ARTIST STATEMENT— In my art practice I work with the duality of life and death. I examine the personal relationship with the grief body one inherits after loss. I focus on creating a safe space where one can feel their grief without losing hold of life itself. It honors the passing of my beautiful child who spent their life creating art and longing for an inclusive world.
I love to paint for I often find my words inadequate to a situation and feel that composition, color and shape always prevail.
ARTIST BIO—
April Votolato is an abstract artist who lives in Seattle Washington with her husband, Rocky and their french bulldog, Saint.
April began creating art at twelve when she was enrolled in an Art Therapy program following the death of her parents. Her early focus was portrait painting and poetry, but once she immersed herself into the world of abstract painting she finally felt at home.
As an artist and a kid of the 90’s, April loves to break the rules. Each brushstroke tells a story and her original creations have an aesthetic that reflects the depth of her lived experience. Her love for watercolors and acrylic often intertwine creating her own mixed media aesthetic.
