Erica Driver: Rhode Island Painter

New England artist who paints from life using acrylic markers

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Erica Driver is a painter in Little Compton, Rhode Island (USA). Working primarily on location, she creates vibrant, detailed paintings of New England gardens, greenhouses, landscapes, ordinary monuments, and places where people live and work. Her paintings combine acrylic paint marker, acrylic paint and ink on wood panel.

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Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

AgriCultural: A Biennial Exhibition, New Bedford Art Museum (Mass)

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New Bedford Art Museum
608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford MA

September 10–November 29, 2026

AgriCultural: A Biennial Exhibition at the New Bedford Art Museum is a collaboration between the museum and the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP). The exhibition features works by artists in the South Coast region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island who are farmers or take deep inspiration from the world of agriculture. It was juried by Suzanne de Vegh, Executive Director of New Bedford Art Museum, and Brad Fesmire, Program Director at SEMAP.

Artistic depiction of a room with a wooden chair in the foreground, bottles on a shelf, and a metallic shelf with equipment in a blue-painted space.

Bottling Line at Sakonnet Vineyard, 2025, 12×12”

Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design, Newport RI

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Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design
9A Bridge St., Newport, RI

See Erica’s artist profile on Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design website

Painting of a parking lot with traffic cones, a black utility box, a blue truck, and trees in the background.

No More Blue, 2026, 8×8"

Painting of a forest scene with a dirt path, tall trees, green foliage, and shadows on the ground.

Walk With Me, 2026, 8×8"

Press

Cover page for South County Art Association's Maker Monday event featuring an illustration of a garden with colorful plants and trees, and the text "Meet Erica Driver" at the bottom.

Video interview with Farrin Chwalkowski of National Association of Women Artists, August 2025

For the month of June 2026, Erica Driver was featured in the South County Art Association’s Maker Monday news article.

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"For artist Erica Driver, there is glory in specificity ... Driver is particularly good at illustrating the botanical elements of her scenes. She returns to greenhouses in several pieces and the resulting images draw the eye back again and again. Each time a new leaf, flower, or vine unveils itself."

Artist Erica Driver Illustrates Details - Inside Art with Michael Rose, GoLocalProv, January 15, 2025

Painting of a lively bar scene at the Dartmouth Cultural Center, titled 'The Washington Club' by Milton Brigham, depicting people socializing and enjoying drinks.

“In a more traditional vein are three drawings by Erica Driver of pregnant women (or perhaps, all of the same expectant woman). “Waiting,” “Blue” and the untitled third piece focus on the swollen-with-child figures from shoulders to hips. No faces are seen and the anonymity suggests a spiritual commonness between all mothers and all those that will be.“

Celebrating the Human Form at Dartmouth Cultural Center, The New Bedford Light, May 23, 2024