Have you ever watched clouds drifting across a mountain landscape and marvelled at how everything changes from one moment to the next?

The light shifts, the mountains change colour and the clouds create an endless variety of shapes in the sky.

Mountain Sky I is a small original oil painting capturing the living beauty of the Swiss Alps.

A little window into the mountains

Between 2019 and 2022, I was fortunate to spend a week each summer painting en plein air at 2,100 metres above sea level in Graubünden, Switzerland.

Away from the interruptions of everyday life, I could devote myself entirely to observing the landscape and responding to it through painting.

I spent hours watching the mountains, fascinated by how their colours changed with the light and how the clouds continually transformed the view.

Sometimes the mountains appeared solid and monumental. At other times, the drifting clouds seemed to soften their outlines, creating an almost dreamlike atmosphere.

In Mountain Sky I, I wanted to capture something of this extraordinary relationship between earth and sky.

The living beauty of nature

For me, painting outdoors is about more than reproducing a landscape.

It is about becoming immersed in a place, discovering its changing moods and sensing the life within it.

Mountains may appear immovable, yet their colours and atmosphere are constantly changing. Clouds move, shadows travel across the slopes and the entire landscape seems to breathe.

I love the thought that a painting can preserve one fleeting moment of this endless transformation.

And because the work is small, it invites you to look closely, allowing your imagination to wander into the immense landscape beyond its frame.

A little piece of the Swiss Alps for your home

Measuring just 11 × 16 cm, Mountain Sky I is an intimate original oil painting on cardboard, beautifully presented in a wooden box frame measuring 20 × 26 × 3.3 cm.

The painting is mounted to appear as though it is floating within the frame, giving the artwork a lovely sense of space.

Its compact size makes it particularly suitable for a small wall, a reading corner or a collection of original artworks.

It would also look wonderful displayed alongside other paintings from my Swiss Alpine series, creating a conversation between different mountain views and changing skies.

A small painting with an immense view, celebrating the movement of clouds and the extraordinary beauty of the mountains.

Artwork details

• Title: Mountain Sky I

• Artwork: Original, one-of-a-kind oil painting

• Medium: Oil on cardboard

• Artwork dimensions: 11 × 16 cm (width × height)

• Framed dimensions: 20 × 26 × 3.3 cm (width × height × depth)

• Presentation: Floating mount using acid-free tape on backing card, in a wooden box frame

• Subject: Swiss Alpine mountains and clouds

• Inspiration: Painting en plein air at 2,100 metres in Graubünden, Switzerland

• Artist: Sibylle Laubscher

This is an original, one-of-a-kind painting. There is only one in the world, and once it has found its new home, it will no longer be available.

Packaging and shipping

I will send your original artwork carefully wrapped and securely packaged, with particular attention to protecting the wooden box frame during transport.

The painting is already professionally presented in a wooden box frame, with the artwork floating on its backing card using acid-free tape. No additional framing is necessary, although a professional framer can advise you if you would like to change its presentation in the future.