Emma Fick was born in Covington, Louisiana in 1991. She has published three illustrated books: Snippets of Serbia, in 2015; Snippets of New Orleans, in 2017; and Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway, in 2022. Her current work, all watercolor and ink on paper, centers on hybrids: merging Louisiana-specific symbols and ancient Byzantine frescoes; creating half-human half-bird mythological creatures; combining plant species in ways not found in nature. Her paintings explore cultural, biological, and floral hybrids and the endless permutations they allow.