Barbara Ellmerer

The œuvre of Swiss artist Barbara Ellmerer seamlessly merges her curiosity for the natural sciences with an intensive exploration of the medium of painting. In her works, the artist alternates...

When an apple falls to the ground, we see the effect of gravity. But not all laws of nature are so obvious. The painter Barbara Ellmerer takes invisible principles from...

Light, wispy shapes call to mind clouds or eddies in a stream, ripples or distant hills. A green like a quote from a meadow. Vertical structures that could be buildings:...

Pink hills, blue dales: the forms in Atomjumps , Barbara Ellmerer’s new series of paintings, are soft and quite definitely libidinous. Round, flowing and supple, they evoke warm, lazily lounging...

In a tender gesture the brush gingerly touches the canvas, feeling the fabric and sliding on, careful not to exert too much pressure. Calmly it applies just enough paint to...

Pale pink petals emerge from pale green foliage. Lengua , an oil painting by Swiss artist Barbara Ellmerer (born in 1956, lives in Zurich) seems to show a pleasant view...