[1] Warnick grew up in Indiana and began painting and studying birds at young age.
In 5th grade, I delivered my career project on ornithology sitting in a giant nest I’d built from willow sticks.
"[2] She graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a degree in integrated studio art and an emphasis in scientific illustration.
[4][5][6] Her work has been featured in numerous articles and blogs including a profile from the magazine Audubon that chronicled her work, "The Indiana-based artist (who was born in the same town as Roger Tory Peterson) melds vintage styles drawn from Mark Catesby and Jacques Barraband with modern precision, crafting each project around hours of sketching outdoors.".
[7][8] In 2016, Warnick was awarded the Donald and Virginia Eckelberry Endowment from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University for a six-month trip to the island of Hispaniola to illustrate 31 endemic bird species.