Faye Vander Veer

A Simpler Time, Oil Painting

2023

Artist Comments
Artist Faye Vander Veer presents an old white shingled farmhouse with a tin roof. The piece evokes a strong sense of nostalgia that reminds of simpler times before computers and the internet. "You can almost feel the warmth of the summer sun," says Faye. "I love looking at old country houses and often wonder about the stories they could tell about the generations who have lived there." Faye simplifies the foreground with quick, expressive brushwork. A pathway leads the viewer to the front porch, inviting them to sit and rest for a while.

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: landscape, farmhouse, nostalgia, field, trees, architecture, building, farm, impressionism, sunny, oilpaint, woods, grass, architecture, impressionism, oil painting, yellow

A Simpler Time
Faye Vander Veer
Oil painting on unstretched linen
Varnished and Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2023
20 in. h x 24 in. w x .25 in. d
1 lbs. 6 oz.