Maeve van Klaveren

The work of Maeve van Klaveren (Utrecht, NL, 1977) is figurative. What you see is taken from daily life. Something intrigues her and this is processed into her drawings. The subject often arises from something small – an image or thought. 

Van Klaveren believes in giving meaning, It must be genuine. The idea behind a work should not impose. How one ultimately reads the image is what it should be, it is about giving your own interpretation. It does not tell one-to-one a story of sadness, happiness, love, life or death. But this is often a reason from which a work arises. These are thoughts Van Klaveren has at that moment that she puts them into the drawing.

It is her personal story of how she looks at feelings, relationships, desires, connections, hope and despair, life and death. Van Klaveren tries, as if it were, to convey timeless all-rounder emotion. Being human and nature are important sources of inspiration. She focuses on the materiality of the drawing. These elements she works out with the use of drawing material that can portray this in the best way, with a preference for watercolor or pastel.

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