Welcome!

I’m Emily Wilson and Wilson Warbles is my monthly newsletter. Among other things, I’m an artist and illustrator, a book reader, a forest walker, a cross country skier, a sweater knitter, and an introverted insomniac. I live on Lheidli T’enneh territory in my hometown of Prince George, BC.

Wilson Warbles is a space to explore my thoughts around creative practice, to have ideas, and to praise the things I love. It is a place to share those things and to build a creative community. Though I have many broad interests, the threads of art and creativity are woven throughout. 

My painting Fkn Beauty (gouache on paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2023)

As a subscriber, you may explore the following with me on a monthly basis:

Paintings, drawings, sketches

Creative process and experiments

Updates about art offerings and local events

Interviews with my artist friends and folks in my circle 

Navigating freelance work

Our relationships with nature and place

Intersections of art and science

Books I love

Artists who inspire

TV, movies, music, podcasts, and general media to CONSUME

Ways to slow down

Why call it Wilson Warbles?

The Wilson’s Warbler is a songbird with whom I share a common name, and they are commonly spotted in the springtime around northern British Columbia, where I live. Just like me, they make their homes near aspen stands and alder thickets. They flit restlessly between perches, like birds after my own indecisive heart. To warble is to “sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes,” which will be a tone to strive for in this newsletter.


Thanks for being here! You can find more information about me and my work by reading the archive of past newsletters, and visiting my website. Feel free to share this newsletter with a friend who might like it!

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Emily Wilson is an artist and illustrator who lives in a house in the woods near her hometown on Lheidli T'enneh territory (Prince George, BC). She thinks often about place and memory, in the midst of painting, reading, walking, and skiing.