Annadeene K. Fowler


Annadeene grew up on the island of Islesboro and in the hills of Appleton, Maine. She and her family lived in a tent the year she was 7, while her father built their house around them out of some new, but many recycled materials. The house as it grew, was always filled with music, good food, and games. This vibrant upbringing in Maine is where Annadeene's creativity was fostered.

Annadeene graduated from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2004 and is thrilled to be settling down back home, this time in Belfast, Maine. Her home and studio are filled with color, vibrance, music, and dance- much of which is visible in her collage work.

Artist's Statement


I am a packrat, a collector, a recycler. Anything catching my eye with an interesting shape, color, pattern, or texture will be quickly swooped up and stashed in my studio for a future project. Fragments, found objects and scraps, be they washers, petals, wire, or the liner from a fancy envelope, fill my work with memories of other lifetimes.

My compositions are alive and passionate. They are not created from the far end of a long paintbrush. My fingers are engaged in dance; as they feel each crevice, place each object and smudge layers of color in, they tap along coaxing the scraps to meld together into a new order, and a revived life. Through this process I allow my hands and my imagination to partner as I seek to convey the freedom of spontaneity, and exhilaration of creation that I feel when stitching together these pods of my travels

Website ~ www.annadeene.com