David Larwill 'Dog's Days' reproduction-print

David Larwill 'Dog's Days' reproduction-printDavid Larwill was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1956. He is a founding member of the artist run ROAR STUDIOS established in Melbourne during 1982. Larwill has subsequently emerged as one of Australia's most distinctive contemporary artists. His style of populating his paintings with stylised human figures and animals, his use of child like forms, and the occasional inclusion of slogans, give his work a nave quality that sometimes seems simplistic.

'The Red Tree'

'3 Amigos ' 2016

the figure’s expression distantly melancholic

Rather than being nihilistic however

received important awards and prizes and been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia

'The Bay XI' 1987

Looby is an intriguing figure

Throughout his long and successful career

finding moments of allegory

'Soldier Boy' 2019

'Driftwood and Dreamers'

'Under the Care of Dusk' 1999