Larwill's artistic experience is direct, it is an autobiographical visual diary of socio-political attitudes and the viewer is obliged to respond spontaneously to the core truth of each work. His stylistic marks celebrate the joyous side of life and there is a strong narrative throughout the work; they reflect what was happening around him at the time, familiar things like family, friends, street life, the beach, parties and his great love, Indigenous art. The development of his personal style was a natural process; he felt a need for a sense of order but didn't focus on single objects, preferring to group many figures together to form a geometrically balanced image.
His unique mixture of childlike freshness, simplicity and the sophistication established him as one of the leading figurative expressionists in Australia and this series of previously unseen prints and monotypes is not to be missed.
Larwill exhibited widely throughout Australia and overseas, and his work has been translated by the internationally renowned Victorian Tapestry Workshop into several giant tapestries, the largest hanging in the Esplanade - Theatres on the bay in Singapore. David Larwill is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, most State and Regional Galleries and in the British Museum, London.
His unique mixture of childlike freshness, simplicity and the sophistication established him as one of the leading figurative expressionists in Australia and this series of previously unseen prints and monotypes is not to be missed.
Larwill exhibited widely throughout Australia and overseas, and his work has been translated by the internationally renowned Victorian Tapestry Workshop into several giant tapestries, the largest hanging in the Esplanade - Theatres on the bay in Singapore. David Larwill is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, most State and Regional Galleries and in the British Museum, London.