Molly Wright Bio

Molly Wright recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina from Savannah, Georgia. She is an East Coaster, having lived in Connecticut and Virginia as well. A painter all of her life, she received a BA, majoring in fine art, from Randolph Macon Women’s College.

Molly works in both oil and acrylic, responding to the thick texture and strong pure color offered by both. She enjoys the interplay between representation and abstraction and always she strives to paint beauty, describing her subject choices as being dynamic. People in everyday situations, flowers, animals, and garden landscapes, all provide inspiration.

Molly’s newer works are expressionistic and impressionistic ~ utilizing color as a tool as much as her brush. She achieves distinction with her bright, happy palette and a loose painterly style that allows for the viewers own interpretation to be part of the piece.

In Molly’s words, “Art is emotional for the painter as well as the viewer. It can change the lives of both parties. I love being a part of that."

“The evolution of my work is in my ability to get out of my own way.”At this time, Molly shows from her home studio as well as exhibiting in numerous solo and group shows up and down the East coast. You can find her work for sale at Fritz Porter in Charleston, SC. She is also represented by Bozutto and Greene Art in Baltimore, Maryland, and Tyler White O'Brien Gallery in Greensboro, NC. Molly’s work is in many private as well as commercial collections including that of Jay Fishman, CEO of The Travelers, and Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Va and Elon University. Her oil painting, “Lose Yourself In Books” was chosen as the 2012 Savannah Book Festival signature image.