EmilyBickell

Awww, these guys are so cute! Spring gets them running around my yard like mad. A little chipmunk drawing in coloured pencil.

A beautiful woods with the winter sunshine casting blue shadows on the snow.

From the shore of a lake in Frontenac Provincial Park in Ontario, I spotted this view and had to paint the majestic pines and beautiful rocks and water. From my original oil painting.

A beautiful great white egret. I love these birds that are both elegant and awkward. From my original oil painting. Also available with painted background.

A beautiful great white egret highlighted against a dark background. I love these birds that are both elegant and awkward. From my original oil painting.

A sweet American robin, from my original oil painting. Also available without the painted background.

A sweet American robin, from my original oil painting. Also available with painted background.

From my original oil painting of a little black capped chickadee in the cedar trees. Also available without the painted background.

From my original oil painting, a black capped chickadee in the cedar trees - also available with painted background.

A male house finch, brightening up a grey day. From my original oil painting, also available without the painted background.

A little male house finch, brightening up a grey day. From my original oil painting, also available with painted background.

This gull has some attitude! From my original oil painting, also available without the painted background.

Totally confident, totally awesome. From my original oil painting of a herring gull on the strut.

From my original oil painting of a desert cottontail.

A little oil painting of a desert cottontail. Also available with painted background!

A fall nature walk inspired this large oil painting of fallen maple and oak leaves. The colours this fall were spectacular!

A fallen maple leaf floats in water - from my original oil painting, also available with painted background.

A pretty fallen maple leaf in autumn, floating in a puddle reflecting the sky was the inspiration for my oil painting.

Some of my favourite little birds that we see around our house. These are North American cuties - American Goldfinch, Black-Capped Chickadee, Dark-Eyed Junco, Yellow-Rumped Warbler and White-Breasted Nuthatch.

A yellow-rumped warbler, from my original painting. These little guys are so cute!

A cute little yellow-rumped warbler. From my original painting.

Just the blossom from my original oil painting of a water lily pond (also available here!).

I love the way everything is lifting - the leaves and blossom all reaching upwards. From my original oil painting.

Pretty blue plums in a pottery bowl for a still life painting. Also available with painted background.

A pottery bowl of little blue plums made a perfect still life for an oil painting.

Leapin' Leeches Bait & Tackle, est 1976, your fictional fishing supply store. Fun gift for a person who loves to fish.

An ink drawing modified digitally, with a crow perched on a skull, fall leaves, and a mouse.

From my original oil painting of Lake Ontario, with floating leaves in fall. The translucent water reveals mysteries below and reflections above.

An oil painting from my water series, On The Sky Side is about keeping your head above water. Blue waves on a lake with reflections of the sky.

Strawberry season is just finishing up here. We picked and picked, I made jam, and my husband made this delicious strawberry pie - pretty enough to paint. (I wish I had another slice right now!) From my original oil painting, also available with painted background.

Strawberry season is just finishing up here. We picked and picked, I made jam, and my husband made this delicious strawberry pie - pretty enough to paint. (I wish I had another slice right now!) From my original oil painting.

From my original oil painting. Trying to capture the reflective surface and transparency of water is a favourite pursuit of mine!

A calm lake on a summers day inspired my original oil painting!

A sweet little American goldfinch. Spring brings all the yellow to the yard! From my original oil painting - also available with painted background.

A sweet little American goldfinch on a forsythia branch. Spring brings all the yellow to the yard. From my original oil painting.

Inspired by the rhythmic waves and beautiful colours of the lake by the shore, looking out from the shadows of trees into the sunny waves. From my original oil painting.