Carol Woods in Chapel Hill, NC is hosting an exhibition of Kim Werfel’s artwork from April 24 – May 29th in Building 5. Would love to have you come by!
Get a sneak peak here:
Carol Woods in Chapel Hill, NC is hosting an exhibition of Kim Werfel’s artwork from April 24 – May 29th in Building 5. Would love to have you come by!
Get a sneak peak here:
Pastel Class (Beginning & Experienced)
5 Mondays, Jan. 26th – Feb. 23th, 2015 1 -3 pm . $75
Seymour Senior Center, Orange County, Chapel Hill
Course #353051-02
Join Kim and learn about painting in Soft Pastels.Beginners will work with Kim in doing projects from photos. More advanced students may work on independent projects with Kim’s guidance.
Located at 2551 Homestead Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516; (919) 968-2070
http://www.co.orange.nc.us/aging/Programs.asp
Registration is now open for upcoming classes in Chapel Hill’s Seymour Center by Kim Werfel.
Located at 2551 Homestead Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516, this Pastel Class will have students of varying ability and will run Mondays from September 8 – Oct. 6th, from 1 – 3 pm. The cost is $75.
Beginners will work on photos with Kim while more advanced students will work on their own independent projects with her guidance.
Registration is OPEN! Call (919) 968-2070 for more info. Also click on http://www.co.orange.nc.us/aging/Programs.asp
Escape to the Historic seaside town of Beaufort, NC and a one day pastel workshop geared toward beginners to intermediate students… sounds good about now!
Pastel Workshop: Explore Pastels!
Kim Werfel – Instructor
May 3, 2014 (Saturday) 10am – 4pm
Craving Art Studio, 121 Craven St., Beaufort, NC 28516
Art Reception May 2, (Fri.) 5-7pm
Course #2043 at the ArtsCenter of Carrboro
Thursday Mornings from 10 am-12:30 pm, March 6th – April 3rd. (5 wks)
$125 public, $113 friends of the ArtsCenter
Register online at the Artscenter.org | Materials list
This course is for the intermediate to advanced pastel student who wants critiques as they work on their own subject matter. Students will explore different techniques in finding their own style with guidance from the instructor. Elements and principles of design are kept in mind as students learn to apply compositional rules to their work for maximum results. Classes start with group critiques and discussions with the rest of the class time working with individual help through class. Spending time working outside of class will be necessary.
Basic understanding of pastels or Intro to Pastel Painting is required. This class is not for beginners.
Address: 119 Ambassador Loop Cary, NC 27513
Phone: 919-460-4963
Hours: 10 am – 9:30 pm M-Th; 10 am -5 pm Fri; 10 am – 1 pm Sat
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Kim Werfel will be displaying her portraits, landscapes and more at the Studio Supply in Chapel Hill for the month of July. Visit with her at the reception this Friday July 8th, 6-9pm during the artwalk at 421 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Above is my pastel “Waiting for Mom”, 12″ x 16″, pastel, available framed for $500. Prints will soon be available. A doe gave birth outside my back window during Memorial Day weekend and left this beautiful fawn camouflaged in the leaves. I just had to paint her!
Kim Werfel has been juried into the Chatham Artist’s Guild’s 18th Annual Studio Tour. Open the first two weekends in December – 4 & 5th and 11 & 12th, from 10-5 pm.
A preview show will showcase the artists at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro from November 17 through December 12, and a juried show at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, Dec. 3-5th, with a reception on the 3rd from 7-9pm.
For a map & more info, visit ChathamArtistsGuild.org.
Kim Werfel won 1st place ($100) for her portrait of Eden (below) in the 8th annual Fine Art League of Cary’s Art Exhibit at the Senior Center in Bond Park.
She’s also having a Solo exhibition at the Halle Cultural Arts Center’s Spotlight Gallery from Sept 28- Oct 30th with a reception this Friday, October 1st from 6-8 pm. All all welcome!
Kim Werfel will be interviewed on WCOM-FM, 103.5, this afternoon, Tuesday, September 21st from 4-5 pm by Molly Matlock, the director of the Chatham County Arts Council, as part of the “Inside the Artist’s Studio” arts talk show series which runs every Tuesday. People can live stream at www.wcomfm.org and there will be a recorded podcast at http://tinyurl.com/ylf2udc.
Kim Werfel will be giving a PowerPoint lecture at the Halle Cultural Arts Center (237 North Salem Street, Apex, NC 27502) on “This Business of Being an Artist: Resumes, Bios and Statements” on Thursday, Sept 23 at 7pm. The talk will take place upstairs in the theatre and is free to attend.
Pittsboro, NC
website: www.kimwerfel.com
email: k-e@mindspring.com
Kim Werfel is an artist and teacher who creates pastel portraits of people and animals that convey sensitivity to her subject’s personalities as well as capturing their likeness. Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout North Carolina. Commissioned portraits are held in New York, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina and Virginia. You can find her work with the Pastel Society of North Carolina’s exhibits, the Fine Art League of Cary’s exhibits and in Pittsboro’s downtown Chatham Arts Gallery. Kim has her B.F.A. degree in Advertising Design from NY Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY and her Masters of Science in Art Education from L.I. University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY. She is a former Wake County Art teacher and long-time advertising production coordinator for Time, Sports Illustrated and People Magazines, NYC, NY.
My work begins with an emotional response to both the subject and composition. A likeness is not enough; I’m after the nuance of personality, spirit and energy to make a portrait a piece of art. The play of impressionistic colors, shapes, light and edges are my language to communicate to the viewer.
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PSNC Member, Kim Werfel, is doing a pastel painting demo this Sunday, August 2nd at 1pm for the Chatham Arts Gallery, located at 115 Hillsboro St., in Pittsboro.
Call 542-4144 for directions and more information.
They’ll be filming the demo for their computer in the gallery so visitors can learn more about the artists in the gallery.
Her portrait work will be available for viewing at the Chatham Arts Gallery for their theme of “People” through the end of September.
Tim Williams grew up in an English country town and after high school worked there as a local newspaper reporter. He did a one-year Peace Corps-type stint in Algeria and then went to the London School of Economics for social studies. He came to the US in 1969 to do a Masters in Social Work at SUNY Buffalo and worked in suicide prevention for six years. Moving south in 1977, he worked in the state mental health system for 32 years, retiring in 2011.
Tim discovered himself as an artist late in life, aged 69. He had dabbled a very little in acrylics and taken a few drawing classes but only when he encountered pastels – a fellow student was using them – did he really engage in art. “I was immediately drawn in, by the rich colors and the softness of the images,” he says. He took classes with Herb Slapo and later with Kim Werfel – “my wonderful teachers”. He has explored portraiture a little, and still life, but his love is landscape, both rural and urban. “I love trying to capture how the light falls, among trees and buildings. And showing a human figure out in the world”.
Tim has exhibited in group shows, at Carrboro Arts Center, the Seymour Center in Chapel Hill and Liquidamber Gallery in Pittsboro. He has been invited to have his first solo show at Carrboro Arts Center in spring 2019.
click on the thumbnail pictures below to see the full painting
I’ll be giving a talk for the Fine Arts League of Cary this Thursday, July 27th, from 7:30pm – 9:20pm, at the Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Avenue, Cary, NC 27511.
It will be a powerpoint presentation showing my step by step process for Pastel Pet Portraits, followed by a short demo.
Would love to see you there!
-Kim Werfel
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