ABOUT THE ARTIST

Molly Martin's current work explores themes of motherhood, nature and preservation. The source images for these paintings include daguerrotypes, tintypes, and other 19th century photographic portraits of women of childbearing age. Martin juxtaposes their monochromatic faces with colorful and detailed representations of mostly endangered flora and fauna. Thus Martin explores and links shifting societal roles of women, the beginning of climate change during the Industrial Revolution, and current preservation efforts. From her earlier landscapes to the Forest Series to her recent work, Martin’s focus on the natural world brings awareness to the importance of being a caregiver of nature.

Molly Martin lives and works on the Monterey Peninsula in CA. She holds a B.A. in Fine Art from the University of California, Los Angeles, and studied at the Scuola di Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, Italy. Martin's paintings have been in numerous galleries and juried exhibitions including The Monterey Museum of Art, “Juried All-Media Regional Exhibit,” (Monterey, CA), Carmel Art Festival, (Carmel, CA), The Pacific Grove Art Center, (Pacific Grove, CA), La Quinta Arts Foundation (“Desert Plein Air”, La Quinta, CA), The Wight Gallery, “Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibit,” (Los Angeles, CA), and The Wyoming State Museum, “Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition” (Cheyenne, WY), where her painting was chosen to be included in The Capitol Art Collection of the State of Wyoming. She was named "Artist to Watch" by Southwest Art Magazine and her work was selected for a featured editorial in American Artist Magazine. Most recently, her painting, “Arrival” was selected by Jackson Hole Public Art to be displayed as a mural for their WildWalls annual summer event.