John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Mayer Productions as a children’s book illustrator. It was a job where he used his artistic abilities although it was not an outlet for a serious painting career. (He has written and illustrated a book of his own that is awaiting a publisher). Schieffer then worked in the field of graphics at Leslie Roy Designs where he became production manager.
Until recently Schieffer has been a full-time conservator for Yost Conservation. Working primarily on 19th-century American art, he has been recreating what is missing due to damage from tears, punctures, flaking and aging. Schieffer uses his painting and sculpting skills to erase the marks of time. As a new resident of Arizona, these pieces now travel to him for his expert handling.
All through these differing art-related jobs, Schieffer has always been painting. He paints in many different sizes from murals to miniatures using both acrylic and oil paints. His experience as a restorer has honed a variety of techniques in realism, Impressionism, Surrealism, abstraction and portraiture. All of Schieffer’s own paintings explore texture, space and color.
Schieffer’s current works are contemporary still lifes. These pieces focus on the object while at the same time exploring the color and value of the object by keeping backgrounds subdued or shadowed. With trompe l'oeil precision, common and under-appreciated objects take on a fresh and unexpected persona.
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(Biography provided by Bonner David Galleries)
"Vertical Spheres"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Deep and Passionate Red"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Mayer Productions as a children’s book illustrator. It was a job where he used his artistic abilities although it was not an outlet for a serious painting career. (He has a written and illustrated a book of his own that is awaiting a publisher). John then worked in the field of graphics at Leslie Roy...
Oil
"Magenta Jack"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Trio of Gummy Bears"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Star Confetti"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Da Robit"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Sapphire"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Electric Green"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Hidden Gardens Oil Painting
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Created using a bright, rich palette, Hidden Gardens further explores Hirst’s obsession with lush landscapes and playing with perspective. These densely-layered works bridge traditio...
Canvas, Oil
$7,480
H 48.04 in W 48.04 in D 1.97 in
Party!- 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Painting of a Garden
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Garden Party 122 x 122 cm Framed: 132 x 132 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. The impre...
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,864
H 26.78 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
Pink with flowers- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Pink with flowers 80 x 68 cm Framed: 73 x 110 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,992
H 19.3 in W 16.15 in D 1.97 in
Home- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting with Roses
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Home 49 x 41 cm Framed: 54x 46 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint still...
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,864
H 26.78 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
Green with flowers- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Green with flowers 68 x 80 cm Framed: 73 x 110 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch A...
Oil, Wood Panel
"PB&J stacked sandwiches" Oil Painting
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This original Oil painting of classic peanut butter and jelly sandwiches conjures memories of childhood. The thick smoothness of the peanut butter against the glossy translucent grap...
Oil
$2,723
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 1.58 in
Peony - 21st Century contemporary Hyper realistic oil painting of a peony flower
By JP Marsman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jean Paul Marsman (Dutch artist) Peony 20 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 23 x 23 cm) Oil paint on wood Craftsmanship: The work is painted so realistically that everything seems...
Oil, Wood Panel
Echoing Hidden Garden (HG224 Hidden Gardens)
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Created using a bright, rich palette, Hidden Gardens further explores Hirst’s obsession with lush landscapes and playing with perspective. These densely-layered works bridge traditio...
Oil, Canvas
$2,752
H 15.75 in W 16.15 in D 1.97 in
Ranunculus- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Ranunculus 40x 41 cm Framed: 45x 46cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint s...
Oil, Wood Panel
#402
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
As an artist, TIFFANY CALVERT applies contemporary painting techniques to historical imagery. Her recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a springboard fo...
Canvas, Oil, Inkjet
$2,500
H 38 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
«Sh*t Happens» Figurative Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
By Samantha Van Heest
Located in Oslo, NO
Shit happens sometimes. In this piece, the artist wanted to create an unsettling and claustrophobic space where people feel most private and vulnerable. Inspired by artist Tala Madani, she created a cartoon figure to act as the voyeur, a bright and unwelcome disturbance that cannot be ignored. Samantha Van Heest...
Canvas, Oil
Sticker Painting
By Macauley Norman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Mixed-Media / Stickers / Illustration / Pop and Contemporary Pop / Human Figure / Chess / Comic Books / Video Games / Resin / Drawing / Representations of Everyday Objects / Figurative Art / Pop Art From Macauley Norman's solo exhibition, CRYPTIC CLUTTER, "Sticker Painting" is an incredible and unique resin coated pop surrealist painting featuring well over 70 gel pen drawings on sticker paper affixed to a wood panel painted in oil and acrylic paint. Among the illustration images are a panoply of pop culture references from the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern hemispheres -- birds and other animals, landscapes, UFOs, food items, nineties-era pornography, vehicles, yin yang symbols, skulls, daggers, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle...
Epoxy Resin, Plastic, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Ink
"Dark Shadows"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Contemporary artist John Schieffer’s latest exhibit, Beautiful Things, highlights the importance of the relationship between color and design.
Canvas, Oil
"Purple Alien"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Panel
"Beckoning Love"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Panel
"Green Toucan"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Panel
"Snow Bat"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Panel
"U.F.O"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Panel
"The Swiss Option"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil, Panel
"Reach for More"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Schieffer's thoughts on his work: I often paint shiny objects like glass, metal, and water. I am kind of like a crow collecting sparkling things. Transl...
Oil, Panel
"Typeface/Clockworks"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil
"Dangerous Love"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil
"Clear Focus"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil
"The Wavelength of Jacks"
By John Schieffer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Ma...
Oil