Vanessa Van Meerhaeghe is a painter and illustrator from Ronse, Belgium. With a background in fashion design from KASK Ghent, she began her career in fashion and illustration before focusing entirely on painting. Her art is known for its bold colors, playful style, and stylized characters captured in everyday moments that feel both familiar and a bit surreal.
Working in oil or acrylic, Vanessa often sets her characters against vibrant nature scenes or intricate patterns, adding depth and energy to simple, everyday situations. Her figures are absorbed in quiet tasks, blending humor with a touch of introspection. Through her work, she reveals the quirky beauty in ordinary life, transforming familiar scenes into something fresh, inviting, and full of life.