Artist bio

Aprille McShane (b. 1975) is a UK-based artist living in Sheffield. Her practice explores themes of time, place, and connection to the natural world. Grounded in daily walks through her local environment, McShane observes and photographs fleeting moments that later inform her paintings, drawings, and prints. These works translate sensory experience into expressive gesture, layering observation, memory, and material to reflect the shifting rhythms of the natural world.

Alongside her studio practice, McShane works as a public artist with a strong interest in how art can serve and connect communities. Through collaborative and participatory projects, she creates opportunities for shared reflection and creative expression, encouraging others to engage with their surroundings in meaningful ways. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, realised in public art installations, and is held in private collections.

Artist statement

I take inspiration from my local environment, observing the shifting rhythms of the natural world through daily walks, photography, and sketching. These quiet acts of noticing allow me to attune to seasonal changes and fleeting moments of light, texture, and atmosphere.

My work emerges as a response to these experiences; paint becomes a way of remembering, translating sensory impressions into gesture and mark.

Through expressive use of colour and material, I seek to capture the immediacy of place and the emotional resonance of being present within it, creating works that sit between observation, memory, and the passage of time.

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