Jennifer Trefiak
  • Home
  • About
  • Shop Art
    • Soul Shine 2021/2022
    • Oil Sketches
    • Hiraeth
    • Home Series
    • Vast Lands Series
    • Earth & Sky
  • Blog
  • Contact
    • FAQ's

 Behind The Easel

Work in progress - sneak peek

1/29/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Each day I am losing more and more light in my studio and it's all because of snow. Lots of snow. It's been a bit of a snowpocalypse lately, snow fell here for about 13 hrs last night into this morning. As you can see, my windows are almost buried in it. Despite that lack of natural light I have been working on a few new paintings. I'll give you a sneak peek below with some detail photos (excuse the quality). I have two deadlines coming up that I'm working towards but will post the full finished paintings after that.

P.S. It's fun to say snowpocalypse. 

Picture
Picture
Picture
I want my window back.
0 Comments

Blank Canvas

1/15/2014

0 Comments

 
PictureMy mood was similarly grey.
Yesterday was not a good day. I had one of those 'winter blues' kind of days. I felt like there wasn't anything to look forward to, that I wasn't good in enough, I felt alone in the world and was basically in a foul mood for no particular reason. January is a tough month because it is so slow. It's a time to plan out the rest of the year, fill out those applications for art shows and tours, restock supplies, and plan out the next series of work. I am one of those people that need a deadline and I work best when I have a timeline to work from. Today is blank canvas day, both literally and figuratively. I am resetting my mental outlook and I am beginning a painting that I've been asked to do for an office. The only requirement is that it be the colour red. How cool is that? I'm still thinking of themes for my next project but I can keep myself busy in the meantime with the red painting. What about you? How do you reset yourself and move forward when you're feeling low?

0 Comments

Back to work - almost (Spotlight on 'The Window')

1/6/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
The holidays are over and everyone is back to work and school today. Well, not quite. Today turned out to be a snow day here with freezing rain and a flash freeze. It seems fitting to tell you about my painting called The Window (see the Gallery tab for a closer look).

The inspiration for this painting came from a a day that we woke up to a coating of freezing rain. No, this wasn't the Ice Storm of 2013, just a regular 'ole freezing drizzle day.  I painted the cold, grey world that we saw out of our window while we were nice and cozy warm inside. I hope I captured that feeling and with wind chill warnings in Southern Ontario today, I hope you are staying warm and cozy too.

0 Comments

    Jennifer Trefiak

    I will keep you updated on my latest work and perhaps some insight into my creative process.

    Categories

    All
    Abstract
    Addison's Disease
    AGN Spotlight Series 3
    Alderville
    Anishinabee
    Art
    Art Business
    Art Gallery Of Northumberland
    Art Materials
    Art Show
    BBC
    Billie Eilish
    Black
    Camping
    Canada
    Christmas
    Circle
    Climate Change
    Cobourg
    Colborne
    Cold
    Covid
    Covid 19
    Covid-19
    Crayola
    Damien Hirst
    David Newland
    December 8
    Donovan Leitch
    Facebook
    First Blog
    First Nations
    Flamenco
    Gamblin
    Gitchigumi
    Interview
    Kama Pigments
    Karen Manners
    Lake Superior
    Landscape Painting
    Miss Manners
    Mother Earth
    Music
    New
    New Year
    Northumberland
    Ontario
    Pukaskwa National Park
    Rebirth
    Red
    Sacred Water
    Snow
    Snowpocalypse
    Studio
    Studio Safety
    Teacher
    Technical Difficulties
    Themes
    Titles
    Untitled
    What Do Artists Do All DAy
    Woodlands Style
    Work In Progress

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    January 2023
    September 2022
    October 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    April 2019
    June 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    January 2016
    April 2015
    January 2015
    June 2014
    April 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013

Jennifer Trefiak Fine Art, Copyright 2023
  • Home
  • About
  • Shop Art
    • Soul Shine 2021/2022
    • Oil Sketches
    • Hiraeth
    • Home Series
    • Vast Lands Series
    • Earth & Sky
  • Blog
  • Contact
    • FAQ's