Sunrise at Griffith III by Lisette Schumacher








Sunrise at Griffith III by Lisette Schumacher
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.
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By Lisette Schumacher
135 × 80 × 6 cm, 2026
Mixed Media
From the series Desert Modernism
In Desert Modernism VII, Lisette Schumacher translates the atmosphere of Palm Springs into an abstract mixed-media painting. Sweeping bands of peach, soft pink and pale blue move across a textured field, punctuated by flashes of yellow and a deep blue edge. The composition shifts between fluid brushwork and a densely speckled surface, creating the sensation of looking across a sunlit landscape without depicting a specific view.
The work belongs to Schumacher’s Desert Modernism series, developed after her visit to Palm Springs and Albert Frey’s modernist Frey House II. Her paintings explore the contrasts that define this setting: architecture and wilderness, shelter and open landscape, warm desert colours and the cool blues of sky and water.
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