Skreber's abstract paintings incorporate all the unrest of his pictorial work, but reduce the uneasy tension to a purely formal level. In Seele, Skreber exploits the rough material of the board, exposing the essence of the picture plane, nails and all, as a purely constructed surface. His rigid painted and taped lines subvert the stability of the grid like composition, creating an optical effect of corrugated disorientation.

Carving through his built-up veneer, Skreber subliminally reveals a kissing couple, a provocative image estranged from emotive connotation. Seele blurs the boundaries between sculpture and painting, flatness and perceived space. It is less a painting than a falsified architectural form.