Colour, Light & Movement
The art of Donald Wayne Corneil explores how light becomes colour, texture suggests movement, and abstract forms can carry emotional meaning.
Working primarily in acrylic, on canvases ranging from 16 × 20 to 40 × 60 inches, Corneil creates richly layered compositions balancing geometric order with expressive freedom.
Colour, Light & Movement
The art of Donald Wayne Corneil explores how light becomes colour, texture suggests movement, and abstract forms can carry emotional meaning.
Working primarily in acrylic, on canvases ranging from 16 × 20 to 40 × 60 inches, Corneil creates richly layered compositions balancing geometric order with expressive freedom.
Some paintings evoke shifting horizons, northern skies, forest canopies, or stained glass; others remain deliberately open and nonrepresentational. Rather than dictating a single narrative, Corneil invites viewers to slow down, explore the intricate physical layers, and build their own personal emotional connections with what they see.
Featured Works by Category
Explore original paintings divided into works available for direct collector acquisition, pieces held in private collections, and works from the artist’s permanent archive.
Available Original Paintings
Original acrylic paintings currently available for purchase directly from the studio. Each piece includes dimensions, medium specifications, and direct studio pricing.
Private Collections
A curated archive of previously acquired paintings now residing in private residential collections.
Artist’s Permanent Collection
Foundational paintings, retrospective milestones and other works – available to exhibit but not for sale.
Geometric Order & Expressive Freedom
Across his five signature series—Light & Atmosphere, Structures & Convergences, Chromatic Rhythms, Interior Landscapes, and Gestures of Nature & Energy—geometric order continually coexists with expressive freedom. Grids, stripes, architectural blocks, and intersecting diagonals provide rhythm and structure, while layered brushwork, scraped patinas, drips, and spontaneous gestures introduce tactile energy and psychological depth.
Light & Atmosphere
Paintings exploring the emotional qualities of light. Blues, violets, and golds create environments suspended between observation and imagination.
Explore Series →Structures & Convergences
Grids, squares, and intersecting lines divide the canvas into rhythmic visual events. Explores how separate experiences come together into a coherent whole.
Explore Series →Chromatic Rhythms
Repeated diagonal bands create the impression of vibration and optical movement. Structured from across the room, yet deeply irregular and subtle up close.
Explore Series →Interior Landscapes
Dark grounds, weathered textures, and sudden incandescent flashes create psychological spaces. Offers fragments from which viewers build personal interpretations.
Explore Series →Gestures of Nature & Energy
Celebrates physical movement and organic vitality. Dense impasto and sweeping strokes evoke gardens, forests, wings, and natural forces.
Explore Series →Collector Consultations
Private studio viewings can be arranged by appointment in the Ottawa area. Consultations for bespoke commissions are welcomed.