I am an abstract collage artist from Rhode Island who works with vintage materials—the ragged edges of worn book covers, the marks readers leave on pages, the forgotten scraps at the bottom of estate sale shelves that no one else wants.
My compositions emerge from how these materials respond to being salvaged. Paper tears, bleeds, wrinkles. I decide what to leave visible and what to layer over. I add typography through letterpress printing with vintage wooden type, abstracting bold letterforms until they become pure shape and rhythm within the composition.
This work is about transformation—giving discarded materials a second life. What was once beautiful becomes beautiful again, reimagined through collage. Before turning to art full-time, I taught middle school English — a background that shapes how I teach and how I think about materials and meaning. Each piece from Driftway Studio invites you to lean in, notice the small details, and perhaps remember something of your own past.
On View
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Online gallery with prints and originals.
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East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Solo Exhibitions
Impressions, Daniel Tucker Gallery, Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride, Colorado, June 2025
Sifted, The Gallery at Founders Hall, CT State Northwestern, Winsted, CT, March 2025
Stories Told: Fragments of Paper and Prose, AiR Studio Gallery, Westerly, RI, October 2024
Selected Group & Juried Exhibitions
Dryden Gallery, Holiday Show, Providence, December 2025
Abstract, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI (Second Place Award), 2025
Daphne: Art, Put Together, Litchfield, CT, October-December 2024
South County Art Association, From Where I Stand (Juried), June 2024
Your World in the Abstract, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI (Juried), April 2024
Atelier Newport, Houseguests Transformations and InterActions, 2022-2023
Pattern Shapes and Lines, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI (Honorable Mention), 2021
Selected Publications & Features
Abstract Textiles, by Anne Kelly, Featured Artist, Batsford Books, 2025
Encyclopedia of Inspiration: Glue, Featured Artist, 2025
Spotlight Artist Interview, Aero Watches Online, 2025
"The Joys and Frustrations of a Professional Artist's Work Week," Artwork Archive, June 2025
Art Ladders: The Creative Climb Podcast, October 2025
Rhode Island Monthly, Nest, Local Artist Feature, May 2025
Contemporary Collage Magazine, Feature and Awards (Winner Type Series), 2023-2024
Books are my People, podcast interview, April 2024
Pressing Matters, Issue 26, April 2024
Colle, Featured artist interview, Issue 32, February 2024
Canadian House and Home, Featured print with Tacit, October 2023
Workshops & Teaching
Workshop instructor at Ah Haa School for the Arts (Telluride, CO), Providence Art Club, South County Art Association, Collage Artists of America, Wickford Art Association, AiR Studio Gallery, and Charlestown Art Gallery, 2021-present. Topics include abstract printmaking, collage techniques, letterpress printing, and writing for artists.
Featured instructor, Collage Makers Summit and Fall Under the Influence Art Journaling (online)
Guest presentations for Toast, Collage Artists of America, and the No Rules Textile Society.