1990s oil paintings on canvas evolved from 1980s oil paintings on shaped wood panels. Before that, in the mid-1980s, street-front installations incorporated etching, watercolor and oil paint on shaped wood.
![1991 Elusive Bird, 36 x 30, oil on canvas](https://i2.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1991-Elusive-Bird-36x30-1-844x1024.jpg?ssl=1)
![1991 Night Vision, 30x36, oil on canvas](https://i2.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1991-Night-Vision-30x36-oil-on-canvas-841x1024.jpg?ssl=1)
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![](https://i2.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1992-Waspish-18x14-oil-on-canvas-804x1024.jpg?ssl=1)
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![](https://i2.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1988-In-the-Humid-Tropical-Zone-19x14-1-679x1024.jpg?ssl=1)
![1987 Guatemalan Wreath, 36 x 42, oil on shaped wood](https://i0.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_0543-1024x867.jpg?ssl=1)
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![](https://i2.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DSC09048-1024x775.jpg?ssl=1)
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![1987 Your Tern, 47 x 34 inches, oil on wood](https://i0.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DSC09033-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Echolocation-1024x688.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_0541-1024x732.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1986-Ciliated-Grooved-and-Folded-SeaHareAll1-1024x680.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1983-A-Dozen-Aliens-Broome-St-Wksp-Wind1-1024x711.jpg?ssl=1)
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![](https://i1.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1983-Dozen-Aliens-Nudibranch-1024x845.jpg?ssl=1)
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![](https://i1.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1984-10-on-8-Nuclear-Test-1024x702.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1984_-Plankton-1024x660.jpg?ssl=1)
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![](https://i0.wp.com/www.aprilvollmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1982-Amphitrite-10-on-8-24x31x13-overview-1024x679.jpg?ssl=1)
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1990s oil paintings on canvas evolved from 1980s oil paintings on shaped wood panels. Before that, in the mid-1980s, street-front installations incorporated etching, watercolor and oil paint on shaped wood.