EmilyBickell

This lovely cherry donut was particularly fun to paint with its pink icing and sour cherry candy on top! From my original oil painting - also available with painted background.

I think gulls look good in pink. This herring gull just wants to know - got any fries? From my original oil painting.

A study of a sleepy barn owl in the window of an abandoned house. From my original oil painting.

A lot of lake packed into this painting! These are the cool waters of McKenzie Lake, in Alberta, Canada.

This painting is from a canoe trip I took in Algonquin Park, in Ontario, Canada. It's incredibly beautiful, wild, and peaceful there.

This beautiful view is Rawson Lake, in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. A steep hike leads you to this mountain lake full of trout.

My absolute favourite donut, the Boston Cream! Iced with chocolate and filled with custard, it's perfect. This is an oil painting I did of one of these delicious desserts!

When I see the line drawings on the surface of the water, I always feel like there's some glyphic mystery that the lake is trying to tell me, breaking up reality into pieces. I love painting water as it can be both realistic and abstract at once.

A silhouette of a raven flying overhead, wings outstretched - pattern version. The original artwork is mixed media: charcoal, paint and conté. Inspired by a beautiful photo by Len Swanson (referenced with permission).

I took the reference photo for this oil painting off Mermaid Island when I was on a canoe trip one summer. The river can be fast, and deep, and flows from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Long used as a shipping route, it is also popular for recreational use. Mermaid Island is one of the Admiralty Islands, among the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River in Ontario, Canada.

Crows are known for their clever antics and attitude! This crow in flight is showing off all the colours in its iridescent feathers. This coloured pencil drawing was inspired by a photograph by Anne Auclair Moe (used with permission).

A single waterlily blossom extracted from my painting "My Ghost". I love the symmetry in this perfect bloom.

Painted from a reference photo I took while sailing off the coast of Mexico. The glassy surface of the water shows a little disturbance from the boat passing through.

A photograph showing the reflection of the water in a shiny boat hull at a marina in Tobermory, Ontario, Canada.

This oil painting is from a reference photo I took while sailing off the coast of Mexico. Water is such a joy to paint - always different, and ends up somewhere between abstraction and realism.

Just chillin'. A little goldfish painting (also available without the painted background!)

This oil painting was inspired by a peaceful sail off the coast of Mexico. The ocean waters were calm and relaxing.

Sunshine and a cool, clear lake - summer perfection. This little oil painting was fun to do - abstract yet realistic, I love painting water!

At the water's edge the trees cast shadows on the shallow water, contrasting with the sunlit waves beyond. In my artwork, I'm always interested in the liminal; this one really has it all - soft and hard, depth and surface, light and shadow.

My line drawing of a blue shirt, in blue!

My favourite thing to do at the beach is wander along finding treasures. Perfectly formed by nature and fascinating!

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!

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

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

A frosty day after a snowfall covered this spruce in white! Beautiful wintry scene.

Just a tiger, checking you out!

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!

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.

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

My most Canadian painting! A Canada goose in flight. I loved painting the feathers on this one, so intricate, so colourful despite being “brown”.