April Gavin Art

“Find out who you are and do that on purpose.” – Dolly Parton “Time: hold still awhile. I have so much more work to do. There are so many things I want to express. But time keeps ticking away, and the earth never for an instance ceases to turn.” - Yayoi Kusama Last week was a cluster of big events both global and personal. My year with Zea Mays Printmaking wrapped up on Tuesday the 25th. I’m glad that I had that call before I learned Dolly Parton passed away. It was a

“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

"Nothing good ever gets away." - John Steinbeck As part of my mentorship with Zea Mays Printmaking , I'm looking at how different printmaking methodologies and different approaches create line, evoke emotion, and show best the spirit of the subject. All three of those elements need to come together for me to call the work complete. Until then, it is in progress. Ginkgos were a favorite of Michael's and we're in that Bay Area winter palette that would look like autumn somewh

"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

"I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else." - Dolly Parton A reduction print...