Category: Exhibitions & Events

  • Dwelling | Preview of the Results

    Constance Merriman and I collaborated on this photo experiment which we exhibited in the Landscape Thinks Itself In Us show in January 2010.  It will be showing at the Exchange in a more intimate format from February 5th until April 17th. The exact same video file is posted below to Vimeo. I heard they have better…

  • Exhibition Framing Statement

    19th Century French painter, Paul Cezanne, once wrote in a letter to a friend; ‘the landscape thinks itself in me… and I am its consciousness’. It is this relationship between the land and us, the intertwined and interdependent relationship between the observer and the observed, the inhabitant and the inhabited, that is the focus of…

  • Exhibition Opening Night

    Nice party on January 21st, 2010. Dartington College in Devon, England. We had roughly 50-60 people over the course of the evening.

  • Dwelling: a trans-atlantic collaboration

    I am very lucky to have been invited to collaborate on an artwork with my longtime Pittsburgh friend, STUDIO collegue and fellow landscape painter, Connie Merriman.  She asked if I would like to work with her for the Associate Artists of Pittsburgh Centenial Exhibition.  Pittsburgh is a very special place for me, and it’s magnetic…

  • Announcing an Exhibition

    Paintings by Noel Hefele Curated by Joanna O’Donovan January 21st – 24th 2010 Preview with Drinks Reception Thursday January 21, 7-9pm STUDIO 8 Lower Close Dartington College of Art Campus Totnes, Devon. Join us over the weekend for a discussion about a town in transition; reflecting on a vision of Totnes in 2011. Further Details…

  • The Show at the Rocket Cat Cafe was a success!

    I had a show at the Rocket Cat Cafe coffee shop this June and sold 3 out of 15 paintings. I am happy to say that it was a record for art sales in 1 month. The three works that were sold are listed below. Each sale was driven by a personal connection to the…

  • Art Show @ 1 shot Coffee in Liberties Walk.

    My Show at 1 shot Originally uploaded by 730N My show is drawing to a close this upcoming week. I will be taking it down Thursday morning. Approximately 3 days left to see it in person! I do believe it was my first official “solo” show and am happy to say it seemed to be…

  • Recent Paintings: A show This April

    I am currently showing 15 paintings at 1 shot coffee in Northern Liberties. With 3 of the paintings, I am donating 50 dollars of the purchase prices to related community organizations. I am intrigued with the Painting Activist’s fantastically pragmatic approach. I’m addressing social issues utilizing painting as my medium of communication. Much like a…

  • Sugarhouse and the Divide

    Sugarhouse and the Divide Originally uploaded by 730N This painting is currently up for the remainder of the week at the Highwire Gallery in Philadelphia. Sugarhouse Casino is a project slated to be built along the Delaware Riv er in Philadelphia, just north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The site was a former Sugar Mill,…

  • The Point at Which the Stream Emerges (Nine Mile Run)

    Come see it tomorrow night at the Phipps Botanical Garden in Pittsburgh PA.  6pm and a lovely buffet spread.  The work will be displayed in the entrance hallway. If for any reason you aren’t able to see it, leave a comment here and let me know what you think. technorati tags:painting, watercolor, environment

  • Upcoming Exhibition in Pittsburgh PA

    I have a piece in a show that opens March 3rd (6pm) at the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. The show is juried and is part of a NSAL competition. There are some pretty sweet cash prizes to be had and I’ve put forth a watercolor effort I’m quite proud of. There is a cropped preview…

  • Update to the Artworks section of the site

    Just a quick note to point out that I’ve update the artworks section with long overdue navigation improvement. You can now view my artwork in 4 separate galleries; paintings, drawings, works on paper, and collages. And I put little arrows above each work that advances the image gallery. No more web mazes to navigate just…