—do not try to replicate nature, for art is an abstraction: start from nature, dream about it, and focus more on the act of creation than on nature itself."

— Paul Gauguin

What motivates me in painting is not the attempt to depict topographically identifiable spaces. Instead, I am drawn to using symbols from nature as images for wandering memories and emotions. Color is always the catalyst. As I apply, liquefy, and shift oil paint on the canvas, appearances emerge as they might in reality: clouds, water, light, earth, disasters, signs of civilization. I am interested in balancing between real and pictorial space. For me, painting is an attempt to stop time to ascertain: how it might have been, what could be, what might become.

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