Lot 29

Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Victoria 1998
Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne 2000
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 28 June 2022, lot 24
Private collection, Queensland

Influenced by the artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pablo Picasso, David Larwill has drawn on an array of cultural influences such as prehistoric, International and Aboriginal Art, to create his body of work. The painting 'Games' 1998, highlights these influences through his use of flatness, bright colours and layering of dark, silhouetted forms that contrast with the white background. Larwill's work is full of energy and imagination and his subjects pose playfully, moving across the canvas in a pattern like sequence. The naïve designs floating around each figure are reminiscent of the technique used by Basquiat to emphasise movement and inject a playful childlike energy to the work.

© The Estate of David Larwill