A collaboration shaped over time | Lisette Schumacher
About working for over a decade with Lisette Schumacher, a painter whose evolving practice continues to explore light and the physical experience of space.
Some collaborations feel natural from the start. That was the case with Lisette Schumacher. Our journey began even before Root Gallery officially existed. In 2015, we invited her to take part in a pop-up exhibition in Rotterdam’s Groothandelsgebouw, marking the first of many moments we’d work together.
Photography by Jacqueline Fuijkschot
An evolving practice
In her early years, Lisette painted on canvas, later transitioning to wooden panels and refining her distinctive visual language. Her way of working is both meticulous and intuitive. Her paintings build up gradually, in very thin layers, translating architectural references into rhythmic, often musical compositions.
Her ongoing fascination with space, light, and colour remains at the heart of what she creates, even as her process and ideas continue to evolve. Currently, she travels to California (USA) every now and then for inspiration. The mid-century architecture and beautiful skies are the foundation of her mesmerizing paintings. This was also the location where she decided she didn't want to paint on wooden panels anymore, a transparent material suits her work better (for now at least).
Her artist residency in Los Angeles marked the end of her research into Le Corbusier and the beginning of a new focus: the Mid-Century Modern architectural style. The city’s famous light had a big influence on her. She first noticed its effect when visiting the Stahl House in the Hollywood Hills. That visit changed everything, it led her to work with plexiglass and to shift her attention toward light, reflection, and transitions of colour.
By Lisette Schumacher
60 × 50 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
Lisette Schumacher brings coral pink and soft lilac together in Coachella Views XIII. Large, fluid forms are interrupted by a finely patterned area that appears to disperse across the right side of the composition. A pale central opening creates depth, as though a distant light or landscape is briefly visible between the surrounding colours.
The work originates in Schumacher’s observations of the Coachella Valley, where intense sunlight, wind and distance continually alter how the landscape is perceived. Here, that experience becomes an atmospheric composition that feels both open and enveloping. The restrained palette makes the work easy to live with, while its subtle visual shifts continue to reward close attention.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
95 × 80 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
In Coachella Views XII, Lisette Schumacher translates the shifting colours of the California desert into an expansive abstract composition. Pale blue, peach and pink move across the surface in broad, sweeping forms, while warmer golden areas appear between the layers. Finer patterns along the right-hand side introduce contrast and draw the eye further into the work.
The painting was inspired by Schumacher’s journey through Palm Springs, Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs. Rather than depicting the landscape directly, she captures the experience of colour changing across the Coachella Valley: open, bright and never entirely still. Its generous scale gives the work a strong presence while the nuanced palette keeps the composition balanced.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
60 × 50 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
The desert landscapes surrounding Palm Springs are known for their clarity of light and wide horizons. During her visits to the Coachella Valley, Lisette Schumacher experienced how dramatically the atmosphere can shift throughout the day.
Bright sunlight, wind and the vast openness of the desert create a landscape in constant transformation. Colours appear to intensify, fade and re-emerge as the sun moves across the valley.
Schumacher approaches these observations through an intuitive process in which colour and gesture develop gradually across the surface. Soft layers of pink, orange and yellow pigments move across the painting like shifting light fields, occasionally interrupted by reflective passages that recall flashes of sun across the desert terrain.
The composition reflects Lisette Schumacher’s ongoing interest in how landscape, architecture and atmosphere influence the perception of colour. Rather than presenting a fixed view of the desert, the work captures the sensation of light moving through space.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
120 × 100 × 5 cm, 2026
Mixed Media
From the series Desert Modernism
Desert Modernism II continues Lisette Schumacher’s exploration of the Coachella Valley, shifting towards a more fluid and atmospheric approach.
Rather than referencing architecture directly, the work unfolds through movement across the surface. Pigment is guided, displaced and allowed to settle, creating soft transitions, layered transparencies and subtle variations in tone.
Warm desert colours - yellow, sand, orange and brown - dissolve into cooler greys and pale pinks. These transitions echo the changing light conditions Schumacher experienced in Palm Springs, where colour is never fixed but continuously shaped by its surroundings.
The painting is built through a direct, physical process without the use of brushes. This results in a surface that remains active: marks soften, edges dissolve and layers become visible depending on light and viewing distance.
Desert Modernism II is less about structure and more about perception. It captures a moment that feels in motion, where colour, surface and light interact over time.
As a large-scale work, it brings a quieter but immersive presence to a space, particularly in interiors where natural light can move across the surface throughout the day.
Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.
By Lisette Schumacher
120 × 100 × 5 cm, 2026
Mixed Media
From the series Desert Modernism
Desert Modernism I is part of a series developed after Lisette Schumacher’s visit to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley in early 2025. Central to this body of work is the iconic Frey House II, designed by Albert Frey.
Rather than depicting the architecture directly, Schumacher translates the experience of the house and its surroundings into colour, material and composition. The work reflects the tension that defines Desert Modernism: a precise architectural language set within a vast and unpredictable natural landscape.
The painting is built through a physical, hands-on process. Pigment is applied, shifted and reworked directly on the surface, without the use of brushes. This results in a layered image that changes subtly depending on light and viewing distance.
Warm desert tones - brittle bush yellow, sand, brown and muted orange - are set against cooler blues referencing sky and water. These contrasts echo the visual experience of the Coachella Valley, where snow-covered mountains meet a sunlit desert environment.
While rooted in a specific place, the work moves beyond architecture. It captures a spatial condition: being both inside and outside at once, where structure and openness exist in balance.
As a large-scale painting, Desert Modernism I holds a strong physical presence, particularly in spaces where light and architecture are part of the experience. Its surface continues to shift throughout the day.
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By Lisette Schumacher
50 × 35 × 0,8 cm, 2026
Mixed Media
Lisette Schumacher’s Arch series is based on the architectural form of the arch, a structure with origins in Roman engineering and later developments in Renaissance architecture.
In Arch III, this form is translated into a painting that carries a lighter presence. The curved format still defines the composition, but the softer tones allow the work to sit more quietly within a space, shifting the arch from a structural reference to a spatial gesture.
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By Lisette Schumacher
50 × 35 × 0,8 cm, 2026
Mixed Media
For this series, Lisette Schumacher works with the shape of the arch as a framing device. Historically used in Roman and Renaissance architecture to construct and articulate space, the arch is no longer structurally necessary in contemporary building methods.
In Arch II, the form is reintroduced within the painting as a visual structure, shifting its function from construction to image.
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By Lisette Schumacher
50 × 35 × 0,8 cm, 2026
Mixed Media
In this series, Lisette Schumacher uses the shape of the arch to frame the image. The arch originates from Roman architecture, where it functioned as a structural element in large civil and public buildings, and was later refined in Renaissance palaces and courtyards.
In Arch I, this architectural form is translated into a painting format, where the curved contour defines the composition and introduces the arch as a symbolic rather than structural element.
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By Lisette Schumacher
87 × 57 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
In Dawn, Lisette Schumacher continues her exploration of light and perception. Each work captures the fleeting transitions between night and day, where colour and reflection seem to shift with every glance. The soft gradients and translucent layers evoke a sense of calm and movement at once, an abstract translation of the changing light that defines the early hours.
Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.
By Lisette Schumacher
50 × 40 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
Dawn reflects Lisette Schumacher’s ongoing focus on how light shapes perception. Soft layers of colour shift gently across the surface, creating subtle changes depending on where the viewer stands. The work translates the quiet atmosphere of early morning light into a balanced composition of tone, movement and reflection.
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By Lisette Schumacher
50 × 40 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
Dawn captures the gradual shift of early light through soft, layered colour and subtle reflection. The work changes with the viewer’s position, emphasising Lisette Schumacher’s interest in perception and the quiet dynamics of light.
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By Lisette Schumacher
90 × 140 × 5 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
This series focuses on sunrises around the iconic Griffith Observatory.
Griffith Observatory’s unique architecture, setting and cinematic exposure have made it one of the most famous landmarks in southern California. Typically identified as Art Deco with both Moderne and Modified Greek influences and a Beaux-Arts influenced plan. The planetarium offers the best view to simply gaze out towards the coast and the heavens. Lisette Schumacher watched the sunrise from the Griffith Observatory on August 20 in 2024.
Inspired by the rich palette of colors unfolding in front of her eyes, from the quiet soft pastel tones right before sunrise to the warm and rich colors of the sun and its reflections on the sides of the skyscrapers in Downtown, Lisette dedicated a series of paintings depicting the various stages of the sunrise drawn up on carriers with landscape frame, enhancing the cinematic viewing experience from the Griffith Observatory.
Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.
By Lisette Schumacher
75 × 125 × 5 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
This series focuses on sunrises around the iconic Griffith Observatory.
Griffith Observatory’s unique architecture, setting and cinematic exposure have made it one of the most famous landmarks in southern California. Typically identified as Art Deco with both Moderne and Modified Greek influences and a Beaux-Arts influenced plan. The planetarium offers the best view to simply gaze out towards the coast and the heavens. Lisette Schumacher watched the sunrise from the Griffith Observatory on August 20 in 2024.
Inspired by the rich palette of colors unfolding in front of her eyes, from the quiet soft pastel tones right before sunrise to the warm and rich colors of the sun and its reflections on the sides of the skyscrapers in Downtown, Lisette dedicated a series of paintings depicting the various stages of the sunrise drawn up on carriers with landscape frame, enhancing the cinematic viewing experience from the Griffith Observatory.
Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.
By Lisette Schumacher
75 × 125 × 5 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
This series focuses on sunrises around the iconic Griffith Observatory.
Griffith Observatory’s unique architecture, setting and cinematic exposure have made it one of the most famous landmarks in southern California. Typically identified as Art Deco with both Moderne and Modified Greek influences and a Beaux-Arts influenced plan. The planetarium offers the best view to simply gaze out towards the coast and the heavens. Lisette Schumacher watched the sunrise from the Griffith Observatory on August 20 in 2024.
Inspired by the rich palette of colors unfolding in front of her eyes, from the quiet soft pastel tones right before sunrise to the warm and rich colors of the sun and its reflections on the sides of the skyscrapers in Downtown, Lisette dedicated a series of paintings depicting the various stages of the sunrise drawn up on carriers with landscape frame, enhancing the cinematic viewing experience from the Griffith Observatory.
Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.
By Lisette Schumacher
100 x 90 x 6 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
This series focuses on sunrises around the iconic Griffith Observatory.
Griffith Observatory’s unique architecture, setting and cinematic exposure have made it one of the most famous landmarks in southern California. Typically identified as Art Deco with both Moderne and Modified Greek influences and a Beaux-Arts influenced plan. The planetarium offers the best view to simply gaze out towards the coast and the heavens. Lisette Schumacher watched the sunrise from the Griffith Observatory on August 20 in 2024.
Inspired by the rich palette of colors unfolding in front of her eyes, from the quiet soft pastel tones right before sunrise to the warm and rich colors of the sun and its reflections on the sides of the skyscrapers in Downtown, Lisette dedicated a series of paintings depicting the various stages of the sunrise drawn up on carriers with landscape frame, enhancing the cinematic viewing experience from the Griffith Observatory.
Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.
By Lisette Schumacher
120 × 80 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
Lisette Schumacher’s new series deepens her exploration of light, space, and architecture. Moving beyond her signature ‘boxes,’ she introduces lighter, floating panels that dynamically interact with surrounding light. Inspired by her time in California, she blends modernist ideals with a poetic investigation of perception and temporality. Her works capture the subtleties of natural and artificial light, referencing the fleeting beauty of the daytime moon. This series invites visitors to not just see, but to feel, immersing themselves in a play of light, shadow, and colour.
Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.
By Lisette Schumacher
100 x 90 x 6 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
Lisette Schumacher is a visual artist with a strong interest in modern architecture. She travels to visit architecture with historical value in Europe and the USA. She is currently focussed on mid-century modern architecture in Los Angeles. Her artistic practice revolves mostly around painting, though she explored the realms of sculpture and installation as well. Lisette’s work is part of corporate collections as well as private collections in Europa, United States and Asia.
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Working together
Lisette’s work was included in several exhibitions at our first space on the Zwaanshals in Rotterdam which opened in 2018, and in 2017 she made her first art fair appearance with us at KunstRAI. In 2019, she had her first solo show at Root Gallery: Le Poème électronique, where her fascination with light and architecture became more pronounced. During that period she did her research about Le Corbusier, mostly in France.
That same year, we travelled together to Los Angeles for a group exhibition in a local museum, a trip that expanded her international reach and marked an important moment in her career.
Later that year, Lisette also presented work in the duo show Radiant Touch with Saïd Kinos in Guangzhou, China. This opportunity came through a connection made by Donald Schenkel and Yvonne with Angela, the gallery owner at ART23 Contemporary Art Gallery. The chance to exhibit such a large body of work abroad was rare, and the experience was enriched by a warm welcome and a thoughtfully curated side programme that included talks, a workshop, and multiple visits from the Dutch consul.
By 2021, Lisette had taken a new step in her practice, creating an installation for her solo show Polychromie Architecturale at our second location, an immersive piece inspired by Le Corbusier’s architectural colour theory, realised during the Covid pandemic. The small-scale opening, just between lockdowns, allowed visitors to experience the harmony of colour in an intimate way.
Her work has since been part of nearly every major presentation we’ve created. In 2024, her work was included in our first booth at Art Rotterdam and later that year in our PAN Amsterdam presentation.
Looking back
We asked Lisette about her personal favorite moment of working together.
"There are actually two. First, the duo presentation with Saïd Kinos - Radiant Touch - in 2019 in Guangzhou, China. This came about through a connection made by Donald Schenkel and Yvonne with Angela, the gallery owner at ART23 Contemporary Art Gallery. It was an incredible opportunity to show so many works on the other side of the world. The gallery also organised a special programme around the exhibition, and the warm welcome by Angela was unforgettable. The Dutch consul and his wife visited twice, and I gave a talk, lecture, and workshop while I was there. Looking back, it was a very special experience.
The second is my solo presentation Polychromie Architecturale (shown on the photos below) at the gallery during the Covid pandemic in 2021. With exhibitions and fairs cancelled, there was more time to create. I developed an immersive installation where visitors could experience the harmony of colour. The palette came from Le Corbusier’s architectural colour theory. The opening was small - right between lockdowns - but seeing people step into the space and be momentarily carried away by the experience made the months of work worthwhile."
A long-term collaboration
"I follow my own path in my artistic research, but Yvonne - the gallery owner of Root Gallery - is always there with thoughtful feedback when I need it. She’s supportive and genuinely curious about what I’m creating. Throughout the year, she gives me opportunities to present my newest work to a broad and varied audience, often at fairs in the Netherlands and abroad, and sometimes through gallery exhibitions. It’s also helpful to brainstorm together about ideas or practical matters. And Yvonne is often the very first person to see a new piece, both in process and when it’s finished."
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
Coachella Views XVIII brings together peach, coral and lavender in a light, open composition. The colours follow a flowing diagonal movement, leading towards a pale golden area on the right. Smaller lilac and coral forms gather around this opening, creating a point of focus within the otherwise expansive arrangement.
Lisette Schumacher based the series on the fleeting colour shifts she observed while travelling through Palm Springs and the surrounding desert cities. In this work, that experience is expressed with particular softness. Warm and cool tones move easily alongside one another, giving the artwork an elegant balance. Its intimate scale allows the nuances of the composition to be experienced from close range.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
Warm orange and coral dominate Coachella Views XVII, balanced by soft lavender and a muted golden form at its centre. Lisette Schumacher builds the composition through overlapping movements that suggest wind, heat and the continual transformation of a distant view. A field of smaller marks on the right creates rhythm and interrupts the larger areas of colour.
The palette recalls the warmth of the Coachella Valley without turning the landscape into a literal image. Schumacher instead isolates its energy: the brightness of the desert, the sense of open distance and the colours that emerge as conditions change. The result is a compact yet lively artwork that brings warmth and character to a space.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
Lisette Schumacher explores the expressive range of a concentrated palette in Coachella Views XVI. Saturated magenta moves through translucent lilac, surrounding a pale central form that seems to open up within the composition. Along the right edge, a finely broken pattern adds texture and counters the larger, flowing movements.
Although nearly monochromatic at first glance, the work contains subtle differences in tone, density and reflection. These variations become more apparent over time, giving the composition a changing presence without losing its clarity. Coachella Views XVI is an assured choice for collectors drawn to colour-led abstraction and works that combine immediate impact with visual depth.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
In Coachella Views XV, Lisette Schumacher condenses the atmosphere of the desert into an intimate composition. Vivid pink forms move across a pale lilac ground, interspersed with softly reflective areas and a dense pattern that gathers along the right edge. The contrast between broad gestures and precise details gives the small work an unexpectedly strong presence.
Inspired by the changing colours Schumacher observed while travelling through the Coachella Valley, the artwork captures a brief visual impression rather than a fixed landscape. Its compact format makes it particularly suited to a carefully chosen position or to an existing group of artworks, while the saturated colour allows it to hold its own within a larger space.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
25 × 20 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Desert Modernism
In Desert Modernism VI, Lisette Schumacher translates the atmosphere of Palm Springs and the architecture of Desert Modernism into a compact spatial work. The piece combines warm orange, peach and golden tones with translucent layers, creating a sense of depth that shifts with the light.
The work is part of Schumacher’s Desert Modernism series, inspired by her visit to Frey House II, the historic 1964 home designed by Albert Frey. Rather than depicting the house directly, she works with colour, reflection and material to evoke the meeting point between architecture, desert light and landscape.e.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
The desert landscapes surrounding Palm Springs are known for their clarity of light and wide horizons. During her visits to the Coachella Valley, Lisette Schumacher experienced how dramatically the atmosphere can shift throughout the day.
Bright sunlight, wind and the vast openness of the desert create a landscape in constant transformation. Colours appear to intensify, fade and re-emerge as the sun moves across the valley.
Schumacher approaches these observations through an intuitive process in which colour and gesture develop gradually across the surface. Soft layers of pink, orange and yellow pigments move across the painting like shifting light fields, occasionally interrupted by reflective passages that recall flashes of sun across the desert terrain.
The composition reflects Lisette Schumacher’s ongoing interest in how landscape, architecture and atmosphere influence the perception of colour. Rather than presenting a fixed view of the desert, the work captures the sensation of light moving through space.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
Coachella Views IV is part of a series of paintings by Lisette Schumacher inspired by her travels through Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley in California. During visits to historic mid-century modern houses in the desert landscape, Schumacher became increasingly aware of the shifting colours and atmosphere created by the intense desert light.
The composition reflects these observations through layered colour fields in soft pink, peach, lavender and pale blue. Fluid gestures move across the surface like changing light conditions in the desert, where colours slowly transform throughout the day.
Rather than depicting a specific landscape, the painting translates the experience of desert light and atmosphere into a quiet abstract composition. Subtle transitions in colour create a sense of movement and openness, echoing the expansive character of the desert environment.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
Inspired by a visit to Palm Springs, Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs in 2025, Lisette Schumacher explores the changing light and atmosphere of the Californian desert landscape. During her travels through the Coachella Valley, she encountered the striking contrast between the bright desert floor and the snow-capped San Jacinto Mountains rising in the distance.
While driving through the valley to visit historic mid-century modern houses, Schumacher became increasingly aware of how dramatically light and colour shift throughout the day in the desert environment. Intense sunlight, dry winds and vast open landscapes create subtle transitions in tone and atmosphere.
These observations form the starting point for Schumacher’s work, in which architecture, landscape and light come together. Her compositions translate the fleeting qualities of desert light into carefully balanced colour fields, reflecting the calm yet powerful presence of the surrounding environment.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 20 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Dawn
In Dawn, Lisette Schumacher continues her exploration of light and perception. Each work captures the fleeting transitions between night and day, where colour and reflection seem to shift with every glance. The soft gradients and translucent layers evoke a sense of calm and movement at once, an abstract translation of the changing light that defines the early hours.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 20 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Dawn
In Dawn, Lisette Schumacher continues her exploration of light and perception. Each work captures the fleeting transitions between night and day, where colour and reflection seem to shift with every glance. The soft gradients and translucent layers evoke a sense of calm and movement at once, an abstract translation of the changing light that defines the early hours.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 20 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Dawn
In Dawn, Lisette Schumacher continues her exploration of light and perception. Each work captures the fleeting transitions between night and day, where colour and reflection seem to shift with every glance. The soft gradients and translucent layers evoke a sense of calm and movement at once, an abstract translation of the changing light that defines the early hours.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 20 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Dawn
In Dawn, Lisette Schumacher continues her exploration of light and perception. Each work captures the fleeting transitions between night and day, where colour and reflection seem to shift with every glance. The soft gradients and translucent layers evoke a sense of calm and movement at once, an abstract translation of the changing light that defines the early hours.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 20 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Dawn
In Dawn, Lisette Schumacher continues her exploration of light and perception. Each work captures the fleeting transitions between night and day, where colour and reflection seem to shift with every glance. The soft gradients and translucent layers evoke a sense of calm and movement at once, an abstract translation of the changing light that defines the early hours.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 20 × 2 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Dawn
In Dawn, Lisette Schumacher continues her exploration of light and perception. Each work captures the fleeting transitions between night and day, where colour and reflection seem to shift with every glance. The soft gradients and translucent layers evoke a sense of calm and movement at once, an abstract translation of the changing light that defines the early hours.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 40 × 5 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Sunrise at Griffith
In Sunrise at Griffith, Lisette Schumacher captures the quiet beauty of early mornings in Los Angeles. Inspired by the light surrounding Griffith Observatory, this series features soft compositions in pale pinks, yellows, and muted blues. The works invite viewers to pause and experience a fleeting moment of calm – a gentle beginning to a city that rarely rests.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 40 × 5 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Sunrise at Griffith
In Sunrise at Griffith, Lisette Schumacher captures the quiet beauty of early mornings in Los Angeles. Inspired by the light surrounding Griffith Observatory, this series features soft compositions in pale pinks, yellows, and muted blues. The works invite viewers to pause and experience a fleeting moment of calm – a gentle beginning to a city that rarely rests.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 40 × 5 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Sunrise at Griffith
Lisette Schumacher is known for her translations of modernist architecture into layered, spatial works. Using transparent boxes as her canvas, she builds up layers of acrylic paint to create a distinctive play of light, colour, and depth.
Following her earlier series View on Sunset, inspired by the colours and lines of mid-century modern architecture in Los Angeles, she now presents her latest body of work: Sunrise at Griffith. This new series focuses on the early morning light surrounding the iconic Griffith Observatory. Painted in exceptionally soft tones – delicate gradients of pale yellow, lavender, and dusty pink – the works evoke the quiet atmosphere of a city just beginning to wake.
As always, the plexiglass enhances the transparency and layering in her work, turning each piece into a moment suspended in time and space. With Sunrise at Griffith, Lisette invites viewers to pause and take in the ephemeral beauty of a new day unfolding.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 40 × 5 cm, 2025
Mixed media
From the series Sunrise at Griffith
In Sunrise at Griffith, Lisette Schumacher captures the quiet beauty of early mornings in Los Angeles. Inspired by the light surrounding Griffith Observatory, this series features soft compositions in pale pinks, yellows, and muted blues. The works invite viewers to pause and experience a fleeting moment of calm – a gentle beginning to a city that rarely rests.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 × 4 cm, 2024
Mixed media
From the series View On Sunset
The View on Sunset series reflects Lisette Schumacher’s deep connection with mid-century modern architecture and the captivating sunsets of Los Angeles. Lisette’s interest lies in the idea that architecture engenders a basic physical experience prior to also initiating an intellectual interpretation. By observing the location intensely and moving through each room repeatedly, she can both experience the space in a physical way and interpret it intellectually. After studying the site's history and architect, a period of in-depth research into technique, material and colour schemes follows. This results in a series of works that reflect on the site's atmosphere, history and its design.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 × 4 cm, 2024
Mixed media
From the series View On Sunset
The View on Sunset series reflects Lisette Schumacher’s deep connection with mid-century modern architecture and the captivating sunsets of Los Angeles. Lisette’s interest lies in the idea that architecture engenders a basic physical experience prior to also initiating an intellectual interpretation. By observing the location intensely and moving through each room repeatedly, she can both experience the space in a physical way and interpret it intellectually. After studying the site's history and architect, a period of in-depth research into technique, material and colour schemes follows. This results in a series of works that reflect on the site's atmosphere, history and its design.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.
By Lisette Schumacher
30 × 25 x 6 cm, 2024
Mixed media
From the series Mirroring Reflections
Mirroring Reflections is a translation to Lisette Schumacher's previous series in which she added a mirror to the backdrop of the artwork. This mirror reflects the painting on the frontside, creating an extra layer of depth which gives the work an almost sculptural character. Endless reflections of sun on glass and water were the starting points to create Lisette’s Mirroring Reflections series. During her residency in Los Angeles (April – May 2022), she visited The Stahl House, located in the Hollywood Hills. It was designed by Buck Stahl and Pierre Koenig in 1959-60. She was stunned by the pure beauty and tranquility of the Stahl House. During her stay, Lisette noticed an intriguing play of reflections in the glass facades of the home, caused by the water of the swimming pool and the reflections of the sun. She wanted to create a body of work that would visualize her observations and bring an ode to the family home, built from glass and steel. The Stahl House has become the figurehead of modern architecture in Los Angeles. She picked the color palette based on the local rocks, succulents, interior and the swimming pool.
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About your recent presentations
"During my solo presentation at the KunstRAI recently, I showed a mix of works from earlier series and my newest body of work: Sunrise at Griffith. When Yvonne asked last year if I wanted to do the solo this year, I immediately knew I wanted to debut this new series. The timing felt right. I was interested in showing visitors a curated selection from my recent work inspired by Mid-Century Modern architecture and the impact of light and reflection. There’s always a reference to the three-dimensionality of buildings in my work, and that came through in the presentation."
Looking forward
With the KunstRAI 2025 behind us, we're taking a moment to reflect on the years of collaboration and growth that have brought us here. At the same time, we’re already looking forward. Root Gallery will officially reopen its renovated gallery space this September, and Lisette will be part of our upcoming programme. More on that soon.
Solo booth at the KunstRAI, photography by Jacqueline Fuijkschot
Lisette’s trajectory shows how an artist can remain loyal to a core set of themes - light and the physical experience of space - while radically shifting materials and presentation over time. From canvas to wooden panels, from architectural research in France to the elusive qualities of Californian light, her practice continues to unfold in surprising, precise, and deeply personal ways. As a gallery, it’s a privilege to be part of that development, not just as an exhibitor, but as a partner in conversation, someone who sees new work before it’s finished, who visits the studio when things are still uncertain. It’s this long-term, mutual trust that forms the foundation of what we build together.
After more than a decade of collaboration, Lisette’s work remains an anchor in our programme. And as Root Gallery prepares to fully reopen its doors in September 2025, we’re thrilled that she’ll continue to be part of this next chapter.
Curious to see her work in real life? You’re warmly invited to visit Root Gallery this autumn. And if you'd like a personal preview or more information, feel free to get in touch. We’re always happy to share more about the artists and stories that shape our gallery.
By Lisette Schumacher
160 x 110 x 6 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
From the series View On Sunset
The View on Sunset series reflects Lisette Schumacher’s ongoing exploration of mid-century modern architecture and the specific quality of light found in Los Angeles at dusk. Rather than translating architecture as a fixed image, Schumacher approaches each site as a lived experience, one that is first felt physically before it is understood intellectually.
By moving through a building repeatedly, observing shifts in light, rhythm and material, Schumacher absorbs the atmosphere of a place. This embodied experience is combined with historical research into the site and its architect, followed by an intensive investigation of colour, surface and technique. The resulting works do not depict architecture directly, but translate its presence into layered compositions and subtle colour transitions.
In this work, soft blues, pale yellows and warm earth tones flow across the surface, echoing reflections of sky and structure as daylight fades. The composition remains open and spacious, inviting slow looking and allowing the work to change with its surroundings, much like the architecture that inspired it.
Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.
By Lisette Schumacher
160 x 110 x 6 cm, 2025
Mixed Media
From the series View On Sunset
The View on Sunset series reflects Lisette Schumacher’s deep connection with mid-century modern architecture and the captivating sunsets of Los Angeles. Lisette’s interest lies in the idea that architecture engenders a basic physical experience prior to also initiating an intellectual interpretation. By observing the location intensely and moving through each room repeatedly, she can both experience the space in a physical way and interpret it intellectually. After studying the site's history and architect, a period of in-depth research into technique, material and colour schemes follows. This results in a series of works that reflect on the site's atmosphere, history and its design.
Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.
By Lisette Schumacher
190 x 80 x 6 cm, 2023
Mixed media
From the series Novel Trailing Reflections
Endless reflections of sun on glass and water were the starting points to create Lisette Schumacher’s Trailing Reflections series. During her residency in Los Angeles (April – May 2022) she visited The Stahl House, located in the Hollywood Hills. It was designed by Buck Stahl and Pierre Koenig in 1959-60. She was stunned by the pure beauty and tranquility of the Stahl House. During her stay, Lisette noticed an intriguing play of reflections in the glass facades of the home, caused by the water of the swimming pool and the reflections of the sun. She wanted to create a body of work that would visualize her observations and bring an ode to the family home, built from glass and steel. The Stahl House has become the figurehead of modern architecture in Los Angeles. She picked the color palette based on the local rocks, succulents, interior and the swimming pool.
Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.
By Lisette Schumacher
60 × 50 x 6 cm, 2026
Mixed media
From the series Coachella views
Coachella Views XIV is one of the most contrasting works in Lisette Schumacher’s series. Warm coral and golden yellow meet cooler blue and lilac, recalling the striking opposition between the sunlit Coachella Valley and the snow-capped San Jacinto Mountains beyond it. Broad areas of colour create movement, while an intricate pattern on the right gives the composition a more concentrated intensity.
Schumacher does not reproduce a particular view. Instead, she brings together impressions of heat, distance, wind and rapidly changing colour. The result is a confident abstract artwork with a strong presence: vivid enough to anchor a space, yet layered enough to reveal quieter transitions on closer inspection.
This work will be shipped within the Netherlands and Belgium at no additional cost, securely and with tracking.