While there is no record on who it was that trained her, it is said that she studied with Osias Beert who was a noted still-life painter in Antwerp. Their styles are very similar, as well as the way they would group the objects in their paintings. However, Peeters work is very different in many ways from the other Flemish artists of her time. Peeters utilized a unique perspective on how she placed objects in her paintings. This would enhance the quality of the arrangement. She grouped her objects very close together, which would allow a certain amount of overlapping, with a simple stone ledge, painted against a dark background, became typical of all known paintings by Peeters. [https://everything2.com/title/Clara+Peeters]