April Garner is an artist living in Austin. Having spent her youth on the rivers, lakes, and wild areas of Texas has given her an ongoing appreciation of the land and animals that impact and influence her work as an artist. 

Her paintings are a testament to her keen observation of wildlife. The imagery for her art is not merely a product of her imagination but a reflection of the places she frequents, where she meticulously studies the wildlife, their gestures, actions, resilience, and survival. This unique perspective inspires paintings that seamlessly blend representation with expressive abstraction.

April’s work captures the flora and fauna encountered on adventures and in the everyday. Each piece encourages the viewer to explore personal memories with nature, animals, or literature and imagine their own narrative from the images. She contemplates the stories of childhood and the events of today, an appreciation of life, and an awareness of the impact of our actions on the natural world and the cycles of predator and prey. It’s all part of experiencing the joy and beauty of this natural world.