Jeanine Donkers is a Dutch figurative artist, living in Helmond. While having an interest in drawing as a child and exploring acrylic painting in her adolescent years, she went on to study social sciences. However, feeling this career wasn’t for her, she changed paths several times, searching for what she really wanted to do. Years later, after the birth of her children, she finally began making space for drawing and painting again. Jeanine grew to become a self-taught painter, working exclusively with oils. She has been painting full-time since 2022. The introspection that was needed to get her there, is what influences her most artistically. Her paintings reflect her own inner world, with all its highs and lows. Through symbolism she often tells her story about universal thoughts and emotions. As such, her style can be described as narrative, or magical realism.