“I believe we need art that transcends the every day. Art that promises joy and enchantment and unites us in our common humanity.”

In my work I aim to catch the numinous, the spiritual, beautiful. Making artwork allows me to create unique worlds that resonate with joy and hope.

I see my work as if on a sliding scale - I can work closely inspired by nature or move gradually away from the outer eye into the inner eye, never leaving nature behind completely. My poetic-expressionistic style creates atmosphere, drawing you in and encouraging a dialogue between you and the work. 

I am fascinated with colour as light, form as space, movement as expression, and the spirit of play. I explore themes such as being a woman and the environment, often in subtle, indirect ways, allowing the artwork to remain open and free,  inviting multiple interpretations. 

Delving into the spiritual side of nature unveils an increasingly supernatural world, filled with colour and form—the world of abstraction.

Kandinsky wrote: "When the artist has outer and inner eyes for nature, it thanks him by inspiring him. It will lead us at last to cosmic feeling, to the music of the spheres." 

This is why my portfolio includes both representational and non-representational work. The representational does not make the non-representational meaningless and the non-representational does not make the representational superfluous. They are inter-dependent. Art is the force that keeps spirit and matter in a delicate living, moving balance.

Since studying Textile Design (print) my love of the printed image has rekindled.

A work of art cannot be so perfect that everything is expressed, it must leave room for you, the viewer, to enter, to add your personal experiences and insights. 

“We need art that opens us up to beauty and takes us by the hand like a friend.”

Sibylle Laubscher (CH/UK, *1971) studied Textile Design and Design Management BSc(Hons) at The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Relocating to Vienna, Austria, she studyed with Zeger van Soest. As the first living artist Laubscher won a public commission for Schönbrunn Palace. Moving to Switzerland she studied Fine Art at a private art school, continuing her studies in art philosophy (what makes a work of art a work of art) with professor and artist Martin Rabe after his retirement. She completed the Hagitude program with Dr. Sharon Blackie 2023, and in 2024 the Online Drawing Development Year at the Royal Drawing School. Currently studying "Finding ourselves in Fairytales: A Narrative Psychological Approach" online at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Awarded a scholarship to study at the International Summer Academy Salzburg, Austria in 2025.

Laubscher has exhibited in group exhibitions in Austria (Vienna), Switzerland, Wales, Italy (Venice), and solo exhibitions in Austria and Switzerland. Her work is held in private collections around the world. She designs posters and stage sets for am dram groups. She worked as a freelance writer and illustrator for a premier Swiss gardening magazine. Laubscher painted murals in Kenya, Germany and Switzerland. She draws a monthly social, political cartoon for a premium local newspaper (Volksstimme). 

She gives talks on Art Philosophy at exhibitions and teaches art to adults and carries out "live painting" in public locations such as cafes, concerts etc. She drew live on BBC Radio 2 when the station was in Basel for Eurovision 2025. Graham Norton and Conchita Wurst were the guests -  both have a drawing. 

A short film based on the roleplaying game Das Schwarze Auge (the German equivalent of Dungeons & Dragons) was filmed locally in 2025. Sibylle Laubscher was resident artist, documenting the “making of” and creating film props. Laubscher designed the film poster. Her drawings are featured in the end credits.

Laubscher works from her atelier and exhibition space in Arisdorf, near Basel, Switzerland.

“I have been accompanying Sibylle and her paintings for over 20 years - I see passion and a constant path to her own expression. Sibylle stays away from the vanity and arbitrariness of the art market. With her paintings, she expresses what she honestly sees and feels, beyond the fashion trends to which art is also subject.”
Ursula Burgy, collector