David's interest in wild life started when his parents gave him a pair of plastic toy binoculars at the age of six. Although they were practically useless, David was convinced otherwise and decided that he needed to identify the fuzzy images seen through them from his back garden, over the years his passion for birds and beasts grew, as did he.

After leaving school and spending several years in full-time employment, David thought about doing something different. He started sketching, decided that he quite liked it and enrolled on a one-year foundation course In Art & Design at Croydon College; it was here that he learned of the wildlife illustration course at Carmarthen College of Art. He had already spent many family holidays in Wales, which he fondly remembered, so the idea of spending two years In Wales drawing and painting wildlife seemed very attractive. He was duly accepted on the course in September 1992 and spent the next two years teaching himself to draw and paint.

David still lives in Wales and cannot see himself leaving for quite some time. He says, "I absolutely love it here. There are so many different habitats within easy reach and the wealth of flora and fauna is extraordinary. My interest in the natural world is reaching new levels combined with my painting. There is no mystery to what or how I paint. I paint what I see and as I see it. Light and atmosphere and a sense of 'being there' are very important to me. I want people to look at the paintings I do and hopefully to feel connected in the same way to what they are seeing. I want to show the rest of the world how beautiful this country and its wildlife is. There is much complaining of the weather in Britain, but it is the weather that I find makes this land so magical. The more I see of Britain the less I want to travel anywhere else. I have no interest in making any artistic statements or forwarding any particular artistic movement, in its simplest form, I paint wildlife and landscape to the best of my ability and I thoroughly enjoy doing so. If I can bring some of the pleasure that I get from painting to other people then its �job done!"

David now shows his work through the Bridge Gallery in Llandeilo and is a valued member of their 'Artists in Residence' programme which encourages people to 'meet the artist'.

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