By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
60 × 70 cm, 2026
Wooden frame included

In The Functionalist, Donald Schenkel places a warm vertical trace within a blue field that gradually opens towards pale light. The title suggests order and efficiency; the paint introduces something less predictable. Schenkel uses self-developed tools to guide and disrupt oil paint, leaving room for irregularity and chance. Here, the central mark interrupts the expansive colour field, bringing his material investigation into focus. The result is a contemporary abstract oil painting shaped by the tension between control and impermanence.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
130 × 75 cm, 2026
Wooden frame included

In The Imitator, two fine vertical traces appear almost alike, but never entirely identical. Their subtle differences create a tension between repetition and variation, while a gradual movement from blue through rose to orange shifts the painting’s atmosphere. Donald Schenkel builds the image in one wet-on-wet layer of oil paint, allowing the marks and colour transitions to remain connected. The work turns a simple visual echo into an open-ended study of likeness and difference.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
140 × 80 cm, 2026
Wooden frame included

In The Astronomer, a slender orange mark draws the eye through a field that moves from blue into pale light and warm, earth-toned colour. Donald Schenkel gives this small, concentrated gesture room to hold its own against the painting’s expansive surface. The work is made in a single wet-on-wet layer of oil paint, a process that allows each transition to remain part of one continuous movement. The result is an abstract oil painting shaped by contrast, atmosphere and the act of looking.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
140 × 80 cm, 2026
Wooden frame included

In The Observer, Donald Schenkel combines clear turquoise and blue tones with a softly illuminated centre. Fine vertical and horizontal marks appear throughout the composition, introducing a subtle rhythm within the expansive fields of colour.

The painting is built up in numerous thin layers of oil paint, creating smooth transitions and a remarkable sense of depth. Its tall, narrow format strengthens the meditative quality of the work. Both calming and quietly captivating, The Observerbrings colour into an interior without overwhelming the space.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
90 × 80 cm, 2026
Wooden frame included

The Observed draws the eye through an intense field of blue, interrupted by a concentrated orange form near the centre. The complementary colours heighten one another: the blue appears deeper, while the orange takes on the character of reflected light.

Donald Schenkel builds his paintings from numerous translucent layers of oil paint. Here, the gradual transitions are combined with blurred horizontal and vertical marks that seem to shift between distance and proximity. The composition never becomes a recognisable landscape, yet it carries the spatial quality of a horizon or reflection.

With its balanced proportions and vivid colour, The Observed is an original blue abstract painting that brings both depth and a strong focal point to a contemporary interior.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
70 × 80 cm, 2026
Wooden frame included

No Clear Skies Ahead by Donald Schenkel is built from a concentrated blue field that shifts in density and depth. Vertical traces appear and dissolve within the surface, suggesting movement without fixed direction. The work holds a quiet tension between stillness and disruption, shaped through a controlled yet irreversible process.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
70 × 68 cm, 2026
Wooden frame included

No Clear Skies Ahead by Donald Schenkel is built from a concentrated blue field that shifts in density and depth. Vertical traces appear and dissolve within the surface, suggesting movement without fixed direction. The work holds a quiet tension between stillness and disruption, shaped through a controlled yet irreversible process.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
140 × 80 cm, 2026
Wooden frame included

Lucid Line by Donald Schenkel unfolds through a gradual shift from warm to cool tones, where colour moves from yellow and pink into blue. A single vertical line interrupts the surface, creating a sense of alignment and tension. The painting balances clarity and instability, with each transition revealing the immediacy of a single-layer process.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
130 × 80 cm, 2025
Wooden frame included

In Unexpected Visitor, Donald Schenkel explores the presence of something unfamiliar entering a space without announcement.
The painting unfolds through layered gradients of oil paint, applied wet-in-wet in a single, continuous process. From a distance, the surface appears smooth and atmospheric; up close, the texture of the canvas and the movement of the paint become visible.

Vertical traces rise through the composition, subtly interrupting the horizontal flow of colour. Rather than disrupting the image entirely, they introduce a sense of passage, as if something has moved through the space and left a temporary imprint.

The title suggests a quiet encounter rather than a disruption. In Schenkel’s practice, unpredictability is part of the process: colours interact, shift, and assert themselves beyond full control.
Unexpected Visitor reflects on transience, attention, and the way brief presences - in life as well as in material - can alter perception without fully revealing themselves.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.

By Donald Schenkel
Oil on canvas
130 × 80 cm, 2025
Wooden frame included

In Unexpected Guest, Donald Schenkel explores the moment when an unforeseen presence enters an otherwise balanced system.
The painting unfolds through soft gradients of colour, created wet-in-wet in a single movement. From a distance, the surface appears smooth and almost immaterial; up close, the texture of the canvas and the physicality of oil paint become visible.

Subtle vertical shifts interrupt the horizontal flow of colour, introducing a quiet disturbance that alters the rhythm of the composition. What initially reads as calm and expansive gradually reveals a sense of ambiguity.

The title refers both to lived experience and to Schenkel’s painting process, in which chance plays an active role. Certain colours emerge unexpectedly, reshaping the work as it develops.
Unexpected Guest reflects on hospitality, vulnerability, and the way unforeseen encounters - in life and in material - can leave a lasting trace.

Delivery within the Netherlands and Belgium is arranged in consultation, either in person or securely shipped.