About Molly
I’m a Portland, Oregon based illustrator, designer, and creative coach who brings together art, strategy, and story.
Whether through visual design or project planning, my work is about helping people imagine—and then build—the world they want to see.
Portrait photos by STUDIO NUNCHI PDX.
Sharing my creative spark
Art is my second act. At the height of my career, a health crisis sparked a creative awakening and led me back to art.
In my mid-40s, I enrolled at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, studying illustration on nights and weekends while continuing my full-time work. That experience reshaped how I see creativity—not just as a personal practice, but as a way to help others turn inspiration into action.
Today, I specialize in watercolor, drawing, illustration, hand-lettered calligraphy, and digital techniques that blend these mediums into cohesive, expressive designs.
I’m also an art educator and creative planning coach, helping others bring their ideas to life through art, strategy, and imagination.
Creativity meets strategy
Before I was an artist, I was a project manager focused on social change initiatives like environmental sustainability, advancing equity, and building collaborative teams
My favorite part of that work was what I now call creative planning—helping people clarify their goals, map out a path forward, and make meaningful ideas real.
I’ve learned that good planning is an art form of its own. It takes imagination to envision a better future, and creativity to chart the steps that lead us there.
Favorite things
Comfort food
Movie
Special occasion food
Place to spend a day off
Vacation spot
Color