David Larson was raised in a Midwestern suburb and settled in New England during a period of excessive educational pursuits. His interest in how abstract ideas shape the social and material world which embodies them links these earlier explorations of academic theory with his aesthetic interest in everyday, street-level urban landscapes.
StatementMy representational work focuses on urban landscapes and prompts reflection on the human place within built environments. I focus on mundane scenes and look for moments where the complexity and innate contradictions of contemporary urban life peak through and make the familiar appear enigmatic.
