Dave grew up in Lancaster watching his father paint wonderful pictures of buses and trains on the dining table. His father was a celebrated transport artist with a passion for buses and he greatly inspired Dave. He used to try and copy his fathers paintings, so it was no real surprise that at the age of 16 was accepted into Blackpool and Fylde College to study Technical and Scientific Illustration. Five years of study ended with a Distinction and passage into working briefly for English Heritage finishing a project Dave had started whilst on work placement from the college illustrating Furness Abbey in Cumbria.

After 12 months working on this beautiful building, and with itchy feet, Dave headed to the Netherlands to work for Philips Electronics as an Illustrator for just over two years. From there he went south to the Cote d’Azur in France, finding work as an illustrator and graphic designer with IBM and Accenture before becoming freelance in 1999.

During his years in France Dave fell in love with the architecture of the old hilltop villages, the contrast of sunlight and shadow on stucco walls, colourful windows and interesting doorways. These found their way into his artwork, all the while continuing with his first love, wildlife; influenced by the likes of David Shepherd, Robert Bateman and Raymond Harris-Ching.

In 2013, after 25 years away Dave returned to the UK settling across the Pennines in York. Since then he has been rediscovering the Yorkshire landscape and the wonderful industrial architecture the region has to offer. This has given his work a fresh lease of life and inspired him to try new techniques to try and capture this whole new palette.

Dave has exhibited in the UK and Europe and his paintings hang on the walls of customers in the UK, Europe and beyond.