After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, David moved to the Washington, D.C. area to begin his professional career as a fine artist. He was a resident artist in the Arlington Art Center when he was awarded a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, which enabled David to move to New York City to study painting at the Art Student's League. After several years of working and exhibiting in the Newy York metropolitan area, David relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, where he enrolled as a student in the Schuler School of Fine Arts and where he is currently a free-lance painting instructor. David also teaches at the Mitchell School of Fine Art in Baltimore and teaches annual painting workshops in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He is sought after as a painting demonstrator as well.
A member of the Oil Painters of America, David received the Liquitex Award at the 1999 OPA show in Scottsdale, Arizona. David's paintings were included in the travelling exhibition "Baltimore Realists" whichwas displayed in several venues in the Midwest and on the East Coast. In October 2001, at the invitation of the Les Amis de la Grand Vigne, David lived and worked in the medieval city of Dinan, France, as the town's artist-in-residence. His time in Dinan was the subject of a feature article in the March, 2003 issue of American Artist magazine. His paintings have been included in the annual Salon International sponsored by the Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio, Texas.
David's paintings have been included in several national exhibitions. In April 2005 he was interviewed for an article featured in the premier issue of American Artist Workshop Magazine. He is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painter's Association, and the Charcoal Club of Baltimore.