"Manipulation of paint is key.” Wayne Thiebaud 

Works by artist, Jennie Traill Schaeffer: 
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TEASCAPES: New Works  

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​Red Carpet Icons include the several Crock Pots, a toaster, and espresso machine, along with a few baked goods posing on the red carpet. Many of my appliances in past works (one included here, St. Mixer), were sainted with halos and personified in a way. 

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Kitchen Icons include the Kitchen Saints and Sainted Appliances. These tongue-in-cheek domestic portraits explore appliances and other trappings of the household as modern-day icons. 

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Apron Strings look at the duality of the frock that women have worn for centuries for function and fashion. I'm interested in the way that the apron can both restrict women's roles as well as be tied to freedom of choice to work in the kitchen.

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Appliance Portraits started as a way to resolve my frustration over who did the dishes and what my role as a wife was to be. These machines represent a woman’s freedom from her chores but also reinforce her domesticity. 

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Still Lifes include both food and non-food subject matter. Many are treated as studies or quick, small works while others are larger finished pieces. This is a genre where I can explore techniques and subjects for more conceptual works.

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Watercolors feature works that I've created throughout my career as both, documents of places I've been, and now, developing into more conceptual work, related to my appliances. 

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Scapes include both city and landscapes created en plein air as well as from photo reference inside the studio. Locations include my love for Italy, vacation destinations, as well as places I frequent.

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Portraits include both people and pets, both of my own kids and dog, as well as for private commissions.

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