TraillWorks: The Art and Lessons of Jennie Traill Schaeffer

From Tea Packaging to Art

Begins with a Cup of Tea

Tea packaging was salvaged from numerous cups of tea and I found a moment to pause.

Transfer & Watercolors

To transferring the tea package(s) onto paper and layering with with watercolor.

Ends as a TeaScape

Layered complex artworks that evoke balance, space, and a meditative stillness found through drinking tea.

See them demonstrated in person during Montclair BOUNCE on June 6th. LEARN MORE . . .

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ABOUT JENNIE

Deemed the Kitchen Gods Artist, Jennie Traill Schaeffer is a professional visual artist and art teacher, living and working in her West Orange, Essex County, NJ, home studio, TraillWorks: Studio on the 3rd Floor. She is drawn to paint subjects that come from the domestic realm, exploring their relationship to her own life. Playing with paint, inks, or drawing media, she strives to exude an energy in her art featuring kitchen appliances, aprons, landscapes, and portraits.

When she is not painting, Jennie teaches private and small group art lessons at Oh Canary Studio in Maplewood, NJ, and off-location workshops.

Photo Right: Jim Horton