Noel Hefele

Category: Exhibitions & Events

3. Crescent Park

Yesterday’s painting session found me beneath the intermittent shade of a black locust tree along W 233rd Street, near Crescent Park. The sky was a vivid blue, the sun’s warmth a touch too intense. Thankfully, this spot offered both shade and an unobstructed view, unlike the fenced areas. Directly across the Major Deegan Expressway lay…
2. Putnam Ave West

I returned to the site of the historic Major Deegan flooding and painted the largest watercolor I’ve done in some time. #DaylightingTibbetts is about inviting water in and it felt necessary to think in watercolors. The highway is also a river, but of oil. Oil and water don’t mix, but coexist, articulate in expressing their…
1. Van Cortlandt Park South Bridge

Yesterday, I positioned myself precisely where Tibbetts Brook is envisioned to emerge from Van Cortlandt Park, transitioning into the CSX rail line. Just the day before, this abandoned rail corridor had transformed into a raging river, a result of Ida’s torrential rains. Now, it lay calm—still damp, yet reclaimed from its brief life as a…
Upcoming show…

I will have 4 recently finished paintings in the THANK YOU show at Dorsey Gallery, opening May 16th. This painting above, as well as 3 others, will be available for purchase. I hope to attend the COVID safe opening. It will be the first art opening I’ve been to in a long time! @dorseyartgallery “Thank You…
Painting 1

Painting 1 @ Van Cortlandt Park South and Putnam Ave W I set up right on the edge of where Tibbetts Brook may come out of VCP and into the CSX rail line. The day before, this abandoned rail corridor was a raging river from the Ida rains, now it was calm—still wet, but no…
422 Trees: Landscapes by Hefele, Marvin, and Mori

September 24th 6-9pm Tugboat 546 Flatbush Ave Brooklyn, NY 11225 I’m showing several paintings with two landscape photographers, Yoshiko Mori and Robert Marvin this month. We deal with very similar subjects through very different approaches. The show came together nicely! Please join us for the opening if you are free. The show statement is below:…
DORSEY’S THE THANK YOU SHOW VII

I’ve got two small pieces in this annual group show @ The Dorsey Art Gallery. This show is to give thanks to those who participate in their annual holiday charity auctions. I’ll be there sometime after 5pm on Sunday. Come take a look at a wide range of art. RSVP on facebook if you’d…
Friends of Otto Neals Art Show @ Tugboat Tea

I’m in a group show that opens this Thursday, June 11th 2015 @ Tugboat Tea Company (546 Flatbush ave). The opening is from 6pm – 9pm. Come out if you can! Otto has a small piece in the show. There are over 20 other artists showing, including Karl McIntosh, Bob Marvin, and Joe Bell-Bey. The show…
“Pictures of You” – a painting show opening July 11th 2013 @6pm

As part of the PLG Arts Local Artist Series @ Tugboat Tea Company, 546 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn. Join us later the same evening for Jazz at Inkwell Jazz-Comedy club. See facebook.com/plgarts for further details! I hope you will join me for an opening of a my solo painting show at Tugboat Tea Company in Brooklyn. Openings are the…
Repre 2 Private View – next Friday, 12th April 6-9pm

Unfortunately I won’t be around for the exhibit, but if you are in London, please attend! Silwex Studios, Quaker Street, E1 6SN Don’t forget to RSVP! Private view- Guest list only info@repreart.co.uk Exhibition continues on the 13th and 14th April Open daily 12-6pm (admission free) Repre are a group of nine artists that share a…
Repre1: A vibrant exhibition of contemporary portrait and landscape paintings.

I am excited to announce I am in a show in London opening up this week! We are a group of representational painters called “Repre.” I wish I could be there for the show! But I am please as punch that my paintings will be. From the press release: 1-13 May 2012 Open daily 10-5pm…
Repre: The Representational Art Group

I’m delighted to be a part of a new group of painters, primarily based in the UK. We have recently established our group and are working toward producing our first exhibition. From the site: We are a group of artists who have come together to exhibit and celebrate the work of contemporary representational…