Aprille McShane (b. 1975) is an artist based in Sheffield, UK. Largely self-taught, her practice began with printmaking and public art before expanding into painting in 2025.

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Her work is rooted in an attentive relationship with the natural world. Through daily walks, she returns to familiar places, noticing subtle shifts in light, season, movement and her own emotional response. Photography, drawing and writing become ways of documenting these encounters, providing a starting point for work made in the studio.

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In painting, observation becomes expression. She is interested in the space between what is seen and what is felt, the pause and the movement. Considered composition, reduced colour and expressive mark-making allow the material qualities of paint to remain visible, while her printmaking background continues to inform her approach to surface, layering and process.

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Recent developments in her practice include a residency at Cove Park and completing a year-long correspondence programme with Turps Art School.

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"I paint nature through a practice of spending time in the natural world, through daily walks, wonderings and attentive observation. This enables me to connect to a feeling - an expression that I bring into the studio, always with the intention of connecting honestly to the painting; how I’m painting; with the material; the surface and in that moment. Moving through nature allows time for contemplation, processing and letting go. Walking is fundamentally important to my work."

- Aprille McShane