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Melissa Vandiver Art
@mvandiverart.bsky.social
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Melissa Vandiver: human painter, illustrator, dog mom & glitter enthusiast in New Orleans. Whimsical pet portraits, kid books, & more. Commissions welcome! Seeking representation.

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Thank you!
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Just out as of a few weeks ago, my latest illustration project -Real River Rats, written by Anna Johnson. It's a chapter book for early readers, about the rats who live on the batture in New Orleans. bookshop.org/p/books/real...
The cover of the book Real River Rats. Yellow text reading "Real River Rats" is in front of a painting of seven rats in different shades of brown and grey dancing. They are on a grey gravel path at the top of a levee covered in green grass and plants. In the very front is a river with rocks and long grass sticking out of the water. In the background is a blue and purple night sky with stars and a moon. From Real River Rats, written by Anna Romano Johnson and illustrated by New Orleans artist and illustrator Melissa Vandiver. Published by Arcadia Publishing. #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitillustrators #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #booksky #litsky #kidlitsky #art #neworleans #nolatwitter #nolasky A black and white illustration of six rats of different sizes climbing on an iron fence. One is standing on it, pointing behind him at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral off in the distance, surrounded by trees and other buildings. From Real River Rats, written by Anna Romano Johnson and illustrated by New Orleans artist and illustrator Melissa Vandiver. Published by Arcadia Publishing. #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitillustrators #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #booksky #litsky #kidlitsky #art #neworleans #nolatwitter #nolasky A black and white illustration of two rats eating a beignet on a cobblestone sidewalks. From Real River Rats, written by Anna Romano Johnson and illustrated by New Orleans artist and illustrator Melissa Vandiver. Published by Arcadia Publishing. #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitillustrators #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #booksky #litsky #kidlitsky #art #neworleans #nolatwitter #nolasky A black and white illustration of a rat on a roof, looking back at a row of houses on stilts, overhanging a river. The river and the houses disappear into the distance. Hand-painted text that says Real River Rats is in the sky. From Real River Rats, written by Anna Romano Johnson and illustrated by New Orleans artist and illustrator Melissa Vandiver. Published by Arcadia Publishing. #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitillustrators #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #booksky #litsky #kidlitsky #art #neworleans #nolatwitter #nolasky
December 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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She's on the older side now but people have thought she was elderly from the very beginning because of that 🤣. She also sleeps real late like a teenager
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM