Paint on the MuralToday was my first working Saturday after getting started with the students. (Last week was the BATCAVES, which I haven’t posted about, but will back date it.) This morning I organized the paints to use for the mural, setting the stage anticipating students. I even discovered a few cans of a couple different colors that Read the Rest…
Our pop-up neighborhood show opening went great. We had a large turn out, with people coming from all over the neighborhood. Senator Adams gave a brief speech about how he would like to see more arts in the PLG neighborhood. Leslie and Daniel provided steel drum and guitar music while everybody looked around at the Read the Rest…
A group art show celebrating PLG Artists and Performers. October 30 – November 13, 2011 Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association (PLGNA) and PLG Arts present The Neighborhood Show: Equal parts gallery, arts & crafts market, and performing arts venue and 100% Brooklyn, for two weeks The Neighborhood Show will showcase artists living in Prospect Lefferts Read the Rest…
Took away the Philadelphia and Totnes sections from the painting menu tab. I’ve moved the paintings over to the now renamed “ARTWORKS” section. I’m excited about the flexibility of the new archive system. I had tried a “smart navigation” plugin, but it wasn’t working correctly. It would be great if I could sort that out. It would allow for dynamically creating galleries and THEN being able to click the arrows to cycle through the paintings in that gallery. Could be really cool.
Tomorrow, I hope to remove the Pittsburgh section and consolidate the menu above.
Let me know if you have any thoughts about the revamp. I’m a hack at this wordpress stuff, so I am excited to get this working well (2 years after I initially switched to a portfolio based approach to wordpress).
Hi there. I am getting closer and closer to understanding wordpress in the way that I knew was possible. I’ve figured out how to keep the paintings separate from the blog, and treat them more intelligently than a simple one page gallery. The “Paintings” option on the main menu will soon be replaced with the “Sandbox” menu item. I have to make sure to move the paintings over to the new system.
I’m excited about it! noelhefele.com is maturing… stay tuned. Or, subscribe to my new mailing list.
Painted during a lovely afternoon by the lake.
Banana Drawing on bright Neon Background!!Highlighting a banana drawing by Noel Hefele that is available for purchase through Ebay – July 22nd – July 29th, 2011. Own original art for a nice price!
Lyrical Greening of a Brownfield IOriginally uploaded by 730N I am happy to report – I sold the Lyrical Greening of a Brownfield paintings. My favorite of the two is pictured here. I traveled out to Pittsburgh this month to attend the dedication ceremony for the Remaking Cities Institute. The paintings were presented to the Read the Rest…
In Progress of a current paintingOriginally uploaded by 730N This is a cell phone photo of a current painting I am working on. Unfortunately, my canon powershot appears to be broken! So documentation of artwork for the next few months will be haphazard of sorts. This painting is of a vacant lot near the Berks Read the Rest…
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 Read the Rest…
Barack ObamaOriginally uploaded by 730N I made this little portrait of Obama in oil pastels. The background is water color washes of overlapping geometric shapes. This is the first political figure I have ever drawn and perhaps it is interesting to think of them as symbols of policy decisions that have real world effects. Obama Read the Rest…
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 Read the Rest…
Today marks the 4 week countdown to Mozambique! I am incredibly excited to expand my world view in this fashion and am kicking into high gear to get ready. We are slowly jumping the hurdles that are needed to accomplish this, and I am happy to report that we got our shots this morning for Read the Rest…
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 Read the Rest…
Is this what I keep mentioning as the elusive quality that I chase in paintings of late? This was a phrase popularized by C. Greenberg, primarily in regards to the flattening of painting that occurred throughout modernism. I read this as an acknowledgement of paintings form as the medium(/meaning?) was being deconstructed: a self awareness. Read the Rest…
So. In case I haven’t mentioned it, I have started hearing back from grad schools. The first three that came in were rejections. The fourth, was a request that I show up for an interview. I return to writing as I prepare for that interview, and I aim to get my words together for that Read the Rest…
Idea!! I was listening to this american life and they mentioned a way to fight back, and that is to find ways to waste the person’s time on the other end. Send them on a wild goose chase if you will, while knowing that it is a scam. How do we waste their time so Read the Rest…
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, Read the Rest…
Nine Mile Run Restoration Originally uploaded by 730N Samantha says my work is all about relationships. I tend to agree. Hawthorne (Hawthorne on Painting) speaks of painting as spots of color. “The beauty of a picture results from the way spots of color are brought together.” This describes the mechanics of my painting. I simply Read the Rest…
It’s 4:14. (Whey Fo Me) Originally uploaded by 730N So the blog writing did stall. Apologies for that! I did get lost, but thankfully it was in the studio. I fell out of contact for a little while I was painting a new picture for my first official show in Philadelphia. It was a group Read the Rest…