Born in Interlaken, Switzerland, Stefan Geissbühler moved to the USA in 1992 to pursue his art career. He has worked as a full time artist since that time and has successfully sold his artwork to numerous private and corporate collectors, both in the USA and abroad. Travel, nature and music are his primary sources of inspiration. His most recent work focuses on abstractions that range from freestyle forms and figurative themes, to loosely representational landscapes. A common thread is his layering of vibrant colors to create art that visually sings. Stefan’s artwork can be found in many national and international, private and corporate collections, including MetLife Insurance, AAM Recordings, the Chamber Music Society of St. Louis (CMSSL), and Casino Kursaal Bern (Switzerland). Most recently, Stefan was commissioned by CMSSL to create two paintings for the internationally known conductor Leonard Slatkin, and Centene Corporation CEO Michael F. Neidorff.

My Artist Statement

I prefer to use acrylic paints on masonite. The smoothness and rigidity of the primed masonite offers me the freedom to achieve desired textures and supports my technique of painting with relatively stiff spackling knives and foam rollers. I begin a painting with a loose outline of the subject. I then start layering the paints. Depending on the desired look and “feel’ of a painting, I either apply thin layers, or heavier, color-saturated layers of the impasto style. I hand-craft my own frames. A frame consists of a light-weight ebony-stained oak panel. A painting is attached with four brushed-metal cylinders. That allows the painting to float above the panel and gives the artwork an elegant, industrial, modern and three-dimensional quality.