Sandor Slash Ida
coverillustratie

De tijger van Paulien
coverillustratie

Zoen
coverillustratie

Het verhaal van Hebbert Wezel
binnenillustratie

Tobi en de Sterren
coverillustratie

Marijke Meersman

°Temse, 9 april 1965

Oeverstraat 69
9140 Temse
België

Tel +32.3.771.26.65
Fax +32.3.771.17.99
GSM +32.475.20.13.49

E-mail illustrator@marijkemeersman.be

Marijke Meersman (°1965) comes from a family of artists. Her parents ran an art studio. She grew up in an artistic environment.
She trained in the art of illustration at various academies of art and was also taught by her father. Until 1996 she worked for the family business that belonged to her parents, after which she started her own studio.
She concentrates resolutely on book illustrations but also does other graphic work. She enjoys experimenting with different materials. For Marijke the combination of what at first glance appear to be conflicting techniques is a challenge. Her preferred materials are pencil, watercolours, oil paint and scraperboard.
Her style for the cover illustrations of books for young adults is somewhere between realism and abstract but, in fact, she considers the abstract and the suggestive to be more important than the realistic. To her it matters more that it appeals to young people and that their imagination is given a chance.
Marijke Meersman works for literary publishers in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. In Belgium she works for Clavis, Afijn and Facet publishing group, Davisfonds/Infodok, in the Netherlands she illustrates books for children and young adults for Uitgeverij Fontein, Uitgeverij Callenbach and Uitgeverij Columbus. In Germany she works for Urachhaus Verlag and Bertelsmann Verlag.
In addition, she produces illustrations for periodic literary publications and specialist journals. This includes working together with Readers' Digest in the Netherlands and WTCB in Belgium, a scientific organisation responsible for passing on know-how in the Belgian construction industry. She also creates covers for weekly and monthly magazines.

Boekomslagen en prentenboeken
Natuur- en didactische illustraties
Portretten en figuren
Interieurdecoraties
Huisstijlen en logo's
Realistische illustraties
Visuele totaalprojecten voor bedrijven

bibliografie/bibliography

Kermis voor Sam, Bettie Elias, Clavis, 2003, isbn 9044800647
Sandor/Ida, Sara Kadefors, Clavis, 2003, isbn 9044800671
Tobi en de sterren, Ron Langenus, Davidsfonds/Infodok, 1999, isbn 906565884X
Paul in de piano Ron Langenus, Davidsfonds/Infodok, 2001, isbn 9059080068
Het verhaal van Hebbert Wezel, Marc de Bel, Tingel, 2003, isbn 9077060308
Hysterische jachtgodinnen, Anne Rutyne, Davidsfonds/Infodok, 1997, isbn 906565769X
Prins van de leegte, Karel Verleyen, Davidsfonds/Infodok, 1998, isbn 9065658920
Zoen, Danny Verstegen, Afijn, 2003, isbn 9059330382
Blauwe Snoepjes, Marc de Bel, Tingel, 2004, isbn 9077060383
Het dolfijnenkind, Patrick Lagrou, Clavis, 2002, isbn 9068229990

internationaal/international

Kromnagel, Erik de Gruijter, Callenbach Kampen, 2000, isbn 9026610475
Boodschap uit de mist, Gerbrand Fenijn, Callenbach Kampen, 2002, isbn 9026611544
Das hollische Paradies, Thea Beckman, Urachhaus Stuttgart, 2000, isbn 3825173232
Zwijg als het graf, Laurie Halse Anderson, De Fontein Baarn, 2000, isbn 9026116470
Verdwenen vaders, Janne IJmker, Columbus Heerenveen, 2004, isbn 9085430119

grafisch materiaal/graphical techniques

Potlood, aquarel, gouache, olieverf, scraperboard.

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