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.