Artist t.e. siewert always remembers her need to express an inner vision through art.

siewert (using her initials and small caps as an homage to e.e. cummings, a favorite poet), spent 27 years as a Registered Nurse. Yet, it wasn’t until a fateful trip to Asheville’s River Arts District that she was truly led to devote all her time and energy to being an artist.

Seeing the encaustic medium and touching its surface was life-changing. She tells everyone, “It likes to be loved!,” gently polishing the surface with her fingers and then holding it to her cheek. This kinetic ability, the layering and depth, the translucent light effects, and the color contrasts, all add up to an art experience unlike any other media. Her newest artworks utilize a multi-media approach to encaustic landscapes with an ethereal vision.

Moving to the western NC mountains in 2011 inspired the artist and she began to find unique ways to honor the natural mountainscapes she found herself surrounded by. Her newest series, entitled “treedom,” has been well-received and the artworks are at home in private collections across the country.

To see more of siewert’s work, visit the Asheville Gallery of Art at 16 College Street in downtown Asheville, or the Mahogany House Art Gallery and Studios at 240 Depot St. in Waynesville where she works and teaches afternoons in her studio.

Visit www.tesiewert.com to view more works, and for details regarding classes.

t.e. siewert
encaustic landscapes
Asheville Gallery of Art
16 College Street, Downtown Asheville
www.tesiewert.com