About Stephanie

Stephanie Schafer is a mixed-media visual artist and  fine art photographer living in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her B.F.A. with an emphasis in photography from the University of Maryland in 2000.
Sometimes beautiful, sometimes haunting, her work is constructed by using a blend of digitally manipulated photography, collage, and painting on canvas and wood panel.
The mythic, religious, and psychological themes present in Schafer's work express the delicate balance between good… more

Blossoms In The Storm

Digital photomontage portraits
2016
  • Bloom
    Bloom
    Digital photomontage
  • The Edge
    The Edge
  • The Devil Won This Time
    The Devil Won This Time
    Digital photomontage
  • In The Spring
    In The Spring
    Digital photomontage
  • Becoming An Echo
    Becoming An Echo
    Digital photomontage
  • The Stars Have Already Chosen
    The Stars Have Already Chosen
    Digital photomontage
  • Living In Her Daydream Did Not Help
    Living In Her Daydream Did Not Help
    Digital photomontage
  • There's A Fire In The Room
    There's A Fire In The Room
    Digital photomontage
  • Dedicated To The One I Love
    Dedicated To The One I Love
    Digital photomontage
  • What Comes Between Us Can't Survive
    What Comes Between Us Can't Survive
    Digital photomontage

Black Celebration

Black and white photography
2016
  • It Lives In The Blood 1
    It Lives In The Blood 1
  • It Lives In the Blood 2
    It Lives In the Blood 2
    Black and white photography
  • We Crave Our Own
    We Crave Our Own
    Digital photomontagw
  • Aconitum
    Aconitum
    Digital photomontage
  • Forgive
    Forgive
    Black and white photography
  • Cupid's Poison Arrow
    Cupid's Poison Arrow
    Black and white photography
  • Nobody For You But Me
    Nobody For You But Me
    Digital photomontage
  • Heaven's Web
    Heaven's Web
    Black and white photography

All Things Dark And White

Black and white photography
  • The Runaway
    The Runaway
    Digital photomontage
  • The Wrong Side
    The Wrong Side
    Black and white photography
  • Sweet Jane
    Sweet Jane
    Digital photomontage
  • The Shortcut
    The Shortcut
    Digital photomontage
  • The House We Used To  Live In
    The House We Used To Live In
    Digital photomontage
  • Strange Bird
    Strange Bird
    Digital photomontage
  • Ghost In A Wolf Fur Coat
    Ghost In A Wolf Fur Coat
    Digital photomontge
  • Abracadabra
    Abracadabra
    Digital photomontage
  • The Dead End
    The Dead End
    Digital photomontage
  • All Things Dark And White
    All Things Dark And White

Shades of Gray

A short documentary about the facts and myths of visual impairment. Covering topics from what it means to be blind, to the technology used by the visually impaired.
  • Shades of Gray

Sideshow

A short documentary exploring how art is being used to change how people with disabilities are perceived by the general public.
  • Sideshow

Art Out of Focus

A short documentary about people with vision impairments pursuing the visual arts.
  • Art Out of Focus

Children of the Moon

About the Exhibition:
Children of the Moon is inspired by the life experience of a person with albinism. For years people with albinism have been exploited as circus sideshow freaks, percieved as magical beings, and portrayed as cinema villains. They've suffered bloody dismemberments and killings in Tanzania where their limbs and organs are highly prized by witch doctors.

The albino body has long been an object of ridicule, fascination and fetishism. In some cultures, people with albinism are believed to have mystical powers. They've been regarded as living ghosts, seen as diseased, and percieved as inhuman.

Partial Statement from the Artist:
The aim of these works is to promote a more inclusive and compassionate society by raising awareness about albinism through the visual vocabulary of collage.

Each collage is a mix of my personal photography, found imagery, wallpaper, and acrylic paint. The layers themselves are meant to convey a sense of memory, deep seeded emotions, and the passage of time.
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    baker-2-3.jpg
  • What Can You See
    What Can You See
    mixed media on wood
  • Unsunflowers
    Unsunflowers
    mixed media on wood
  • Under the Lens
    Under the Lens
    mixed media on wood
  • Tanzanian Magic Man
    Tanzanian Magic Man
    Mixed media on wood
  • Keep On Looking
    Keep On Looking
    mixed media on wood panel 36 X 36 inches
  • Sideshow
    Sideshow
    mixed media on wood panel 30 X 36 inches
  • Casper
    Casper
    mixed media on wood panel 36 X 36 inches
  • Children of the Moon
    Children of the Moon
    mixed media on wood panel 36 X 24 inches

Arguing with Angels series

Solo exhibit January 2014 at
Idle Hour
201 East Fort Ave.
  • Arguing With Angels
    Arguing With Angels
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    heart-4.jpg
  • Bad Habit
    Bad Habit
    mixed media collage on wood panel
  • We Won
    We Won
    mixed media collage on canvas
  • Keep Sweet
    Keep Sweet
    mixed media on wood panel
  • I'll Fly Away
    I'll Fly Away
    mixed media on wood panel
  • Sweet Dreams My Love
    Sweet Dreams My Love
    mixed media on wood panel
  • Arguing With Angels
    Arguing With Angels
    mixed media on wood panel
  • All Good Children Go To Heaven (work in progress)
    All Good Children Go To Heaven (work in progress)
    mixed media collage on wood panel

Affairs Of The Heart

Each collage is created or canvas from the building up of layers of my personal photography, found imagery, wallpaper, acrylic paint, spray paint, and found objects. The multiple layers are meant to convey a sense of various feelings, memory and the passing of time.

The aim of these works is to utilize the visual vocabulary of collage to translate the many types of love we as humans experience into something whole, understandable, and beautiful to the eye.
  • Commitment
    Commitment
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • High Life
    High Life
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • Come Home
    Come Home
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • What You Swore
    What You Swore
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • Tunnel of Love
    Tunnel of Love
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • Our Day Will Come
    Our Day Will Come
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • Love Bites
    Love Bites
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • At What Cost
    At What Cost
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • Wishing and Hoping
    Wishing and Hoping
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
  • The Boy Who Couldn't Love
    The Boy Who Couldn't Love
    mixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches