Emily Poole Illustration

I am a wildlife and natural history illustrator based out of the Pacific Northwest.

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Y’all. How cool is this Vietnamese edition of BirdNote?! 😱😍 It’s incredible and humbling to see how far the book I illustrated has traveled, and to imagine how many people around the world have seen it and maybe, hopefully, been inspired to appreciate birds a little more. ❤️ Many thanks to Huy Hoang Bookstore for the share. (Anyone going to Vietnam anytime soon that can grab this for me? I want one!) #Repost @huyhoang_bookstore with @get_repost ・・・ "Nếu không phải cuốn sách này, tôi nghĩ mình sẽ chẳng bao giờ đọc dòng sách về sinh vật học" - trích 1 trong những review trên #goodread ____________________ 100 câu chuyện về 100 loài chim với những đặc sắc nổi bật ẩn dưới chất giấy mát mịn như lụa đã nhận được rất nhiều lời khen có cánh rồi đó các Mọt ơi ❤❤❤ #BirdNote #book #illustration #art #animalart #illustratedbook #reading #bird #birds #wildlife #birdart

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Inktober and I broke up last year, but we’re still on good terms and get coffee sometimes. Here’s a little amphibious experiment in black and white from tonight.

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Get 10% off in my print shop this week with the code N7QEOOE!

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Ever enjoyed an organic wine? Thank a barn owl! By welcoming pest-eating raptors like barn owls and kestrels to their vineyards, wineries are able to forgo using toxic pest control measures on their crops. It’s the best kind of partnership: collaborating with fellow species to make our lives and environments healthier.

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Here's a sanderling from the BirdNote book, finding his way along the waterline. Website | Prints

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Life moves fast, and this month @jordankwalker and I find ourselves moving house with three good hands between us. To raise some funds and lighten the load for the move, we're having a fire sale of steeply discounted original paintings (all 50-75% off their original prices). Jordan has some stunning oil illustrations, and I've got lots of watercolor work including some from the BirdNote book. If they don't go home with someone soon, they might end up helping keep us warm this winter. We are also offering free shipping on everything in the sale as well as all the rest of the items in my shop! www.epooleart.com/fire-sale

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Here’s some cute for your Saturday: the start of a tiny little painting of a tiny little mouse. A salt marsh harvest mouse on some pickleweed, to be precise.

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Here’s a more detailed look at the mural I did for the storefront of Tsunami Books in Eugene, Oregon last fall. The mural was seven 4 by 4 foot panels that transition through the seasons with a selection of classic literature and Pacific Northwest plant and animal species for each time of the year.

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Last year’s bright and shiny summer workspace, with a jug of sun tea occupying the only spot of direct light in the house- I have my priorities.

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It’s that lovely time of year when our more outgoing bird friends return to their urban refuges. At our house we have juncos on the patio, a charming pair of wrens setting up in our birdhouse for the very first time, and a passel of starlings busily excavating the insulation from inside our roof for what is certainly not the first time (I’ll be sending them our winter heating bills). Website | Prints

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This painting is based off of an encounter I had around four years ago with a nest of Great Horned Owlets, in which this particular bird proved that a giant cotton ball can still offer a pretty intimidating staredown. Website | Prints

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One of my favorite winter visitors, the Harlequin Duck. Website | Prints

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Here’s a phalarope, spinning in the water in an effort to stir up dinner. Website | Prints

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Old lady backache has kicked down my door and settled in without an invitation as a result of today’s repetitive motion, but all seven mural panels are varnished and drying quietly in anticipation of installation on Monday.

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Here’s an exciting piece of news for me: I’ve finally launched my website shop! Now in addition to greeting cards you can shop the selection of work from my Morning Glory show, and see what they look like in their frames. Website | Prints

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Fall is taking its time here in the Willamette Valley, and I’ve been revisiting some of my BirdNote illustrations from my favorite season. Here’s a Canada Goose, considering whether the time has come to migrate.

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Here’s another fall friend from BirdNote- a white crowned sparrow hop-kicks leaves aside to get at the bugs underneath. Website | Prints