Sharon Molloy will be exhibiting new paintings that explore her relationship to nature, technology, God and the sublime, along with a series of new plein air paintings from Sullivan County and around New York State. The exhibit runs from September 5th through 27th with an opening reception Saturday, September 12th from 3 – 5 pm. Domesticities is located at 4055 State Rte. 52 in Youngsville.
Overlaying abstract and synthetic patterns onto nature and embedding them within landscapes, clouds, and seascapes Molloy attempts to go deeper into the question of what is the nature of reality. What is our relationship to the natural as humans attempt to ‘remake the world’ in our own image? As we merge into an increasingly artificial and technological reality, how do we discern truth, authenticity, identity and the sacred? Can painting in theage of AI remain relevant? Her plein air paintings depict the natural world at its finest.
Originally from the UK, Sharon Molloy has lived and worked in Parksville, upstate New York, since 2002. In 1998 she attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and then moved to New York City for a one-year residency at the Sharpe Studio program in Manhattan. She graduated her BFA in Fine Art in1990 at Winchester School of Art in England and received her Masters in Fine Arts in 2005 in San Francisco. Sharon has shown her work internationally and has also been included in various publications- such as ‘Visual Complexity, Mapping Patterns of Information’ by Manuel Lima, Seed Magazine for Arts and Science. In 2018 ‘Infinite Fields’ was installed in the Elevator Gallery, also at CAS. In 2019 ‘Line is a Force, a solo installation was shown at Gallery 222 in Hurleyville, NY. She has been the sole owner of Transformational Spaces, a faux finishing and mural painting business for over twenty years.