Born and brought up in Denny, Stirlingshire, David attended Denny High School before studying drawing and painting at Duncan of Jordanstone college of Art, Dundee (1974 – 1978).
Awarded a post diploma year, David was highly commended and awarded a Scottish Education Department travelling scholarship in 1979 which he used to paint in Athens.

After successive jobs as Art Worker, Craft Instructor, Interior / Furniture designer, David took a break from painting to pursue a career in industrial and commercial art, and now runs a successful company.

Balancing work commitments with his interest in fine art has allowed David to return to painting and he has started to exhibit again.

David adopts a direct approach to landscape painting using colour harmonies and tonal variations to express his vision of the countryside around him. Using earthy greens and browns David opens his canvasses to light and air as he renders the transition of filtering morning sunlight into deep purple shadow. Working in oil and mixed media, he embraces a variety of styles and visual disciplines which can vary markedly in response to subject, mood and the weather. From the unified harmony of wooded country lanes, streams and footpaths to the abstract vibrancy of stormy shore lines he retains a continuity of inspiration between them.

Most recent exhibition:-
Earth Journeys – with Frances Law and Jan Johnstone
Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld 2007

In past years David has exhibited in the 369 Gallery, Edinburgh, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Aberdeen Arts Centre, Scottish Society of Artists, RSA student exhibitions and the Pernod International event amongst others.

He has work in private collections throughout the UK , France and Switzerland.

Future Exhibitions include:-
Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld, March - April 2008
Frames Gallery, Perth, March - April 2008
Touched by Scotland Gallery, Oyne, Aberdeenshire, April - June 2008
Fisher Gallery, Pittenweem, June - July 2008
Galleria Luti, Callander, Aug – Sept 2008
Jam Gallery, Dundee, October - Nov 2008