Tim Molloy - Idyll

Tim Molloy's Idyll, his latest series of ink and watercolour paintings, is a sultry, occult sojourn into a stretch of his inner geography, drawing inspiration from (amongst other things) The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, by H. P. Lovecraft, and the Aquaria paintings of visionary artist Gage Taylor. 

Opening reception: Saturday, February 8, from 6pm – 9pm. Free entry. Tim Molloy will be in attendance.

This exhibition runs from February 9 to March 1, concurrently with the solo shows Gerard Geer's Metamorphosis and Adipocere's Only you exist.

This series is a hypnagogic parade of windows into the languid eternal summer of the Hundred Year Coast. Visiting dreamers consult with extradimensional entities in pursuit of esoteric knowledge: the greatest prize of all, a permanent escape from the jaws of reality, which threaten to snap shut at any moment.
Gutter wizards, cryptobotanists, sorcerers and their servitors, naked monsters and other residents traverse the vibrant coast and the surrounding Dream Territory. Necromancers bring cryptic death to paradise, their dark forays from their adjacent dimension across the Liminality a means to siphon off the naturally occurring ectoplasm for use in arcane ritual.

Tim Molloy (Melbourne, Australia) has been making art in one form or another since childhood. In high school, he became involved with self-publishing and the poetry/art/comics/music scene in his hometown of Auckland City, New Zealand. He studied animation and worked in the local industry for a couple of years before moving to Australia about a decade ago. Molloy’s work has appeared in numerous periodicals, art shows, festivals, conventions and fairs.

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