Join us for Final Friday in downtown littleton ft molly mccrosson 

2590 W Main St Littleton, CO
9.25.2026, 5-8pm

Meet molly

McCrosson’s work is rooted in technical exploration, storytelling, and the relationships between color, image, memory, and imagination. Her abstract work is influenced by German Expressionism, Surrealism, and color theory. Her surreal paintings grow out of characters, stories, and entire worlds that enter her imagination, often developing alongside her writing. Because her influences are broad, the work invites the viewer to consider unexpected relationships, contradictions, and juxtapositions.

Her paintings are often large, bold, and layered, using oil or acrylic on canvas to move between abstraction, figuration, beauty, humor, and unease.

Q&A with Molly

What are you working on right now?
I am currently working on a series of abstract paintings, as well as a long-term project that I have been developing for years through both writing and painting. It is a kind of cosmology centered on goddesses and their connections to humans, and on the possibility of redemption for both Heaven and Earth. I’m not sure whether the writing is Surrealist, but the paintings definitely are.

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
One of my art professors told me, “Paint one for yourself, and one to sell.” Over the decades, I’ve changed that slightly: paint things you would love to buy yourself. That way, if they never sell, you’ll still be rich.

What is the best day of work you’ve had in the last three months?
This actually happened recently. I was working in my studio with the door open when another professional in the building introduced himself and asked to buy two paintings right off the wall.
I said no.
They were my favorites!

What is your dream project?
I’ve always wanted to create an installation made of pieces hanging from ceiling to floor—a kind of maze with no obvious beginning or end. I imagine using vellum, translucent materials, reflective surfaces, and paintings so that moving through it feels a little like entering a house of mirrors. I would love to bring some of those ideas into my current body of work.

How did your business come to be?
I was raised in a church that taught me I was born to marry a man and have his children. I remember thinking, Well, that’s not going to work for me, because I’m going to support myself as an artist. That is what I was born to do.
The second part turned out to be right.

What is your biggest challenge?
My biggest challenge is balancing creativity with humans. I love both so much.

What are your thoughts about your city’s creative scene for artists, designers, crafters, makers, and small businesses?
I live in Lafayette, and I feel very fortunate to have been deeply involved in the arts there. Over the years I’ve had opportunities to curate, receive grants, collaborate with other artists, teach, and participate in a creative community that has meant a great deal to me.

What are your biggest influences?
My mother was one of my earliest influences. She is a complicated woman, and she never had very much, but she always encouraged me to make things and to go outside. Both of those things—creativity and the natural world—became central to my life and eventually to my work.

What do you enjoy outside of work?
For many years I worked in libraries and taught art to children and young people. I retired a couple of years ago, and I miss that work terribly. I love books, walking, being outdoors, and being part of a community. I’m happiest when my life includes both solitude for making things and plenty of interesting humans.