After being a portrait photographer and resident trainer for almost seventeen years in an analogue photography studio (PhotoCorporation) and digital photography studio (Fosica) Jessica Vonk started Pet Art digital painting mid 2018 as an avocation next to her work as a creative marketing assistent. Creating and painting in Photoshop is a big passion next to her big love for classic art, that grew out to the portraits she is creating today.
As a child she fell in love with the animation work of Yumiko Igarashi's Kyandi Kyandi (Candy Candy) a Japanese series, one of the reasons she started drawing. Her caricature portraits resemble that style with the big expressive eyes of innocence. Her work was showcased on Dutch Design Week, Europe's biggest design fair.
Her dog Daantje (American Cocker Spaniel) and Pino (yellow canary) are starring in the book series Daantje and Pino's adventures, the detective duo solving mysteries!