“Eye Rain and Heart Cramps” by April Holbrook

On exhibit March 20 – June 1, 2018 in the Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery

About the Artist

April Holbrook is an administrative support specialist for Clinical Financial Services for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

She was born in Durham, N.C., as a first-generation American after her family immigrated to America from Germany in the early 1970’s for the pursuit of higher education. Her mother attended Duke University and later became a cardiologist, and her father worked as the bank president. While neither of her parents were fine artists and never understood what they referred to as a “waste of time,” her grandmother loved to draw and fully supported Holbrook’s dream to become an artist.

Holbrook later attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated from Portland State University with a BFA in Social Art and a Minor in Graphic Design.

April’s paintings and mixed media artworks are created with a variety of mediums including pencil, sharpie, watercolor, acrylic and everything in between.

Absorbing the tradition of remembrance art into her collection, she uses daily life as the subject matter for her pieces. Stories about life’s challenges, the innocence of childhood and the loss of that innocence with the coming of age are shared through her paintings to express the relatable experiences of everyday people.

Her hope is that each of you will find a piece of yourself somewhere in this story of human emotion.