“My obsession to paint was born from the need to communicate in a complex, foreign world. Since 2003, I lived abroad, and in a diverse, “global community” I was searching between language barriers and cultural differences. I had questions around what I could contribute to society by being an American living in Czech Republic and I needed to express myself without words.  Through art, I reinvented myself to convey what I needed the outside world to understand. In this transformative process, I discovered fearlessness and, unexpectedly, a massive sense of connection. My art became the medium in which I could communicate my energy and build bridges between the gaps which I thought had existed—linking countries, communities, genders, lifestyles, cultures, languages, and even the space between heaven and earth. I aim to bring viewers together through my art so that they too find purpose, connection, and understanding as an essential part of the universe.”     --April Popko

INSPIRATION

"I find inspiration everywhere I go.  Here is what the world looks like from my perspective.  My vibrant, texturized abstractions are often inspired by my travels abroad.  Soaking up the fresh, salty air of the Atlantic ocean, seeing the crisp light reflected off the sand dunes and hearing the soft sea grass swaying in the wind, can be felt and experienced in my paintings."