ANNE LEITH | Land Escape
Curated by Jen Dragon
April 4 - May 10, 2026
Gallery Hours: April | Saturday - Sunday 10:00 - 5:00
May | Saturday - Monday: 10:00 - 5:00 PM
Exhibition Reception: Sunday April 12, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
(Saugerties, NY) - Opus 40 presents ANNE LEITH | Land Escape, a solo exhibition of
paintings and works on paper by Saugerties artist, Anne Leith. With oil paints, easel
and large boards, Leith ventures into the woodlands of the Hudson Valley to capture
the transient light reflecting off water and filtering through branches. Inspired by the
forest, waterfalls, clouds and streams of the Hudson Valley and Catskills region, Anne
Leith responds to nature’s rhythms with vibrant pigments and gestural brushwork.
ANNE LEITH | Land Escape opens on Saturday April 4 and a reception for the artist is
on Sunday, April 12 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM at the Richards Gallery at Opus 40, 356
George Sickle Road, Saugerties, NY 12477.
About Anne Leith:
Anne Leith is dedicated to painting the world around her, both in the plain air tradition
and in the studio. With an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in
1Contemporary Art History, she credits other artists as her teachers and inspiration.
Anne Leith will have a solo exhibition at Castello 925 Gallery in Venice, Italy during the
61st Venice Biennale. This show at Opus 40 is her first solo exhibition in her adopted
hometown of Saugerties.
About OPUS 40:
Created over four decades by visionary artist and Bard professor Harvey Fite, Opus 40
is a 6.5-acre earthwork made of finely fitted bluestone, rising out of an abandoned
quarry at the foot of Overlook Mountain in Saugerties, NY. In 1978, Fite’s widow,
Barbara, established the nonprofit Opus 40 Inc., opening the sculpture, along with 63
acres of meadows, walking trails, bluestone quarries, as well as the Quarryman's
Museum to visitors from all over the world. Today, Opus 40 offers a diverse selection of
events in a wholly unique setting that Architectural Digest has called “one of the most
beguiling works of art on the entire continent.”
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