David
immigrated to Canada from Yorkshire, England in 1977. He
studied graphic design at George Brown College in Toronto
and pursued a career as a freelance illustrator and designer.
He has worked for leading publishing firms such as Penguin
Books and Viking Press. Since 1988 his extensive travels
have inspired a rich array of paintings. From Africa, Asia
and Central America to the Queen Charlotte Islands, American
Southwest and Canadian Arctic, these remote and mystical
places have deeply influenced the artist’s creativity
and expression. His works depict a wide range of subjects
- from people and architecture to wildlife and pure landscape
- and are sought after by collectors throughout the world.
In 1992 David was invited along with two other Canadian
artists to exhibit at the prestigious Lotte Gallery in Seoul,
Korea. This was the first time North American contemporary
artists had been privileged to exhibit work in Korea.
He has also exhibited at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson art Museum’s
"Birds in Art" exhibition; "American Art
in miniature" at the Thomas Gilcrease Museum; "Arts
for the Parks" in Jackson, Wyoming, and in annual exhibitions
at the Algonquin Park Gallery, Ontario. His paintings are
in permanent collections at the Gail Art Museum in Seoul,
S. Korea and the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
From his studio in southern Ontario David, in his own words,
tries "to portray, man’s relationship to the
world in which he lives, more specifically, the natural
world and man’s place in it." (Art
Impressions Magazine 1996)
