David Larwill (1956) emerged as one of the most

distinctive and respected Australian Abstract artists

in the last century. 

His style of populating his paintings with stylized human figures and animals, his use of childlike forms, give his work a naive

quality which sometimes seems simplistic. 

However, this is misleading for beneath the veneer of innocence lies a considerable sophistication.

Larwill's works evoke an extraordinary range of feelings, moods and expressions through his frenetic compositions and use of intense colour.

Inspired by several visits to Arnhem Land and Central Australia, as well as to Morocco, Europe and New York, Larwill brings a primal strength to his painting.