Ruben van Veen - Het meisje en de nar

This painting is titled “The Girl and the Jester.” It is also known as “Watch Out for the Green Danger” or “Me Too.”

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Ruben van Veen (born 1960) lives and works in the Netherlands and took drawing and painting lessons at the Volksuniversiteit in Gouda and at the Royal Academy of Art 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 approach in which the subconscious plays an important role in the creative process.
Without a preconceived plan, he starts with a piece. Then a human figure always appears. Usually accompanied by an animal, a fruit, or an everyday object. This combination of images offers a glimpse into a bizarre world. The leading theme in the work is, therefore, the human being and the complex social relationship that people have with one another. It deals with desires and fears and marks the fine line between seducing and repelling, harmony and conflict, tenderness and combat.
Not without irony, he attempts to visualize the riddle of life and is in search of a continually shifting ideal of beauty.