Meet Molly Robinson | Illustrator and Creator

We had the good fortune of connecting with Molly Robinson and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Molly, why did you pursue a creative career?
Choosing to pursue a creative career was not an easy decision for me. I have been creating art for my entire life, but I never considered the idea that there may be a place for me in the art world. It took a lot of encouragement and inspiration from it he incredible artists who I grew up around for me to realize that I wasn’t walking the path I was meant to. I learned from them that storytelling was what I was always meant to do and art was the catalyst for me to do so. Pursuing a creative career always seemed so daunting to me and so full of risks that I was terrified to get started. When I was 17, an oil painter friend of mine told me, ‘the pain of regret will always sting worse than the pain of failure’. Her words really stuck with me and I decided I had to at least try to tell stories how I wanted to. On top of that, every creative community that I’ve ever been a part of has been so incredibly welcoming that it was hard not to stay involved with them. The best way to get inspired as an artist is to just talk with others around you. Listening to people’s ideas, passions, and artistic theories has inspired me to develop my own and to put as much art into the world as I can while I’m still here.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I’m currently finishing my degree in Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design. I started out in the fine arts and struggled greatly with what the best way to tell stories through my art was. After a lot of consulting and trying out everything I possibly could, I finally settled on illustration because there are so many ways to use it. I have also recently gotten back into fine art work using what I’ve learned as an illustrator. Over the summer I worked with the Museum of Outdoor Arts and Tiffany Matheson, an amazing local artist. I’ve started to do installation and mural work because of what I learned from them and feel very strongly about the power of art in public places. I’ve learned through all of this that there are really no limitations to what I can do with art. As long as I keep talking to artists in my community and working collaboratively, there are always new opportunities to create. Currently I am a freelance illustrator and creator and am constantly looking for new opportunities to collaborate and create.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I hold Colorado very dear to my heart and tell everybody who I can to come visit. I love telling people about places like Bishops Castle, Convergence Station, and First Fridays in Denver and Colorado Springs. The art community in Colorado has grown exponentially in the past few years and I would love to take people around to experience it. If I had friends visiting for a week, I would definitely take them to the places I mentioned, but also through Garden of the Gods and some local spaces like the Ivywild School and around downtown Colorado Springs.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I was inspired the most by my friends and teachers in high school. I was a part of the National Art Honors Society and through that organization I made lasting connections with other artists. Namely, Denver Wolfe, and incredible artist who I worked with when I was very young inspired me to go to art school and take art seriously. She passed away very young, and I have been trying to keep her legacy alive in my work. She also influenced my two friends Maddison Megginson and Harrison Parham to create. They are two artists who I work with to this day and inspire my on the daily.

Website: https://mollyrobinson44.wixsite.com/mysite

Instagram: @mollyrobinsonart

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/molly-robinson-2ba0021a2

Image Credits
Molly Robinson