Thanks for taking the time to visit my website!
I'm a children's book and nature illustrator with a profound affection for all creatures. Using mostly pencils and watercolour, I strive to bring their personalities, stories, and environments to life on the page. I've had the pleasure of collaborating with editors and art directors, illustrating picture books, covers, coins, packaging, posters, museum exhibits, and for film.
I live on Pidgon Lake in Ontario, Canada with my husband and our chatty cat, Snooli.
Feel free to get in touch with me at: june.steube@icloud.com
Please note that I am only interested in working on traditionally published picture books.
* With respect, I acknowledge that we are situated on Mississauga lands and the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, including Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations known collectively as the Williams Treaty First Nations. I am grateful for the opportunity to work and live here and share in all its bountiful resources. I thank all the generations of people who have taken care of this land - for thousands of years.
Silly Racoon
2018 Applied Arts
Illustration Award
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Awards and Honours
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2025 The Honey bee- Fine silver coin. The Royal Canadian Mint Competition Winner for the 'Nature's Delight' Series',
2023 Eureka! Gold Award California Reading Nonfiction Children's Book for 'Dig, Dance, Dive', Owlkids Books
2022 Winner of the Endies Award for 'Dig, Dance. Dive', Owlkids Books, Endpapers 'Best Energy' category.
2020 The Beaver - Fine silver coin. The Royal Canadian Mint Competition Winner for the 'O Canada Series',
2019 Canada East SCBWI Illustration Portfolio People's Choice Award
2019 Honorable Mention Canada East SCBWI Rising Kite Diversity Scholarship
2019 2nd Place Brightness Magazine Annual Illustration Awards: Book Category
2019 Honorable Mention Writing with the Stars Competition
2018 Applied Arts Illustration Award
Merit Award, Directions Art Director's Club, Toronto
Honorable Mentions, Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators
Gold Orville Parks Award, Second Place and Honorable Mentions, Society of Medical Illustrators
Art in the Service of Science Exhibit, The Smithsonian, Washington, DC
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Interviews:
2025 Artist Spotlight: June Steube 2025 $20 Fine Silver Coin - Nature's Delight: The Honeybee, The Royal
Canadian Mint Masters Club Newsletter, Edition 6, Vol 6
2020 Interview with Illustrator June Steube on Rhys Keller's 'Words that Show the Way'
2019 Article: June Steube, A Close Connection to Nature, Brightness Magazine Issue 14,
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Clients include:
Owlkids Books
The Royal Canadian Mint
The Caterpillar Magazine
Key Porter Books
TriStar Motion Pictures
Oxford University Press
The Canadian Museum of Nature
Canada Post
Mercantile Bank
The Royal Ontario Museum
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Chatelaine Magazine
Canadian Living
McClelland and Stewart Publishers
Perot Museum Dallas Texas
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans
The National Research Council of Canada
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Covid owl, The Caterpillar
Magazine, Summer 2021
Honey Bee Coin image © 2025 Royal Canadian Mint.
All rights reserved
Beaver Coin image © 2021 Royal Canadian Mint.
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