NAVESINK – All Saints’ Memorial Church in Navesink will be holding its benefit art show from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, in the Parish House.
Well-known local watercolor artist Michael Scherfen is the featured artist for the event. A portion of the sales of the artwork on display will be donated to All Saints’ in honor of the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1864. The signature work on display will be Scherfen’s recent watercolor rendition of All Saints’, now on display at Shrewsbury Borough Hall, and recently exhibited at The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury.
All Saints’ will have a full range of Scherfen’s artwork on display at the show. His paintings vary from portraits to landscapes and seascapes and he draws inspiration from the intriguing colors and textures that surround him – from a colorful character to the scales of a rusting boat.
Born in Portland, Oregon, he began drawing at age 9 and never stopped, only thinking of art as a career after exposure to architecture in a mechanical drawing class in high school. His formal training came at the Art Institute and the Art Academy in San Francisco, and then at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles where he obtained his B.A. of Fine Arts.
His work as a 27-year veteran advertising art director in New York City ended in retirement in 2008, which allowed him to begin study under the renowned watercolor artist, Donald Voorhees, NJWCS.
The art show is open to the public and admission is free, and the church sanctuary also will be open for visitors. Scherfen will be available both days to offer personal comments on his artwork, and to discuss requests for portraits of family members, house, or pets or to arrange for the sale of any of the artwork on display.
Various size prints and cards of All Saints’ Church will be available on both days of the exhibit.
Additional information is available by calling the church at 732- 291-0214.
