Mollie Tomlin was a watercolour artist from Tasmania, Australia.
Background
Born Mollie Constance Wedd in 1923, her mother died when Tomlin was three weeks old. Her father was shattered by his wife"s death and, despite trying to care for Tomlin, he eventually passed her to Tomlin"s maternal grandmother, with whom Tomlin lived until after she married.
Education
Due to the need to earn an income, she attended business college.
Career
Tomlin was schooled in Moonah, Tasmania, until the age of 13. Throughout her career as a secretary, and raising 7 children, Tomlin retained her interest in art lieutenant was not until the age of 50 that Tomlin undertook art lessons through an Adult Education class.
Here, Tomlin developed her passion and skill for drawing and painting.
In 1979, Tomlin had a severe heart attack and underwent surgery. These historical buildings and landscapes of Tasmania became her signature pieces.
She died in January 2009. Throughout Tomlin"s life, she took great interest in helping and teaching others
1986 saw the publication of the history of the City of Glenorchy, entitled ‘Glenorchy 1804-1864’.
Forty of Tomlin"s sketches were included in the book and the cover was a reproduction of one of her paintings. In 1988 Tomlin was commissioned to do ten large watercolours depicting past historic buildings of the City of Glenorchy, Tasmania as a Bicentennial project In 1998 the Glenorchy City Council published “Glenorchy 1964-1998” for which Tomlin produced 60 sketches of buildings, landscapes, features and items of general interest, and a large painting depicting Glenorchy as it is today.
This painting has been reproduced as the cover of the book
In 1999 Tomlin received another commission, this time from the Military Museum, Hobart, for twelve sketches and six watercolours of Anglesea Barracks buildings and related features. Tomlin exhibited many works many over the years with various prominent associations as follows:
The Art Society of Tasmania
The Tasmanian Art Group
The Australian Society of Miniature Artists
The Australian Guild of Realist Artists.