Chatham Artist Awarded for her Pastel Paintings



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 20^th anniversary of the Cole Park Veterinary Clinic in Chatham County.



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.

L'Homme Vert

The legendary Green Man deity of the British Isles and Europe was believed to create rain, sustain nature, and support livestock and pasture. He has adorned churches, all sorts of buildings, and feels very comfortable in the garden. L’Lomme Vert is created from cement, peat moss, chicken wire, 100 year old tin roof tiles and found deer antlers with tarnished bronze coating, exterior house paint and eye balls by Jonathan Davis. I will display “L’Homme Vert” starting Saturday August 24^th at “Come Out and Play” at JimGin Farm. Then, this assemblage will be at the North Carolina Botanical Garden “Sculpture in the Garden” http://ncbg.unc.edu/exhibits-and-art/#sculpture September 21st through December.

 

 

Duck Duck Goose, A sculptural kids game

Duck duck goose
Critters on the loose
Children laughing in the garden.

Goose duck duck                                      
Kids have all the luck
Running wild in the yard, and

Duck duck goose
They use any excuse
To laugh and run without regard, and

Goose duck duck
The kids have run amuck
This game is so avant garde, and

Duck duck goose
I guess you can deduce
Life is so much fun in a garden.

This goofy gaggle was made of recycled rebar and plastic bags, cement, peat moss, chicken wire, steel, and tarnished bronze coating. I will display “Duck, Duck Goose” starting Saturday August 24^th at “Come Out and Play” at JimGin Farm. Then, this assemblage will be at the North Carolina Botanical Garden “Sculpture in the Garden” http://ncbg.unc.edu/exhibits-and-art/#sculpture  September 21st through December.

 

Fearrington Writers Read

The first (annual) Fearrington Writers’ Read will be held at McIntyre’s Book Store in Fearrington Village on Wednesday, June 26 at 2 p.m.

Here’s your chance to hear your neighbors and friends, who are members of the Fearrington Writing Group, read short prose work they have written.

You are in for a treat when you listen to, and ask questions of, these eight skilled writers:

             Sherman Poultney (coordinator, Prose Group II) 

Dick Merwarth (coordinator, Prose Group I)

Forrest Greenslade (co-founder, Fearrington Writers’ Group)

William A. Polf

Caroline Taylor

Les Ewen

Barry Reece (co-founder, Fearrington Writers’ Group)

Laura T. Jensen (facilitator, Fearrington Writers’ Group)

 

About the Fearrington Writers Group

 

The Fearrington Writers’ Group is open to any resident interested in writing. Our aim is to:
-discuss the art and business of writing;
-aid one another in composition and publishing;
-share useful information; and,
-give participants a platform for our work.

Many members of the group have shown interest in family history, personal memoir, essays, creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry. The group meets regularly from September through May. The format of our meetings is influenced by input from members.

In general, we attempt to:
-provide useful information for writers and anyone who is thinking about writing’
-encourage members to share experiences from writers’ conferences and workshops;
-provide a forum for sharing your writing; and,
-encourage writing – in any form – for any purpose.

We encourage everyone to write something! There are two subgroups: one for folks interested in poetry (see below) and another one for those interested in prose writing (see below). We are eager to fine-tune our mission and change our meeting format to meet the needs of the group. We encourage any and all comments and suggestions.

Contact Laura T. Jensen at: prosebylaura@gmail.com
Facilitators:
Dick Merwarth (Prose Group) crmerwar@intrex.net
Bill Sommers (Poetry Group) bsommers@earthlink.net

Art in the Village Rescheduled for June 2nd

April showers came our way. The winds of May nearly blew us away. But the second of June will be our lucky day. Artist Studios at Fearrington Village will present Art in the Village on Sunday June 2nd in the village center from 10 to 4. We really mean it this time. Come join us in a celebration of the visual arts. Art, Music, beautiful gardens, exciting shops.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to the original art, the beautiful gardens, the home-made music and the exciting shops, visitors can enjoy the gourmet food of the the Dancing Goat and the Old Granary. A special feature for this show will be made to order wood-fired pizzas prepared by Pittsboro's own Capp's Apizza-Artisan Wood-Fired Pizza . They will be just behind The Roost, serving their yummy selection of pizzas hot from their mobile wood fired oven.

Details: http://fearringtonartists.org/
Do a sun dance!

Art in the Village rescheduled to May 5th

Art in the Village -- Spring 2013

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

APRIL 28, 2013

10AM-3PM

(Rain date May 5)

 

 

 

SANDY BEACH                               FUSED GLASS

VIDABETH BENSEN                      SILK SCREEN

ANNE BIGELOW                             JEWELRY

EVELYN BROWN                           POTTERY

BEVERLY CROW                           WATERCOLOR, ACRYLIC, MIXED MEDIA

CAROLYN DAVENPORT              MIXED MEDIA, COLLAGE

FORREST GREENSLADE            NATURE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

MURY HANDLER                           ACRYLIC, INK BRUSH PRINTS

KAREN HAVIGHURST                  COLLAGE, MIXED MEDIA

MARY HEISSERMAN                    WATERCOLOR

HORTY JACOBS                             PHOTOGRAPHY

FLORENCE JOHNSON                 WATERCOLOR

MATTHEW LEAVITT                       DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

RONI LIBERMAN                            WOOD FURNITURE, TURNED BOWLS

ROY LINDHOLM                              PHOTOGRAPHY

JOHN MAKOWSKI                          CERAMICS

SUSAN McLAURIN                         HANDMADE PAPER, MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE

PAC McLAURIN                              NEW ARTIST

KAY MURPHY                                 JEWELRY

JANE PALKOSKI                             FIBER ART

ZEN PALKOSKI                               SCULPTURE

STAN POMERANZ                         POTTERY

ANNE RAMOS                                MISCELLANEOUS CRAFTS

STEVE SHAFER                             PHOTOGRAPHY, OBJECT SHADOWBOXES

EL TREMBLAY                                PAINTING

HARRY LANE WURSTER            MIXED MEDIA