Melissa VanDiver

Melissa Vandiver is a New Orleans-based artist and illustrator, specializing in painting and digital art. She studied architecture at Clemson University, and shortly after moved to New Orleans to do Hurricane Katrina relief work. After nearly a decade in architecture-related jobs, she decided to pursue her true passion: art. Her artistic mission is simple: to create images that evoke joy. She accomplishes this in part through picture books, comic strips, and whimsical portraits of animals in...See more

Melissa Vandiver is a New Orleans-based artist and illustrator, specializing in painting and digital art. She studied architecture at Clemson University, and shortly after moved to New Orleans to do Hurricane Katrina relief work. After nearly a decade in architecture-related jobs, she decided to pursue her true passion: art. Her artistic mission is simple: to create images that evoke joy. She accomplishes this in part through picture books, comic strips, and whimsical portraits of animals in costume. See less