Little biographical information is currently available about M. van de Veer, a Dutch artist who worked with Fred Genis at his workshop at Oudkerk in Friesland in the 1970s. What the print Thistles reveals, however, speaks clearly enough — here is a draughtsman of quiet accomplishment and genuine feeling for the natural world.
The print combines two images on a single sheet: a meticulously rendered thistle plant, drawn with botanical precision and extraordinary delicacy of line, alongside a small inset landscape of the Frisian countryside — rolling fields, wind-bent trees, and a brooding sky that is immediately recognisable as the flat, atmospheric terrain surrounding the Oudkerk studio. The juxtaposition of the close-observed natural specimen with the broader landscape places the particular within the universal in a way that feels entirely Dutch in sensibility — patient, grounded, and attentive to the world immediately at hand.
We welcome any further information about this artist.
