About April the Artist

Hand-drawn portraits of your pets from your photos. Creator of Goats of Mayhem series and polymer clay creatures and gnomes.

Polymer Clay Gnomes

Clay Creatures

Goats of Mayhem

Hello! I’m April!

I have been drawing ever since I was a small child living on a Midwest dairy farm. My work has always been related to animals and nature. Horses were my favorite to draw as a child and through my teenage years. My artwork is an expression of myself and who I am. Therefore, it is my way of communicating to the world my passion for animals, nature, and the colors of the world around me.

I have explored many different art materials throughout my art career: watercolors, acrylics, oils, colored pencils, markers, soft pastels, and recently polymer clay. After using soft pastels for the first time to create Green Tree Frog, I truly felt I found the medium to best express how rich and vibrant I see the world of nature and animals. Each portrait I produce is a one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn piece of art created with passion to be treasured for many years. My polymer clay creatures are a new way to express myself, my artistic talents and imagination.

My Galleries

My galleries consists of many projects that I have accomplished over the years starting from my time at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. After art school, I continued to explore various art materials such as watercolors, acrylics, oils, colored pencils, scratch board, soft pastels, and markers. My most recent works have been created with polymer clay. I see my work as an exploration of various mediums, colors and my imagination. Click on Green Tree Frog on the right to view my galleries.

Experience

Fine Artist

Freelance Artist
June 1994 – Current

Education

Bachelor’s of Fine Art

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Major Illustration
Aug. 1990 – May. 1994

Years experience

Complete projects

Happy clients

Cups of coffee

Portfolio

Recent Work

Recently I have been working with polymer clay creating weird creatures and monsters. Pieces also include seasonal work such as Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s and Easter. All are available for purchase in the Shop.

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