After graduating from Pratt Institute in 1974 with a Bachelor Degree in Sculpture
I discovered papier mache as a great medium and easy to work with at home. For many years, while living in NYC, I sold my sculptures through galleries and private commissions. I have created many varied animals (zebra, giraffe, monkeys, birds, etc.), life sized portraits of people’s pets, as well as human beings. I have always enjoyed the challenge of a portrait or specific customer request.
In 1983 after a move to Cape May, NJ, I decided on a drastic career change and became a Registered Nurse and subsequently a Nurse Practitioner. I loved my nursing career, but it left me very little time to be artistically creative. Now that I have retired I am once again able to pursue my first passion...sculpture!
Marketing my work is so different now in the age of computers than it was in the 1970s-80s. I am so pleased to have now developed my own website allowing me to reach thousands of people and have them see my creations. Please enjoy browsing my site. I welcome all comments and suggestions either directly or via Etsy convo.                   
Thank you.            

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Professional Achievements
  
Exhibited in:       Mables - Madison Ave. NYC
                             Inc. Galleries - Madison Ave. NYC
                             Beautiful Things - Spring St.  NYC
                             Eggs & Tricity - D&D Building - NYC
                             Fast Forward - 5th Ave. - NYC
                             Reese Palley - Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
                             Sign of the Swan - Chestnut Hill,  
                             Philadelphia, Pa
                             Glassworks - Ocean St. - Cape May, NJ
                             Orient East - Roslyn Heights, NY
                             The Watermelon Patch - Manhasset, NY
                             Artisans Gallery - Great Neck, NY
                             Gallery Eight - La Jolla, Ca
                             Designers' Showcase - Woodlands
                                                                       Welwyn
                                                                       Castles on the
                                                                       Sound

Appeared in:        New York Times "Discoveries" column
                               New York's Our Town
                               New Jersey Press
                                                             
Appeared on:       "Let's Talk Antiques" chanCape May, 
                                New Jersey 

Participated in:      "Animal Kingdom" - group show in Gallery
                                 Eight - La Jolla, Ca.
                                "Art Goes Public" - papier mache 
                                 Demonstration sponsored by the Cape
                                 May County Cultural and Heritage
                                 Commission, NJ
                                 Three Figurative Sculptures" - Three
                                 woman show - Glassboro, NJ 

Press:
 
New York Times - Discovery section
"Jeanie Schiff is an artist who works in papier-mache. She constructs people and pets and recently discovered the charm of barnyard fowl. Her white Leghorn chickens are great fun, with their bright red combs and yellow feet. They're life-size and lifelike, and one or more of them would be amusing to find unexpectedly in a country kitchen. The birds are $200 each at Mabel's."


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