Shannon Melville has found joy in creating and expressing herself in the visual arts since childhood, following in the footsteps of her artistic father. She grew up in Perth, Western Australia where she still lives with her husband, three delightful daughters and kelpie, Hugo.
Shannon has experience working as a book illustrator, school art teacher, disability arts worker and graphic designer. After time at home with her three daughters She is currently working as a Primary Art Teacher and illustrator.
Shannon enjoys reading picture books to her children and inspiring both children and adults to find joy and satisfaction in expressing themselves creatively.
She illustrates with a wide range of both traditional and digital techniques.
Shannon loves assisting authors by bringing their story to life and thoroughly enjoys the whole book-illustrating process from researching image references, character sketches, first roughs, final artwork and graphic design layout.
Shannon's books with Wombat | Rhiza include:
Little Meerkat
Coming Home
Boondaburra
Little Good Wolf
Can God See Me?
Mavis: The Little Plane Spotter (Coming 2025)