Molly McCall
Molly McCall relies on intuition and curiosity to guide her towards her creative expression. Embracing more than two decades in the textile and fashion industry, Molly’s artwork reflects years of tactile influences, possibilities with color and form, and the exploration of variations on a theme.
A fundamentally self-taught artist, Molly’s work is centered on memory, interweaving elements of nature and the landscape. Her award-winning imagery has been exhibited internationally and nationally, including the Houston Center of Photography Griffin Museum of Photography SoHo Photo Gallery Ogden Museum of Southern Art Los Angeles Center for Photography Barcelona Foto Biennale Reclaim Photography Festival | United Kingdom Tokyo International Photography Competition, and published in numerous fine art and design magazines including Architectural Digest Analog Forever Diffusion Oxford American Foto Nostrum Carmel, and Town, to name a few.
Molly is married to auto-moto aficionado and historian Gordon McCall, and along with their two German Shorthaired Pointers Emma and Willy, lives and works in beautiful Carmel Valley, California.
STATEMENT
For the past decade I have been exploring the ephemeral state of memory and the fragility of nature within images and visual representation. My oeuvre encompasses multiple mediums spanning photography, painting, drawing, and collage, attempting to take the viewer to poetical and dreamlike worlds filled with myth and the mystery of memory.
Through an exploration of color theory and simple cloud forms, the D A Y D R E A M E R series evokes the emotional quality of diaphanous light, transparency, and celebrates the atmospheric beauty of nature.
These images are created as composites, through layers and layers of repeated cloud forms and color, similar to the process of painting with oil, utilizing delicate glazes to create depth and beauty. These compositions reflect my interest in memory and the relationship between the past and the present as I continue to explore ways of reconciling the two on a sensory level. The images are created in an analog fashion, emphasizing the physical nature of memory and all its imperfections.