April Dawn Parker

April Dawn Parker is a visual artist and painter raised in California's North Bay, who graduated from Brown University with a BA with honors and completed one year of graduate study at Yale University School of Art in the MFA Graphic Design program, though self-taught in fine arts.[1][2] She has worked in cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago, New York, and now resides in Marin County, CA, creating oil paintings that depict magical environments blending abstract and natural elements to highlight environmental preservation.[1][3][4][5] Her work is featured in public and private collections, gallery shows, national juried exhibitions, and she is represented by Andra Norris Gallery, with past residencies like the 2015 Artist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts.[1][6]