a bit about me…

Hi I’m Molly! I live in a cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with my partner Grant, and pup Leroy. I spend most of my time being an artist (which sometimes means making art and sometimes means running a small business), and I also work part time, building houses, baking treats, or whatever else I can find to do. Occasionally, when I’m not in New Hampshire, I live in my Subaru, and make art wherever my love of the outdoors takes me. I graduated in 2014 from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with degrees in Illustration and Art History. For many years I worked and lived outside, doing seasonal work and trail crew jobs. Since then I’ve found a wide variety of ways to paint and explore the outdoors. I spend as much of my time as possible painting - ideally outside. I also spend a lot of time climbing (maybe too much?), split-boarding, cross country skiing, running, gardening, cooking, finding new swimming holes, and romping around the woods near my home. I work primarily in watercolor - I love how portable it is, how it continues to challenge me in new ways, and its effervescence and translucence.

Watercolor painting is one of the many ways that I connect to the natural world. I find that painting outside heightens my awareness of my surroundings, which informs my work by allowing me to notice things I might not otherwise. The process of creating a painting based on a specific location strengthens my connection to that place, and my hope is that this makes my work more powerful for my audience. My work is a way of capturing an experience or a feeling, and hopefully making it available to others in some way. My paintings are small and intimate representations of the natural world because this is how I experience it - in moments of sharp clarity. I want my artwork to pull people in - to feel close and personal in some way.  I love to capture light and pattern in my artwork, and draw inspiration from my beautiful surroundings, my incredible community, and the natural world. 

You can reach me at mollyjmundy@gmail.com, check out @mundymolly on Instagram, or contact me here: