Thomas Mollo *
Thomas Mollo is a British painter working from a studio in Breckland Norfolk. His work explores imagined landscapes and natural forms shaped by memory, atmosphere and feeling.
Mollo comes from a family of artists. Both his grandparents studied painting at the Royal College of Art in the 1920s, and his father was a film designer, with work now held in the collections of the V&A.
Despite this, he did not initially pursue an artistic career. His return to painting began in 2020 while in Norfolk, working with whatever materials were at hand — plywood, decorator’s paint, acrylic and watercolour. In 2026 Mollo exhibited works on paper at his first solo show, Through the Trees, in London.
Norfolk remains his principal source, particularly the Breckland landscape with its raw, shifting character. Other areas of open country, including Exmoor, also appear in his work.
“I am hugely fortunate to work in Breckland Norfolk which is a singular landscape: part heathland, part forest, part farmland. There is something uniquely raw and spiritual about it. It provides limitless possibility for a painter. Returning to art in this landscape has allowed me to rediscover the joy of making things, of expressing something deeply personal, and to relearn what it is to feel fully alive.”
