Shannon Melville
Artist working across Fine Art Prints • Illustration • Mixed Media • Painting - Acrylic • Painting - Animals & Wildlife • Painting - Coastal • Painting - Floral & Botanical • Painting - Landscape • Painting - Still Life • Printmaking
Shannon is a visual artist, art teacher and book illustrator from Perth, Western Australia. Since childhood, she has found joy in creating and expressing herself in the visual arts, following in the footsteps of her artistic father. She loves to create in a variety of mediums including: watercolour, pastels, coloured pencils, mixed media, printmaking and collage. She is inspired by many aspects of our exquisite Creation. She has illustrated several published children’s books, her most recent book being Mavis: The Little Plane Spotter, written by Angela Toniolo published in 2025 by Wombat Books. She holds a BA (Visual Arts - Printmaking major), Grad Dip Ed (Secondary Art) and an Advanced Diploma (Graphic Design - Illustration major). Shannon loves to encourage people to express themselves through the visual arts and to be able to experience the many therapeutic benefits of art.
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Flower Party
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Flower Party
$30
Controversial Cows Chilling
$412.5
Mavis: The Little Plane Spotter Picture Book
$28.95
In with the old, out with the new
Patchwork Collage
Polka dotted begonia
Relics
Port Campbell Cliffs
Tranquility
Alpine Grazing
Murphy’s Haystacks
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Supports the artist and The East Coast Arts Trail.Niki, the founder, really loves and appreciates this.The 5% commission helps keep the Trail open and gives artists a fairer alternative to larger marketplaces charging up to 44%.
Supports the artist only — not the Trail.Niki, the founder, still loves you for choosing this option, as long as the artist makes the sale.
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