EmilyBickell

A sudden fog descended on a cold winter day, coating everything in a thick frost. The light was so beautiful!

Beautiful blue waves. I love painting water!

As late afternoon light hits the birch trees across the lake, they glow - this reflection is cast over the water in an abstract pattern, everchanging.

Not all mermaids are human size! The freshwater pond variety ranges from 4-6" in length. This little one is fast asleep on her lilypad.

Hydrangea blossoms with a dark, moody background. I took the photo at Butchart Gardens, a must-visit for gardeners in BC, Canada.

A pet portrait of one of the sweetest American Standard Bulldogs!

Mood: this prickly cactus. From an original oil painting, this is a house plant even the worst gardener can't kill.

A beautiful blooming phaelenopsis! My orchid blooms once a year and I was inspired by its white blossoms. From an original oil painting.

The beautiful blue water at a bird sanctuary in Calgary, Alberta inspired this painting. Waterfowl flock here as do many other wild animals. With birdsong the only sound, it is a truly peaceful place. I love to paint water!

The beautiful blue Pacific ocean, just off the coast of Washington state, inspired this oil painting.

One of the first trees to bloom in spring, with showy blossoms, magnolias signify the changing of the seasons, dignity and nobility. I love the intense pink!

My orchid just keeps bursting open new blooms! I love to paint flowers and can't pass up the opportunity to do oil paintings of these beautiful white blossoms.

Another day, another blossom opening on my orchid, another oil painting from life!

My Phaelenopsis orchid bloomed and I had to paint it! That evocative centre and full buds, it is a beauty. This is just a little oil painting at 5x7", but scales up well to larger sizes for prints!

Will your friends be able to read this? Doesn’t matter. “IDK, IDC, IDGAF” in American Sign Language. I don’t know, I don’t care, I don't give a fuck! For the irreverent among us.

The black-billed magpie is an exotic looking member of the corvidae family – related to jays and crows. They’re smart, opportunistic, and fascinating to watch! This is a little charcoal, pastel and coloured pencil drawing I did of one.

This Great Horned Owl made a great subject for a watercolour portrait!

A majestic raven portrait in an ornate oak leaf oval frame. I loved painting the detailed feathers of this dramatic bird!

They are beautiful in their ubiquitousness. With their iridescent feathers, like jewels of the street and sky. This little painting is an homage to the common pigeon.

Extracted from my Pink Gull oil painting, here's this guy without the background!

These yellow sweeties always capture my heart with their song and curious personalities! As a child, our family canary was named Peckum.

There is a lot of drama packed into this intense oil painting. Saturated turquoise waves and a lot of surface motion!

Perfect vintage rollerskates, I had a pair like these in the 80's! Love those red laces. I painted these just for fun!

G. Raoul Perrito is bad to the bone.

Single white water lily blossom, extracted from my oil painting “My Ghost”.

Pretty little watercolour painting of poppies.

Take the lake with you... Circle crop of my water painting, "Fate".

A cute little love bunny!

This handsome guy! I love his face!

A cute little grumpy Eastern bluebird!

Someone glued cowboy hats to pigeons in Las Vegas. The pigeons are not cool with that! The pigeons, nicknamed Cluck Norris, Coolamity Jane and Billie The Pidge, are being trapped and freed from their hats. Cute as it may be for birds to wear hats, they prevent them from grooming, obscure their vision, making it easier to fall prey to raptors and other predators, and make flight more difficult. This is what they think about your hats.

A single pink rose. A pink rose can convey gratitude, grace, gentleness, joy and happiness! A flower that lasts!

Ink pen and ink wash drawing of a button up dress shirt. I love the simplicity of line in this one!

Cute little watercolour doodle bird just going for a walk.

Still life painting of a juicy red strawberry!

Phaelenopsis orchid blooms against a background of British racing green. Orchids are so evocative - I love painting them!