Root Gallery

By Donald Schenkel
160 x 120 cm, 2026
oil on canvas, with wooden frame

From the series Painting as screen

In In Praise of Shadows, Donald Schenkel builds a quiet composition through subtle transitions of colour and light. Deep blue gradually dissolves into pale, luminous tones before meeting a warm orange glow. Two delicate vertical forms interrupt the otherwise seamless surface, creating balance, depth and a restrained sense of movement.

Painted in oil through many thin layers, the work has an exceptional softness and intensity. Its minimal composition brings calm to a space, while the shifting colours continue to reveal new nuances as the light changes throughout the day.
Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Donald Schenkel
145 × 135 cm, 2025
oil on linen, with wooden frame

From the series Faraway Comes Near

First Light (Orange and Cobalt) is an abstract oil painting on linen by Dutch artist Donald Schenkel. Created in 2025, the painting measures 145 × 135 cm and is presented in a wooden frame. A continuous colour gradient moves from cobalt blue through pale, luminous tones into warm orange, creating a sense of light and distance without depicting a recognisable landscape.

The painting belongs to the series that forms the foundation of Schenkel’s artistic practice: an investigation into blue as the colour of distance and the immaterial. Rebecca Solnit’s book A Field Guide to Getting Lost helped shape this exploration, connecting blue with the experience of looking towards something that remains beyond reach.

In First Light (Orange and Cobalt), the meeting of blue and orange suggests the atmosphere of daybreak while remaining entirely abstract. There is no fixed horizon or identifiable place. Instead, the gradual transitions invite the eye to move across the surface and settle into the colour.

Developing subtle gradients in oil paint has been central to Schenkel’s work for more than a decade. His carefully controlled colour transitions reveal more nuance as you move closer or spend time with the painting. Here, the visible texture of the linen sits alongside the smoothness of the gradient, grounding the impression of light in a physical, painted surface.
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By Saïd Kinos
180 × 160 cm, 2026
Acrylic on linen

Saïd Kinos transforms language into a striking visual composition. In this painting, oversized letterforms overlap and interlock across a luminous silver ground, forming a dense, almost architectural structure. The words are only partly legible; their scale, rhythm and shifting shadows take over from reading. Against the restrained palette, vivid yellow-green marks bring a sharp, unexpected energy to the surface.

Working at the intersection of graffiti, graphic design and contemporary art, Kinos has developed a distinctive approach to what he calls post-typography. Here, language is both image and material: familiar forms are reconstructed until they move between communication and abstraction.

Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Emma Veulemans
142 × 138 cm, 2025
Acrylic and oil stick on wood

Van Eigen Bodem is a large contemporary painting in which Emma Veulemans brings together a house, tree and sun through bold fields of colour and graphic contours. Familiar elements from the landscape are simplified and rearranged, giving the scene the directness of an illustration while retaining the texture and visible gestures of painting.

The Dutch title, which refers to something originating from one’s own soil, introduces ideas of home, familiarity and belonging. Painted in acrylic and oil stick on wood, the work balances the architectural shape of the house with the organic forms of the tree and surrounding landscape.

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By Vera Klaus
180 × 120 cm, 2026
Mixed media on cotton, framed

Vera Klaus creates contemporary abstract paintings through an intuitive and physical process. Working with pastel chalk and water, she builds layered, gestural compositions in which colour, movement and texture are closely connected. Music plays an important role in her practice, helping her to let go of her surroundings and become fully immersed in the present moment. Her latest colourful paintings introduce pink and blue undertones, marking a new step in her ongoing exploration of pastel and water. The resulting abstract works convey strength, vitality and joy, inviting the viewer to lose themselves in their expressive colours, subtle details and shifting nuances.

Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Vera Klaus
180 × 120 cm, 2026
Mixed media on cotton, framed

Dreams and Hope marks a new direction in the work of Vera Klaus. Across a soft pink ground, recurring arched forms appear like mountains, shelters or elements from an imagined landscape. Deep blue, vivid red, yellow and earthy green are layered through translucent washes, drawn contours and tactile marks.

While Klaus’s earlier paintings were often led by spontaneous gestures, this work introduces a more deliberate visual language. The repeated forms gather, overlap and disperse across the canvas, creating a rhythm that moves between drawing and painting, structure and intuition.
Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Donald Schenkel
160 x 120 cm, 2026
oil on canvas, with wooden frame

From the series Painting as screen

With Sudden Flare of Interest, Donald Schenkel continues his exploration of colour as an autonomous element. Built up through numerous layers of oil paint, the composition unfolds gradually, moving from deep blue tones towards a luminous centre of warm orange and white. The painting evokes associations with landscapes, reflections or shifting skies, yet remains firmly rooted in abstraction.

Rather than depicting a specific place, Schenkel creates a space in which atmosphere and perception take centre stage. The slow process of layering and refinement gives the surface depth and subtle complexity, rewarding prolonged viewing. The result is a painting that changes with the surrounding light and invites contemplation without imposing a fixed interpretation.
Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Vera Klaus
170 × 140 cm, 2026
Mixed media on cotton, framed

Morgens Am See (Morning at the Lake) is a large abstract painting by contemporary artist Vera Klaus, created in 2026. The work is executed in mixed media on canvas and presented in a wooden floater frame.

Vera Klaus’s work often centres on the quiet intensity of small, fleeting moments. Rather than depicting a specific landscape or memory, her paintings build an atmosphere through colour, rhythm and layered gestures. In Morgens Am See, soft transitions and subtle contrasts create a sense of openness and stillness, recalling the experience of early morning light reflected on water.

The composition balances broad colour fields with more delicate passages of paint, allowing the surface to remain active without becoming overwhelming. From a distance, the painting reads as calm and expansive; up close, the layered marks and material traces reveal the artist’s process.

Through this approach, Vera Klaus creates works that invite sustained looking. The painting offers both visual clarity and depth, making it well suited for contemporary interiors where colour, light and space interact with the artwork throughout the day.
Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Vera Klaus
150 × 120 cm, 2025
Mixed media on cotton, framed

Vera Klaus creates vibrant and dynamic compositions using diverse materials, including spray paint, acrylic, and chalk. Inspired by music, she channels its flow to evoke joy and positive emotions, seamlessly translating her happiness into her art. Through evocative titles, she enhances the uplifting energy of her works, inviting viewers to share in her inspiration. Everyday moments - like sunlight on your skin, blooming fields, or warm encounters - fuel her creativity, grounding her art in the beauty of the present. Each painting becomes a tangible expression of these fleeting yet profound experiences, radiating a sense of connection and vitality.

Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Lisette Schumacher
160 x 110 x 6 cm, 2025
Mixed Media

From the series View On Sunset

The View on Sunset series reflects Lisette Schumacher’s ongoing exploration of mid-century modern architecture and the specific quality of light found in Los Angeles at dusk. Rather than translating architecture as a fixed image, Schumacher approaches each site as a lived experience, one that is first felt physically before it is understood intellectually.
By moving through a building repeatedly, observing shifts in light, rhythm and material, Schumacher absorbs the atmosphere of a place. This embodied experience is combined with historical research into the site and its architect, followed by an intensive investigation of colour, surface and technique. The resulting works do not depict architecture directly, but translate its presence into layered compositions and subtle colour transitions.
In this work, soft blues, pale yellows and warm earth tones flow across the surface, echoing reflections of sky and structure as daylight fades. The composition remains open and spacious, inviting slow looking and allowing the work to change with its surroundings, much like the architecture that inspired it.

Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Lisette Schumacher
160 x 110 x 6 cm, 2025
Mixed Media

From the series View On Sunset

The View on Sunset series reflects Lisette Schumacher’s deep connection with mid-century modern architecture and the captivating sunsets of Los Angeles. Lisette’s interest lies in the idea that architecture engenders a basic physical experience prior to also initiating an intellectual interpretation. By observing the location intensely and moving through each room repeatedly, she can both experience the space in a physical way and interpret it intellectually. After studying the site's history and architect, a period of in-depth research into technique, material and colour schemes follows. This results in a series of works that reflect on the site's atmosphere, history and its design.

Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.

By Lisette Schumacher
190 x 80 x 6 cm, 2023
Mixed media

From the series Novel Trailing Reflections

Endless reflections of sun on glass and water were the starting points to create Lisette Schumacher’s Trailing Reflections series. During her residency in Los Angeles (April – May 2022) she visited The Stahl House, located in the Hollywood Hills. It was designed by Buck Stahl and Pierre Koenig in 1959-60. She was stunned by the pure beauty and tranquility of the Stahl House. During her stay, Lisette noticed an intriguing play of reflections in the glass facades of the home, caused by the water of the swimming pool and the reflections of the sun. She wanted to create a body of work that would visualize her observations and bring an ode to the family home, built from glass and steel. The Stahl House has become the figurehead of modern architecture in Los Angeles. She picked the color palette based on the local rocks, succulents, interior and the swimming pool.

Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.