Molly Hargarten Art

About

Molly Hargarten

Greetings and Salutations!  Thanks for checking out my website and paintings.  I hope you enjoy them. 

Please take your time and browse….. I have added some new information! I have started painting with oils and have included images on this site…AND…I have started to teach watercolor classes.  I am teaching at pARTiculars, Art Gallery and Teaching Studio.

Here’s some info about how I started painting…..I was fortunate to discover my painting ability in 1999. I was visiting my family and my Mother gave me my first lesson. I painted a ‘flying snail’ (which was meant to be a butterfly) and we still laugh about the result.

Red Chilies

I have learned to paint from many talented and gifted artists. They include Jim Pedersen, Roger Mordhorst, Nyla Whitmore, Alexy Pendle, Barbara Kornfeld, Joe Fettingis, John Taft, Frank Francese, Chuck Ceraso and Tom Lynch.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Painting makes me happy. It allows me full expression through my heart and hands. I paint whatever pulls at me at the moment; landscapes, abstracts, close ups, flowers, patterns, still life’s….I am energized by a variety of different techniques and subjects. Once an idea forms in my head and heart, I must put it on paper or canvas or it will never let me move on.

Some of the elements/techniques that appeal to me are repeating patterns, vibrant colors, pushing the contrast of light and dark values, simplifying shapes and using a variety of hard and soft edges to add visual interest. I also like unusual compositions or views of a subject and am drawn to impressionistic & abstract works. I see my work evolving and involving more and more abstraction and unique subject matter. I choose to work with watercolor and oils because I like the versatility and vibrancy of the mediums. As I stated, painting makes me happy and I hope that is what viewers feel when looking at my art.

- Molly Hargarten