Molly Shick

I first picked up a paintbrush in 2004 I have never had any formal art training with the exception of 5th grade art class. It was not until renovating my home that my interest in art sparked. I was looking for original work to hang on our brand-new walls. Everything I found either was not the right size, right color or there was something about the piece that didn’t quite work.

After a bit or research, I decided to try to paint some pieces myself. Our walls remained bare for quite some time and my very first works were painted with cheap paint brushes on leftover plywood from our newly built house. I experimented for about a year until I invested in professional grade supplies. Once I went from "experiment" to "these pieces will actually be hanging on my walls", my work took on a new turn - I actually liked what I was painting and my walls began quickly filling up with my work.


Once I saw that I possibly had a talent that I never knew I had, I began spending quite a bit of time experimenting with textures, patterns, metal and metallic paints. I also began incorporating outside pieces for texture and uniqueness. (Metal, feathers, wood, sand etc.). I quickly learned that I liked working with textures and felt that they gave my pai...