By
Noel Hefele
Piece description from the artist
This tree is a beautiful American Elm. Apparently over 90 percent of the American Elms in North America were eradicated by Dutch Elm Disease over the last 70 years. According to the NYC street tree map, there are 8,254 American Elms out of 694,249 mapped trees in the 5 boroughs.
I paint New York City's wild edges – the parks, waterways, and forgotten green spaces where nature persists despite urban pressure.
Based in the Bronx, I'm currently exploring Van Cortlandt Park, one of NYC's largest and wildest parks. My work captures these landscapes in oil, focusing on the moments when light, water, and seasons transform familiar places into something unexpected.
I studied at Carnegie Mellon (BFA) and in England (MA in Arts and Ecology). My paintings are in private collections internationally.
See more at noelhefele.com
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