'The Backyard Bash'

This original stencil painting by Melbourne artist Geoff Cunningham captures the nostalgic character of Australian neighbourhoods and everyday childhood moments of the 1970s and 80's. Geoff blends hand-cut stencils and layered spray techniques to create bold light, shadow and detail. Each piece celebrates the warmth, simplicity and familiarity of retro Australian life.

"There’s nothing more Aussie than a game of backyard cricket on a summer’s arvo — automatic wicketkeeper, six & out and don't hit Mums' roses! 
This painting captures that pure, carefree energy — the determined face, the smell of cut grass, and that moment just before the big swing. It’s a snapshot of simpler times when the biggest worry was who’d fetch the ball from next door.

Bold, bright and full of sunshine, 'Backyard Bash' celebrates those golden summers that shaped a generation — when every kid wanted to be the next Greg Chappell or Viv Richards."

65 x 85cm (68 x 88 framed), Acrylic & aerosol  on canvas, this piece is framed in a sleek low profile natural oak floating frame.