April Gavin Art

“Forgetting is the natural process, remembering is the unnatural effort one makes.” William Kentridge "A Gathering" 9"x12" drypoint with hand coloring 2026 Yesterday would have been Michael’s 74th birthday. I think about what we could have done together. What art would he be making? There’s so much I want to tell him. There’s so much he enabled me to do that I would have not done otherwise. I wish that he could see what I’ve created in the last year and a half since he’s

"Hamp's Blues" 6"x8" drypoint + relief " Art is the guarantee of sanity." - Louise Bourgeois "Art is a way of survival." - Yoko Ono Sometimes I taste from the fire hose, open the valve wide, and see what my limits are. I'm looking for the possible; the surprise; what fits in my studio; the exhausting yet exhilarating feeling at the end of a studio day. I'm also looking for what annoys and makes me cranky. So cranky that I stop and clean my studio. The d

"You must always see with a big vision, and if you keep your mind calm there will be a way, there will be a light." - Chiura Obata "After all this Time" reduction linocut 8"x10" Back in June, I entered two pieces of work into the Awagami International Mini-Print Exhibition . It was exciting to send my work to Japan to this large international biennial exhibition. " After all this Time" was given an honorable mention. I'm at turns delighted and stunned. There's a lot of

"...against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense - the creative act." - Kenneth Rexroth Picture Window, 12"x18", watercolor...