Samples of artwork by Molly McClurg

When making art, I am inspired by exploring and reporting the sensorial vs. scientific.
I am guided by the question: What can the artist offer to science that is different from biology or ecology, yet complementary.

To Give Death
linoleum block print

Saturn is Looking at Me
wood block print

Vibras
linoleum block print

Ophryacus undulatus and Govenia capitata
pencil on paper

Sacred Pause Course Zine (spread excerpt)
marker on paper

Delicate Empiricism #2
pencil on paper

100 Daturas (side one)
Pencil on paper

100 Daturas (detail, side 2) Xerox zine

100 Daturas
Xerox zine

The Layers of the Palm
marker on vellum

Palm Reading Print #3
ink, pencil, and marker on paper

Fate Line
marker on paper

Entangled series
Hand dipped local Texas beeswax candle

Entangled series
Hand dipped local Texas beeswax candles

Entangled series
Hand dipped local Texas beeswax candles

Paper Bag Use Guilt series
pencil on brown paper bag

Paper Bag Use Guilt series
acrylic on brown paper bag

Paper Bag Use Guilt series
pencil on brown paper bag

Sitting in a Bald Cypress Tree trunk along the Guadalupe River.

About Me
I am from the city of Austin, Texas, along the (Texas) Colorado River, among the ashe juniper trees and prickly pear cactus.

I received a BA in Studio Arts and Graphic Design, have worked as a print and digital graphic designer, a ux designer and researcher, and most recently a Professor of Visual Communication at Austin Community College.

Values that influence my art and work are:

  • I aim to make the opaque more transparent through simple language, prioritizing lived experiences, and communicating visually.

  • I aim to share information that is traditionally not accessible due to location, affordability, technology, or lack of clear organization.

  • I aim to integrate information and experiences from traditionally separated disciplines.

Artists and practitioners who have taught me and influenced my work are:

  • Miriam Weber, Sister Palm

  • Joe Walsh, Berlin Art Institute

  • Stephanie Martin, Austin Community College

  • Emily May, Decadent West

  • Marc English, Marc English Design

  • Heather Saba, The Sacred Pause

  • Lexi Hughes, Buzz in the Hills