Works
  • John Schieffer, "Gemini", 2025
    John Schieffer
    "Gemini", 2025
  • John Schieffer, "Twice Five", 2025
    John Schieffer
    "Twice Five", 2025
  • John Schieffer, "Bloo Kangaroo", 2024
    John Schieffer
    "Bloo Kangaroo", 2024
  • John Schieffer, "Capricorn", 2024
    John Schieffer
    "Capricorn", 2024
  • John Schieffer, "Glass Giants", 2024
    John Schieffer
    "Glass Giants", 2024
  • John Schieffer, "Happiness Sparkles", 2024
    John Schieffer
    "Happiness Sparkles", 2024
  • John Schieffer, "The Spaces Between", 2024
    John Schieffer
    "The Spaces Between", 2024
  • John Schieffer, "Star Confetti", 2021
    John Schieffer
    "Star Confetti", 2021
  • John Schieffer, "Starfield", 2021
    John Schieffer
    "Starfield", 2021
  • John Schieffer, "UAP", 2021
    John Schieffer
    "UAP", 2021
  • John Schieffer, "Amber Snowbat", 2020
    John Schieffer
    "Amber Snowbat", 2020
  • John Schieffer, "Beckoning Wealth", 2020
    John Schieffer
    "Beckoning Wealth", 2020
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  • John Schieffer, "Lost and Found", 2020
    John Schieffer
    "Lost and Found", 2020
  • John Schieffer, "Trio of Gummy Bears", 2020
    John Schieffer
    "Trio of Gummy Bears", 2020
  • John Schieffer, "Deep and Passionate Red", 2018
    John Schieffer
    "Deep and Passionate Red", 2018
  • John Schieffer, "Desert Cityscape", 2018
    John Schieffer
    "Desert Cityscape", 2018
  • John Schieffer, "Electric Green", 2018
    John Schieffer
    "Electric Green", 2018
  • John Schieffer, "Magenta Jack", 2018
    John Schieffer
    "Magenta Jack", 2018
  • John Schieffer, "Royal Blue Luck", 2018
    John Schieffer
    "Royal Blue Luck", 2018
  • John Schieffer, "Sapphire", 2018
    John Schieffer
    "Sapphire", 2018
  • John Schieffer, "Find Your Center", 2016
    John Schieffer
    "Find Your Center", 2016
  • John Schieffer, "Gathering at Dawn", 2016
    John Schieffer
    "Gathering at Dawn", 2016
  • John Schieffer, "Mere Words IV", 2016
    John Schieffer
    "Mere Words IV", 2016
  • John Schieffer, "Mere Words", 2016
    John Schieffer
    "Mere Words", 2016
  • John Schieffer, "Martini Blues", 2013
    John Schieffer
    "Martini Blues", 2013
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  • John Schieffer, "Da Robit", 2008
    John Schieffer
    "Da Robit", 2008
  • John Schieffer, "Vodka Glass", 2006
    John Schieffer
    "Vodka Glass", 2006
Biography

With Trompe l’oeil precision, common and under-appreciated objects take on a fresh and unexpected persona.

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 Designs where he became production manager.

Until recently John 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. He 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 John 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 his own works explore texture, space and color.

John’s current works are contemporary still lifes. These pieces keep focus on the object while at the same time exploring the color and value of an 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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