David grew up in Santa Cruz, California on the Monterey Bay. For years he painted the local wildlife sandpipers, gulls and pelicans. You can find his work in homes throughout the Bay area. He then turned to tropical birds and animals.

In 1984, he headed south to Los Angeles to work in the movie business on set work and design. He found it hot, noisy and dirty so he started showing his work in L.A. He leaned toward something soothing like the koi paintings. This got him a lot of work and sales. The people enjoyed the serenity and brought it to their homes. David got to meet many of the worlds top koi breeders and David even got on the cover along with an article in Koi U.S.A. the leading magazine in the field. This of course generated him more work. Also in 1981, David and some artist friends opened a gallery in Capitola California. Then went on and founded the Capitoa Art and Wine Festival in 1983, now in it's 25th year.

David then moved back to Santa Cruz and started the Japanese screen series that is presented here with a few of the serene Victorian pond pieces and one of his impressionistic paintings. The wall sculpture is an influence of his move set days. The lighting was first done for interior design trade he began working with. The collage is new and allows him to work with color and composition maybe just for the fun of it.

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