Marcia Molnar is known for paintings representing her life in Arizona.  This painting is entitled, “His land”.  It is oil on linen and framed. Marcia said about this painting: “His Land” is a lot like a painting I did for Arizona Highways that is now in the collection of Scottsdale’s Museum of the West.  I wanted to paint this painting was because I fell in love with the boy’s velcro tennis shoes.  Such a contrast of the modern against the monumental clifs behind him that have stood before time began.”

In 2000, Marcia began to experiment with subjects as grand as a sunset in Sedona to the simplicity of pears on a shelf.  She has been influenced by Ed Mell, George O’Keffee, and Maynard Dixon.

Marcia says of her art:
“It’s important that my work reflect who I am and what I love. I will always be sitting firmly on the fence between contemporary and traditional realism. It would be nice if I could just settle into a box where people knew what to expect from me and it probably would make things easier for my husband, but what fun would that be? I love the rythm of paint on a canvas too much to give in to tight realism and when I simplify things I begin to miss the beautiful details I find in the world around me.”

Marcia’s father, Jay Schmidt, was an artist, and her brothers, Tim Schmidt and Brad Schmidt, are both artists, as is her husband, George Molnar.