Molly is an illustrator, animator, and interdisciplinary artist based in the UK. She studied Illustration Animation at Kingston School of Art and completed a Master’s degree in Fine Art at the University of Brighton. Alongside her independent practice, she works freelance across illustration and animation. During her MA, she identified that her practice consistently returns to themes of nature and humanity’s relationship with it, leading her toward a more research-led, reflective approach shaped by ecology, philosophy, and emotional engagement.

In response to the climate crisis, Molly’s work is driven by a commitment to fostering empathy for the natural world and exploring how emotional connection can encourage environmental care and responsibility. Working with moving image alongside illustration and digital hand-drawn processes, Molly explores non-linear narrative, atmosphere, and rhythm as tools for engaging audiences on an emotional level. This approach prioritises feeling, intuition, and reflection as ways of understanding ecological relationships.

Over the past two years, Molly has collaborated with The Writer’s Mark, integrating poetry and the written word into her visual practice. Through live performance, movement, and sound, this collaboration has brought a synthesis of artistic disciplines to fruition, expanding her work into shared, embodied experiences that explore language, ecology, and collective connection.



Bouquet Noir Print II, Molly O'Neill 2026