Qade 2018 – Donald Schenkel

Archaic View

Post Author:Donald
Post published:May 5, 2020
Post Category:Exhibition / Paintings

Archaic View is a complex gradient composition and triptych by Donald Schenkel, made of oil paint on wood. The gradient shows its mirror image in blue. This work of art…

Blue #001

Post Author:admin
Post published:May 5, 2020
Post Category:Paintings

Blue #001 is a work of art that explores the transparency of oil paints and the pigment Ultramarine Blue in particular. Exhibition view The Mattering of Colour, photography by Sophie…

Small Glass No.1

Post Author:Donald
Post published:May 5, 2020
Post Category:Objects

This work of art deals with the relationship between glass as a material and the material qualities of oil paint. This relationship which I started to explore when working with…

Diptych of shapes (#001)

Post Author:Donald
Post published:May 5, 2020
Post Category:Objects / Oil on Glass

The artwork is part of the series Containing Depth: This is where all elements intersect: paint, glass, the sculptural, depth and shape. Geometrical shapes are painted in front of others,…

Solo presentation at Qade 2018 Art Fair, Rotterdam Art Week

Post Author:Donald
Post published:February 7, 2018
Post Category:Exhibition

Slowly I am starting to push the boundaries of the size and stretch of the gradient, thus expanding the work’s effect on the spectator. Larger surfaces draw the viewer into…