“I knew Molly painted amazing portraits, but as soon as I saw the preview of her abstract work it was difficult to know which one to choose, I loved so many of them - that first purchase was quickly followed by another the next year. I now have four and love them all - the textures, the mood - I never tire of looking at them” Mary Richards

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

THE SUMMER EXHIBITION, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICADILLY, LONDON W1J 0BD , June - August 2024

‘NATURE’S TRAJECTORY’ GROUP SHOW MOOR HOUSE, 120 LONDON WALL, EC2Y 5ET Until January 17th 2024

‘NATURE’ SOLO EXHIBITION, ST BOTOLPHS, 138 HOUNDSDITCH, LONDON EC3A 7DH October 2023

‘TIMELESS ACT’ SOLO EXHIBITION alongside Norman Parkinson’s Photography, CHRYSLER, LONDON W1, September 2020

Molly left UCL with a BA (Hons) in English Literature before training as an actress at LAMDA. Whilst a student, she attended the Open Studios at Heatherley School of Fine Art, working in the French Atelier method. Since then she has taken commissions as a portrait artist as well as working as an actress in theatre, film, television and radio. In 2016 she began exploring a more instinctive style of painting, resulting in an ongoing practise in abstract expressionism. Her art works, both abstracts and portraits, hang in London, the UK, Australia, Europe, the Far East and the USA. She has exhibited at the Mall Galleries amongst others throughout the UK, and regularly collaborates with curator Monica Colussi, showcasing her work in several iconic spaces in Central London.

With an emphasis on mood and texture, her paintings are a reflection of the inner human landscape: land that’s drenched, hot, still, alive, dying, ablaze, resting, healing, screaming, weeping, laughing, dancing. She aims to create works of visceral, instinctive immediacy - with paint applied directly from the tube, by palette knife and solvent-soaked rags - in which one can live, breathe and feel, but also in which can be found, reflected, one’s own nature, experience and emotion. A place where we can embrace our humanity in all its peaceful or passionate beauty, it’s confusion and complexity. 

She has a thriving Instagram account, @paintandhaven, which is a celebration of aesthetic inspiration, her passion for style, along with a glimpse into her painting world.

Molly works from a studio in SW18 where the paintings can be viewd by prior arrangement.

She lives with her sons in Wandsworth, South West London.