Sidle House Gallery Presents: ‘Anne Hebebrand: A World That Is’
Sidle House hours: Thursdays – Saturdays 3-6 pm and by appointment (May 1 – June 13).
Location: Sidle House Gallery, 20 Bartol Island Rd. Freeport, Maine
Sidle House Gallery opens the 2026 season with a solo show by Anne Hebebrand, on view May 1 through June 13.
The exhibition presents work selected from Anne Heberand’s cold-wax and oil paintings over the past seven years. She describes her prolific practice as, “rooted in an intuitive process driven by a lifelong love of abstraction. These paintings serve as maps of memory, where colors and shapes evolve organically to create their own universe. Using oil and cold wax, I build, scrape, and rework the surface— layering and excavating until the moment arrives when the piece reveals its own history and depth.”
In his essay “Anne Hebebrand’s Serious Whimsy,” (the introduction for her new exhibition catalog), Dr. Aaron Rosen writes, “her paintings… manage to be at turns whimsical, curious, and enchanting. And, at the same time, incontrovertibly serious. Hebebrand’s works disclose—and for at least a moment, encourage us to dwell within—the delight of the world. Far from being escapist, they nudge us back into the world, reminding us to seek out moments of wonder and delight, even in unlikely places and moments.”
Anne Hebebrand is a painter whose work explores memory, perception, and abstraction through a nuanced play of light, form, and color. Her practice draws on both intuition and formal investigation, balancing chance with intention to create layered surfaces that invite close looking. She has exhibited widely in the United States and Mexico, and her work has been featured in Art New England, Hartford Courant, Zest Maine, Journal del Pacifico, and the New York Times. Hebebrand has decades of teaching experience at institutions including Manchester Community College, Albertus Magnus College, and the Wadsworth Atheneum, and in private workshops. She holds a BFA from Boston Museum School/Tufts University and an MA from the University of Alabama.
Related gallery events include:
Opening Reception May 1 6-8pm.
Featured Artist Talk May 3 2pm.
Cold Wax & Oil Workshop with the Artist, May 30-31.
Katherine Liccardo performs Solo Violin with Electronics, June 7.
Sidle House hours: Thursdays – Saturdays 3-6 pm and by appointment (May 1 – June 13).
Contact:
Maddy Vertenten, Sidle House Gallery
Email: maddy@sidlehouse.com
Phone: 512.771.1149
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