New Works in Process & Completion
"Refuge from Stress", Mixed Media on Aquabord, 8" x 10", ©2020 Jennie Traill Schaeffer, $375
Did you notice anything different about these TeaScapes? They aren't as landscapey as my prior works, but I still see them fitting into the series. They also have the added medium of watersoluble graphite (a pencil that dilutes and mushes around like ink when wet). My artist friends have been asking me about these
works - the significance of the chair, what I was thinking about when I painted them.
Chairs have made their way into my artwork periodically since I was in art school. During my 20s and early 30s, I was incorporating them as thrones in my appliance portraits. Now, they are acting as an invitation - to sit, to pause, to hold space within the space. I'd like you to place yourself within the chair, or at least envision that. The chairs in these works are a rendition of the womb chair,
which carries another layer of symbolism.
These three darker works on Aquabord, flew out of my head and hands during the start of the wildfires in Australia. I was experiencing a lot of anxiety about those, as well as some personal fires. I was surprised by how quickly these works developed and finished - sometimes art comes out rapidly with a flow that seems almost too easy. I'm not sure if I will make any more of these in
particular, but as with the creative process, sometimes we have to follow intuition - I'll know more once I get back to work in the studio.
"Warming the Heart", Mixed Media on Aquabord, 8" x 8", ©2020 Jennie Traill Schaeffer, $335
"Nighty Night", Mixed Media on Aquabord, 8" x 8", ©2020 Jennie Traill Schaeffer, $335
Work in Progress, Mixed Media on Nujabi Watercolor Paper, 14" x 12.5", ©2020 Jennie Traill Schaeffer
This piece is still very much a work in progress, and has already changed somewhat since I took this photo. My conundrum now is what to do with the white space in the upper right. I'll get the answer soon enough.
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PS - Don't forget to come to Montclair Art Museum to see my work, Yellow Chair of the
Snowbanks, in the Personal Landscapes Exhibit
- Thursday, February 6th - 5 - 9pm, FREE 1st Thursday Event ( I will be there at 6:30 in front of my painting).
- Friday, February 7th 7:30 - 9pm - MEMBERS' RECEPTION & PREVIEW*
- Saturday, February 8th 11 - 12pm - FAMILY MEMBERS' PREVIEW*
- Saturday, February 8th 12 - 1pm - MEET ME at the museum. you must pay for entry. Non-members welcome.
- Can't make it - arrange a time to meet me at the museum.
Like what you're seeing? Want to learn more about these works? Email or call me your questions, comments, or purchasing inquiries.
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