Vincent de Haan is a self-taught contemporary painter living and working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After having spent the first seven years of his childhood growing up in Durban, South Africa, he moved with his family to the Netherlands in the late 1990’s. With a strong analytical mind, he made the distinct choice not to apply for art school, but instead enroll for a bachelor degree in Applied Earth Sciences at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. After completing his bachelor’s, Vincent obtained a master’s in Hydrology and Hydrogeology at Stockholm University in Sweden. He then worked in the water sector for about two years, of which one year in Uganda. During these years of studying and working, Vincent would use his free evenings and weekends to paint obsessively. As it inevitably became more and more difficult to maintain a balance between working full-time in the water sector and painting, Vincent finally made the decision in 2019 to start pursuing a career as a full-time professional painter, a decision that is best described as coming home to himself.