Since 2007 David has been working on a series of paintings exploring awkwardness, ritual and the ridiculous, featuring costumes, masks, basic props and referencing art history, popular culture, performance, theatre, and dance. He recently completed the Turps Art School Off-site Painting Programme 2021–23.
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expecting to fly © 2024
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ancestor painting #1 © 2024
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focus group © 2023
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coconuts © 2023
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playground twist © 2023
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another ugly morning © 2023
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life room © 2023
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monstrous endeavour © 2023
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mercy, mercy me © 2023
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pointless puppet © 2023
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world of interiors © 2022
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sit still hold tight © 2023
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farmyard curse © 2023
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hollow inside © 2023
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are we mean? © 2022
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uninvited guest © 2022
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difficult fun © 2022
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red action © 2022
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special time © 2022
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fair exchange © 2021
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i know when i've had enough © 2022
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irascible refrain © 2021
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panic dance ©2022
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rotten luck © 2021
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whether we like it or not © 2021
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merriment © 2021
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plaintive pageant © 2020
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rakish troika © 2020
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the rivals © 2021
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my way out of here © 2021
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big exit (figure in landscape) © 2021
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wounded pride © 2020
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tree of man II © 2021
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breakfast man © 2019
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crossing borders (l.c.) © 2020
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stop breaking down © 2019
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night shift © 2019
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mordant pact © 2019
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the proposition © 2019
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off we go © 2019
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careless whisper © 2019
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hum of regret © 2019
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well, what did you expect? © 2018
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nerve damage © 2018
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idol gossip © 2017
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short story © 2017
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mundane arrangement © 2017
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more bad news © 2015
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it was all we knew © 2015
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return the gift © 2015
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in a different place © 2015
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serves me right to suffer © 2014
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the waiting room © 2014
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re-CYCLED #1 © 2014
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immoral tales © 2014
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re-CYCLED #2 ©2014
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uncertain destination © 2014
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re-CYCLED #3 © 2014
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loverman © 2014
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the joke © 2012
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what are you waiting for? © 2012
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trouble will find you © 2012
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wayfaring stranger © 2012
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wicked messenger © 2012
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listening to history © 2012
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i can hear the grass grow © 2012
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you've got everything now © 2012
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death goes to the disco © 2012
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whatever happens i still love you © 2012
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it even hurts when i scream © 2011
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nothing, no one around for miles © 2011
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the ride © 2011
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humboldt's wedding © 2010
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you haven't looked at me that way in years © 2010
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tree of man © 2010
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hemmed © 2010
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ordinary monsters © 2010
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it's true what they say about love © 2009
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the visitors © 2009
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colony © 2007
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the cyclists © 2007