Ruben van Veen - The bride's choice

This painting by the artist Ruben van Veen is titled “The bride’s choice,” and is a nod to the woman who knows how to win a man over. The high-contrast colors bear witness to the emotions at play.

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Ruben van Veen (born 1960) lives and works in the Netherlands and studied drawing and painting at the Volksuniversiteit in Gouda and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. He has been exhibiting since 1992. His work is included in museum and private collections. In 2016 a catalog appeared, “Ruben van Veen / Drawings Paintings Cardboard,” a selection of his work from 1994–2016.

General information:
Ruben van Veen makes drawings, paintings, and works on cardboard in a figurative intuitive practice in which the subconscious forms an important part of the creative process. Without a preconceived plan, he starts a piece. Then a human figure always emerges. Often accompanied by an animal, a fruit, or an everyday object. This combination of images offers a view into a bizarre world. The central theme in his work is the human being and the complex social relationship that people have with one another. It is about desires and fears and it reveals the thin line between enticing and repelling, harmony and conflict, tenderness and struggle. Not without irony, he attempts to visualize the mystery of life and is in search of a continually shifting ideal of beauty.