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Molly Partyka
“Transportation & Transit” Folio Cover Art
About The Artist
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Molly Partyka
BIOGRAPHY
Molly Partyka is an expressionist painter and mixed media artist in Charlotte, NC, exploring how art can transport one back to another time and place. Molly’s art invokes the memory of past travels, a sense of wanderlust to explore, and feelings of peace and wonder. Her art reflects life’s joys with its ups & downs and explores life’s experiences through a play of color and texture. “For me, my art is all about Color Play!” From colorful abstracts and florals, to landscapes inspired by Ireland, Molly plays with color, using acrylics, watercolors, and collage to capture moments in time and snippets of energy and experiences.
Molly earned her BCA with Interdisciplinary Honors from The University of North Carolina in Charlotte, studying with artists Ruth Ava Lyons and Rod MacKillop. Upon graduating art school, Molly worked creating set designs with such artists as Tom Thoune for Theatre of Charlotte and John Love at Innovative Theater. Molly also spent 13 years as a Textile Designer at both Springs Global and as a Free-lance artist, designing for such brands as Wamsutta, Springmaid, Fisher-Price, and Disney.
For the past 16 years, Molly has dedicated her time and expertise to teaching art to students Kindergarten to adult classes, inspiring creativity and awakening talents in students. Currently, Molly balances teaching for CMS at Endhaven Elementary and showcasing her art through local galleries, including the Bill & Patty Gorelick Galleries at Central Piedmont Community College in 2021 and upcoming in 2027. Molly is also a two time recipient of an ASC’s Regional Artist Grant and a Charlotte 2021 ArtPop Street Gallery Artist.
For the past 16 years, Molly has dedicated her time and expertise to teaching art to students Kindergarten to adult classes, inspiring creativity and awakening talents in students. Currently, Molly balances teaching for CMS at Endhaven Elementary and showcasing her art through local galleries, including the Bill & Patty Gorelick Galleries at Central Piedmont Community College in 2021 and upcoming in 2027. Molly is also a two time recipient of an ASC’s Regional Artist Grant and a Charlotte 2021 ArtPop Street Gallery Artist.
Cover Art for “Transportation & Transit” → Visit The Folio
"Intersections of Connection”
Artist Statement
Think back to your favorite road trip. What comes to mind? The hum of the tires across the pavement, the scent of crisp pine, blue skies? As an expressionist, media painter, I like to explore how memories are triggered by color, texture, and nostalgia. Through color play, bits of maps, and added texture, Intersections of Connections is an exploration of connecting home, travel, and transportation.
What better way is there to connect than through exploration? An integral part of travel is a means of transportation and a road map. In the modern day of digital maps, the nostalgia of a brightly colored paper with crossing roads, city centers, and bypasses, visually leads the way to adventure and new places. My painting, Intersections of Connection portrays how the pulse of the Charlotte city center connects to the suburbs, outerbands, and neighboring cities through a network of roads and passageways. I use the circular bands to show how communities build from the city center, then the connections radiate out uniting with other cities and into South Carolina. Green sparks visions of farmland and rolling hills of the countryside and blue brings to mind the coastal waters. Both are just a few hours’ journey away from the city. My intention is for this abstract art to invoke both future ventures and timeless memories through color, texture, and names of places. Intersections of Connection is where memory and dreams meet to begin your next expedition.
What better way is there to connect than through exploration? An integral part of travel is a means of transportation and a road map. In the modern day of digital maps, the nostalgia of a brightly colored paper with crossing roads, city centers, and bypasses, visually leads the way to adventure and new places. My painting, Intersections of Connection portrays how the pulse of the Charlotte city center connects to the suburbs, outerbands, and neighboring cities through a network of roads and passageways. I use the circular bands to show how communities build from the city center, then the connections radiate out uniting with other cities and into South Carolina. Green sparks visions of farmland and rolling hills of the countryside and blue brings to mind the coastal waters. Both are just a few hours’ journey away from the city. My intention is for this abstract art to invoke both future ventures and timeless memories through color, texture, and names of places. Intersections of Connection is where memory and dreams meet to begin your next expedition.