David has been making art since age 15. After graduating Yale University majoring in studio art and philosophy, he moved to Seattle, where he worked in an art gallery and  founded the Emergency Comedy Team, a radio theater troupe. One of his fondest memories is sitting in bustling Elliott Bay cafe in Pioneer Square café and hearing “All Things Considered” air one of the ECT’s pieces.

David wrote freelance arts criticism and then spent several  years as art critic on staff at The Seattle Times. Following a Metcalf Fellowship for Marine and Environmental Reporting, he became inaugural executive director of the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation in Shoreline, WA. He left that position to become communication manager for the newly founded Friends of Dunhuang (now Dunhuang Foundation), helping support the famed World Heritage cave temple site on China’s Silk Road.

As a community volunteer David has spearheaded two park projects in Seattle, Mt. Baker Ridge Viewpoint and the Lakewood Sanctuary

Besides painting and making objects, David is the author of Razor Clams: Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest (University of Washington Press). David recently spoke on the razor clamming phenomenon at Seward Park Audubon Center. His award-winning haiku and other short-form poetry has been featured in many journals and anthologies.

David lives in Seattle and enjoys hiking, boating and tai chi when not busy in the studio.