About the Creator

I’m April Martin, an artist, writer, and educator based in Kentucky. My work lives at the intersection of story, image, and lived experience. I’m interested in how people make meaning, how they survive what they’ve been through, and how creativity becomes a way back to the self.

Before founding a studio or publishing work, I served as a B-1 Bomber Crew Chief in the United States Air Force. That experience shaped how I approach everything.

After leaving the military, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Photography and spent more than a decade running an inclusive art studio. From 2009 to 2023, I founded and directed Amagination Studios, teaching drawing, painting, photography, and visual storytelling to students of all ages and abilities, many of whom were neurodivergent.

In 2024, I closed my brick-and-mortar space and founded Purple Inkwell Studios. What began as a rebuilding period became a return to long-form writing, illustration, and deep creative focus. Today, Purple Inkwell functions as both a studio and an archive for my narrative worlds and visual work.

Creative Philosophy

I don’t believe art exists to decorate life. I believe it exists to help people stay human.

As a neurodivergent artist, I understand how isolating the world can feel when your inner language doesn’t match the systems around you. Story became my way of translating experience into something shareable. Over time, that grew into a guiding belief: story is a form of survival technology.

Areas of Focus

• Myth-driven storytelling
• Symbolic and visual narrative
• Trauma-aware creative practice
• Neurodiversity-inclusive education
• Long-form world building
• Community-centered art spaces

Signature Work

The City Without Noise is a cyber-noir myth exploring silence as a mechanism of control. It asks what happens when obedience is enforced not through force, but through erasure: of sound, of memory, of dissent.

The work grew from my long-standing interest in systems, compliance, and the cost of staying quiet in order to survive. It is less about technology than it is about people, and the moment when silence stops being protection and becomes a prison.

Community and Teaching

Alongside my studio work, I volunteer with The Hive in Bowling Green, Kentucky, a nonprofit supporting neurodiverse adults. I travel monthly to lead art journaling, creative writing, and collaborative storytelling sessions.

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