Peter Van Der Veen

Born in the north of Holland, in a place called Meppel 1-07-1958Next to the well known themes like love, death and loneliness, there is in every painting the theme of the repetition. According to the painter life is a constant repetition. It is the knack to come within that repetition to a certain kind of dynamics. This dynamics he likes to paint. At first sight the constructed compositions seem to be the result of a lot of thinking and sketching, but they are not. He never makes sketches on paper. When he is painting, he draws, with the help of that painting, the next one in his mind. One painting leads to another painting, in this way his oeuvre grows. Striking is the use of colourfull patterns. They are spread over the canvas, like confetti. At first sight the patterns seem to be purely decorative, but they are not. The patterns make the dynamics within the painting, there becomes rhythm in the painting

Peter van der Veen is a self-taught artist.

2016. Museum Heerenveen, with the Take 5 group. Heerenveen.
2015. Museums Vledder, with the Take 5 group. Vledder.
2015. Citymuseum Most, with the Take 5 group. Tsjechië.
2014. Kunst in Drenthe van 1800 tot heden. Roden.
2013. Gallery "De Dwingeldervelder" . Ruinen.
2013. Office Univé. Meppel.
2012. Grensloos Kunst verkennen, with the Take 5 group. De Wijk
2009. Open Art Fair. Utrecht.
2007. AAF. Amsterdam.
2007. ITAF. Amsterdam