Faye Vander Veer

You Still Look the Same, Oil Painting

2023

Artist Comments
Artist Faye Vander Veer paints an intimate view depicting the interior of Le Procope—one of Paris's most famous restaurants. Using a limited palette and decisive brushwork, Faye creates an ambient environment that draws the viewer in, inviting the eyes to linger awhile. The crystal chandelier and wall sconces shine warmly on the china and glassware, creating a dazzling display. "I noticed the couple seated at the corner table," says Faye. "I imagined they were meeting after many years. I love creating a narrative in a painting. It's so romantic."

About the Artist
Artist Faye Vander Veer seeks out moments with engaging narratives and captures them with an impressionist style. Her dramatic use of color, texture, light and shadow lend a glowing quality, creating an energy all their own. While using her own photographs as a general reference, it is her sensory memory of the event and her emotional reaction that is conveyed on the canvas, causing the viewer to be transported to another time and place. “Painting becomes a language I use to express my emotional response to what is before me and share my experience of the subject with others,“ says Faye.

Words that describe this painting: Europe, France, figurative, restaurant, cafe, interior, dining, waiter, wine, table, romance, Manet, Sargent, impressionism, people, travel, glass, seated, dining, chandelier, oilpaint, foyer, impressionism, people, travel, oil painting, brown

You Still Look the Same
Faye Vander Veer
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2023
20 in. h x 20 in. w x 1.5 in. d
2 lbs. 8 oz.