Molly Moldovan was born and raised in Montreal, where, as a young child, she attended the école de beaux arts.  In 1991, Molly graduated from OCA (now OCAD) with honours in fine art, specializing in drawing and painting. Since moving to Peterborough County, Molly has had several solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous group shows in public and commercial galleries.  Molly is the founder and president of the Apsley Autumn Studio Tour, now in its 24th year.  Her studio is located at her residence on Tallan Lake.

Artist Statement

Much of my work is linked to the pristine landscape that surrounds me: the lake, forest and uninterrupted skyscape are the foundation of every piece that I paint.  Natural phenomena – fall colour, northern lights, a colourful sunset, lunar eclipse, thunderstorm or a certain quality of light – all of these find their way into my work as the expression of an idea or memory of landscape.  These are vibrant, colourful pieces that often straddle the divide between the objective and the abstract.

I paint to loud rock music, allowing the rhythms and driving beat to carry me past conscious thought to that place where creativity lives: the place where imperfect memory collides with the emotion of the observed, sometimes with explosively colourful results, at other times calmer, more evocative of landscape.

A visual artist whose primary focus is abstraction, I have been living and working in North Kawartha since graduating OCA(D) with honours (fine art drawing and painting). Using acrylic and mixed media on various grounds, my practice has explored such diverse themes as democracy, international politics, the AIDS pandemic, familial relationships, surviving cancer and, always, the abstract nature of our universe.