Maelle Lesage

I am an illustrator specializing in culinary and botanical drawings.

After fifteen years in an IT company, I felt a deep need to return to what has always accompanied me: drawing. Self-taught, I learned guided by passion, patience, and observation. Drawing has been my refuge, my language when words were not enough, a way to soothe my mind and express my emotions.

Today, I am achieving what once seemed impossible: uniting my passions. Drawing, gastronomy, and botany have always held a special place in my life. The fineness of an ingredient, the poetry of a flower, the sensitivity of a product... all of this nourishes my creativity. By combining these universes, I can reveal their beauty, their delicacy, and their story.

This career change is a choice of the heart as much as of reason: aligning my profession with what deeply inspires me and giving meaning to my work. An atypical journey that offers me a precious strength.

I assist restaurants, hotels, artisans, culinary, and cosmetic brands in creating a visual and emotional experience around their products and know-how.

The graphite pencil is my preferred medium: it magnifies the material, reveals textures, and captures every nuance of an ingredient, a flower, or a signature dish. Through the line, I seek to reveal the soul of the product, its identity, and its story.

The choice of black and white is not accidental: it emphasizes the purity of the subject, reveals its finesse, and allows the product to stand out without embellishment, in all its authenticity.

I offer custom illustrations for:

- Art prints

- Packaging & Visual identities

- Business cards, Menus, Gift cards

- Publishing

Would you like to enhance your establishment and reveal the uniqueness of your products? Let's talk and imagine an artistic experience that will leave a lasting impression.