The Ugly Duckling Painting

« In my works, I want to capture the beauty, being, and meaning of all things in any of their manifestations. » Lusie Schellenberg is an award-winning professional artist based in Switzerland, whose paintings have been exhibited nationally, as well as in Germany, Austria, USA , Italy , France, Spain ,Netherlands , Russia etc. The main genres of painting are seascapes, urban landscapes, people and still lifes. The author works mainly in the technique of multi-layered oil painting, observing the historically established technologies of writing, which contributes to the long-term preservation of the original quality of the painting layer. The same traditional approach to painting has been transferred to works with a modern sound. She uses various techniques, such as multi-layered painting, realism, expressionism, modern impressionism in combination with a palette knife, author’s technique.. Her characteristic landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, still lifes and figurative works are created in oil and acrylic on canvas.In his works, the author does not resort to limited stylistics: they can be structured on the verge of abstraction or acquire genre coloring, turning into stories from life. She describes her artistic expression as a reflection of reality as it really is. With her art, Lusie Schellenberg strives to «preserve the pristine beauty of existence”» Her works were presented at the MAMAG Museum of Modern Art and in the Louvre. She is one of the few artists who have been published in TATLER UK magazine,House & Garden Magazine UK, Spotlight ContemporaryArt Magazine.