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Meet Prof Danie and Natanya Meyer, one of the most creative couples at the NWU. When they’re not busy conducting research, lecturing or promoting entrepreneurship at the campus in Vanderbijlpark, they can be found living out their love of art.
Unbeknown to many colleagues, Danie and Natanya are artists in their own right. The couple – who has been married for nine years – first showcased their artwork at a bhive Enterprise Development Centre fundraising event a few years back. Since then, their paintings have adorned the walls of several offices on campus.
Danie Meyer loves to paint colourful landscapes.
Danie Meyer loves to paint colourful landscapes.
Danie Meyer loves to paint colourful landscapes.
Natanya Meyer’s paintings speak of a flight of the imagination to where fantasy reigns.
Natanya Meyer’s paintings speak of a flight of the imagination to where fantasy reigns.
Natanya Meyer’s paintings speak of a flight of the imagination to where fantasy reigns.
Natanya Meyer’s paintings speak of a flight of the imagination to where fantasy reigns.
Natanya Meyer’s paintings speak of a flight of the imagination to where fantasy reigns.
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Both Danie and Natanya favour oil paint as a medium and although they sell their works, they agree that the creative process is, first and foremost, a great way to relieve stress.
Danie, who paints under the pseudonym VanMey, mostly paints landscapes while Natanya likes to dabble in fantasy. Apart from painting, Natanya expresses her creativity through other mediums such as stained glass, mosaics and pewter. She is also a garden design landscaper of note.
Danie is an associate professor in the School of Economic Sciences in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.
Many know him as an expert in local economic development and the coordinator of AppLED, a research project focusing on applied local economic development within the Vaal Triangle region.
As a founding member of the Vaal LED Warriors, a pressure group calling for greater and more proactive economic development in the Vaal Triangle, Danie is a prominent figure in local business and government circles.
Natanya, an expert in entrepreneurship (and especially female entrepreneurship), is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Management Sciences in the same faculty as Danie.
On the campus in Vanderbijlpark, she is also known as the custodian of the Young Entrepreneur Business Organisation (YEBO), a student society that works towards establishing entrepreneurship as a sustainable alternative to formal employment.
From landscape to fantasy