About me
Hi, I'm Jennifer Clifford, the artist behind Adventures in Collage, a fine art and paper + gift company based in San Francisco, California. My travel-inspired artwork and accessories are made for people who love to explore, seek new experiences, and collect meaningful memories—whether close to home or far away.
An avid world traveler and former interior designer, I discovered my passion for collage art by combining the papers I collected on my adventures—like maps, ticket stubs, and handwritten notes—with the vibrant textiles and wallpapers I used while practicing interior design.
Each original collage is handmade, then scanned and digitally edited to produce a variety of elevated art prints and gifts that celebrate beauty, place, and personal stories.
My studio is located in North Beach, San Francisco.
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Artist Statement
My current work is primarily representational, often inspired by my own reference photos—sometimes just one, sometimes several combined into a single image. While the imagery feels grounded in real places, the scenes I create often don’t actually exist—they’re dreamlike composites that blend memory, nature, and imagination.
Much of my inspiration comes from travel, the natural world, and the quiet poetry of everyday life. I’m drawn to places that evoke a sense of nostalgia or wonder—scenes that feel both familiar and just out of reach. Through collage, I piece together emotional landscapes where memory and place blur.
I like to think of my approach to art as mirroring the way I live: scrappy, creative, and full of resourcefulness. I give new life to discarded materials, finding beauty in the overlooked or forgotten. Each piece begins with a loose vision of a place or feeling, but it evolves intuitively—altered paper over altered paper, layer by layer, adding, subtracting, and rearranging—until the composition clicks. I do more of what brings me joy and let go of what doesn’t. My process is imperfect, exploratory, and full of surprises—just like life.
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