Base64 UTF-8 to Image

Public Function Base64toImage(ByVal Base64 As String) As System.Drawing.Image
    Dim imgSig As System.Drawing.Image
    Dim MemStream As System.IO.MemoryStream = New System.IO.MemoryStream
    Dim utf8 As UTF8Encoding = New UTF8Encoding()

    'Convert Base64 string to Memory Stream
    MemStream = New System.IO.MemoryStream(utf8.GetBytes(Base64))

    'creates image
    imgSig = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(MemStream)

    MemStream.Close()
    Return imgSig
End Function