David has been making paintings for quite a while...studying at some fine old art schools, Exeter, Falmouth & Birmingham before being awarded a prestigious Cheltenham Fellowship in 1974. Besides continuing his practice as a painter he worked in gallery, arts funding & Higher education for many years. Following a decade leading the art school at Derby University he focussed exclusively on his painting after completing a Masters degree in Photography in Leicester. Recent exhibitions include China, Germany, South Korea and Sweden, an artist of over forty years of professional engagement.