Sheryl Cole is a nature-loving illustrator, artist and design director based near the beach in Melbourne, Australia.

She grew up on a farm in New Zealand surrounded by animals, birds and bush on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other. When Sheryl wasn’t outside curiously playing she was inside creating inspired by it all. 

Sheryl is still out in nature every day, collaborating with her surrounds, connecting with the colour, textures and energy of the natural world and finding inspiration to explore in her studio. Travel adventures, healthy wondrous foods, a good chai, SUPing, hiking and photography make her heart sing too.

Sheryl’s happy place is creatively leading and designing, illustrating and developing products which inspire natures joy. Capturing the playful spirit and details of nature; native birds, animals, insects, flora, botanicals and abstract forms using watercolour, gouache ink and pencil - carefully combining them to create digital compositions ready for printing on a variety of surfaces. The lush, spontaneous flow of watercolour feels like it’s painting itself.

Sheryl loves working with nature-loving businesses on creating branding, packaging, surface design illustrations and special commissions. She is proud to be part of a community celebrating nature and encouraging others to reconnect with it and consume thoughtfully.

Her illustrations have been commissioned by clients such as: Une Piece | Bank Australia  |  New Farm Confectionery  |  Bauer Media Limited - Australian House & Garden magazine  |  Bio Cup  |  Illustrators Australia   |  Keep Victoria Beautiful  |  Topflite  |  Hinkler Books  |  Studio Caravan - The Grove, Greenwich Fairfield, The Argyle  |  Amazing Grazers

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Interviews
Behind the artwork by the lovely folk at Topflite Hound
On the child-like play and freedom of illustration with Illustrators Australia

As seen in
2022 Pattern Pulse Vol 2
2022 Country Style magazine
2018 Sweet Home magazine
2016 Uppercase, issue 30, page 115

Exhibitions
2024 Narratives’ artist book exhibition | The Little Red Cottage, Maleny, QLD
2019 Grow  |  Illustrators Australia - Group show, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne
2019 Wild Thing  |  Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney - Group show, Lion Gate Lodge, Sydney
2018 Shout  |  Illustrators Australia - Group show, Collingwood Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Paper + Pixel  |   Illustrators Australia - Group show, Collingwood Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Drift  |  Basketmakers of Victoria - Group show, Herring Island, Melbourne
2016 Life’s a Beach  |  Wyreena - Group show, Croydon
2015 Onefourfour  |  Twelve Australian Female Artists. Twelve months. Twelve themes. The Art Room, Melbourne

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Hello and welcome! I’m Sheryl – a Melbourne-based artist, illustrator, and creative/design director with roots in New Zealand and over two decades of experience in the international design and advertising industry. My creative journey be