Usu­ally plain ole’ land­scapes can be a turn off for me. There’s noth­ing to draw me in, no ten­sion to be felt. The work of Molly Briggs, how­ever, does quite the oppo­site. Molly’s works on paper include the series, Clear­ing, which are multi-layered, ethe­real paint­ings using acrylic, ink, and tem­pera paint.

There is a cer­tain amount of free­dom that Molly gives to the mate­ri­als she works with. She seems to let the ink flow freely once put on the paper, and doesn’t have a prob­lem let­ting things bleed. To con­trast this, she paints lines that both hide and exist on these forms. The “brush”, if you will. I espe­cially love when ele­ments are slightly trans­par­ent — you have to really look below just the surface.

Molly pairs col­ors beau­ti­fully; I love the sub­dued, nat­ural tone with the vibrant, almost elec­tric coral. It could feel so unnat­ural for the sub­ject of the work, but it’s a dra­matic and beau­ti­ful choice.

All images via her web­site.