EmilyBickell

An oil painting of the lake by my house - with reflected sky and clouds, the glyphs of trees and strange emerging colours from the deep.

An oil painting of the lake we go to on summer afternoons, where the surface reflects the sky and clear water reveals the colours beneath.

The ring billed gull sits on his rock and contemplates time. All is changing, slowly or quickly, everything is impermanent. Existence is a fickle mystery.

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

A view of a sailboat in afternoon sunshine heading back to shore inspired this painting.

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

This oil painting is of a lake in suburban Calgary. By the shore, where the trees cast shadows on the surface and the sun shines beyond, the clouds are pulled into lines in the reflections.

This oil painting is based on a photo I took of Lake Temagami, a cold and deep Northern Ontario lake. I like the play between the deep water and surface reflections.

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.

An oil painting of the surface of the little lake in my community on a summer's day. The abstract shapes of the reflected sky reveal the shape of the water's surface.

The waves on the surface of the water reflect sky, the light reveals the golden bottom of the lake. This oil painting is based on a photo I took at the lake near my home in Calgary, Alberta.

A little water painting. I love painting the abstract shapes on the surface of the water.

The surface of the water is always evolving. I took the reference photo for this oil painting at a little lake nearby. The abstract shapes in the water are so fun to paint.

I took the reference photo for this oil painting on a summer afternoon at the reservoir. An abstract pattern of waves reflects the sky; the water reveals the rocks beneath.

I took the reference photo for this oil painting at a little lake in the community where I live. It was a quiet day, and the lightest breeze gently pushed reflections around on the surface of the water.

What does this day on the water hold? Canoing? Kayaking? Maybe a little dragon boat? Choose your weapon accordingly!

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.

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.

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.

A beautiful koi fish in a garden pond. How peaceful it must be to be a fish! From an original oil painting.

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.

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.

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

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