Artist Comments
The artwork depicts a warm summer day in Montmartre, Paris. An older couple walks arm in arm across the street while people dining al fresco bask in the afternoon sun. In the foreground, a waiter stands in the entrance of Restaurante Le Consul, a historic café where Pablo Picasso and other artists once gathered.
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, cafe, restaurant, urban, Paris, food, summer, narrative, Degas, Manet, season, road, street, France, facade, script, architecture, impressionism, travel, oil painting, beige
Arm in Arm
Faye Vander Veer
Oil painting on masonite board
Varnished and Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2026
20 in. h x 16 in. w x .13 in. d
1 lbs. 0 oz.