Many
people lay low during these hot and humid Summer days, but not Chatham Artist
Kim Werfel. She has been very busy making a splash in the area arts scene. She
won two awards at the state wide exhibition North Carolina Pastel
Societies at the Hickory Museum of Art. Her best in show pastel, “The Lookout”
depicts a group of deer seeking food in the morning light. Werfel’s “Queen of
Swords” won the Pastel Society of Virginia
Award. It is a haunting portrait of a young girl leaning on fencing
foils. An avid animal-lover, Werfel’s art was featured at the 20th
anniversary of the Cole Park Veterinary Clinic in Chatham County.
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| The Lookout by Kim Werfel |
Born
in Brooklyn, NY, Kim Werfel now resides in Fearrington Village, NC with her
husband Eric and her beloved bichon frise, Summer. She is a former Wake
County, NC art teacher and long-time advertising production coordinator for
Time, Sports Illustrated and People Magazines, NYC. She earned a Bachelor
of Fine Art degree in Advertising Design from New York Institute of Technology,
Old Westbury, NY and a Masters of Science in Art Education from L.I.
University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY.
Werfel
is known for her pastel portraits of people and animals. Her sensitive
realistic interpretation and impressionistic colors give her portraits
personality and spirit as well as a 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.
Werfel is active in artist groups, including Fine Arts League of Cary (http://www.fineartsleagueofcary.org/main.htm),
The Pastel Society of NC (http://pastelsocietyofnc.com/blog/), the
Piedmont Pastel Society http://www.piedmontpastelsociety.org/#1,
Artist
Studios at Fearrington Village (http://fearringtonartists.org/) and the
Chatham Artists Guild (http://www.chathamartistsguild.org/).
You
can see Kim Werfel in her studio at the 2013 Chatham Studio Tour the first two
weekends in December.
1 comment:
Thank you for these posts about Chatham artists. Too many local artists don't have much presence online, so it's a real service for people like me who want to learn more about them to write about them.
This Lookout painting by Kim Werfel is stunning. I read here that it is also a prize wining painting. Kim Werfel's Website
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