Since then, David has studied with acclaimed watercolorists Tom Lynch, Tony van Hasselt, Frank Webb, and Ron Ranson.  "Every few years, if I'm lucky, I try to take a workshop with an instructor whose work I admire," says David.  "This past summer my family and I drove up to Maine where master artist Judi Wagner was giving a week's watercolor workshop near Bar Harbor.  What a delightful experience."

David's entries appear regularly at regional art shows. For the past three years, he has earned recognition at the juried art exhibition at Waterford's Fall Festival (Virginia):  he took first place honors in the watercolor category in 2006 and 2008 and honorable mention in 2009.  His painting "Stone Lion" took the blue ribbon there as "Best Waterford Scene" in 2007.

David lives in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife and daughter.  He teaches English at Sherando High School in Stephens City.  "While I officially disapprove of students' doodling on their desks, I do -- unofficially -- enjoy seeing how creative some students are with a pencil in their hands after their interest in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar or The Scarlet Letter has waned." 

In his paintings David strives for a fresh, loose, impressionistic view of the surrounding countryside.   Barns and farm houses dot his paintings, but he also enjoys the crisp geometry of a town scene. "For example, the water tower in Strasburg fascinates me," says the artist. "It stands high above the town on the site of poor Nathaniel Banks' Civil War fort.  Viewed from Hupp's Hill at sunset, the tower is a blue exclamation point on the orange page of the western sky."  He notes that several towns up and down the Valley have gone to the trouble to make their watertowers distinctive and pretty.

In July 2007, David was the featured artist of The Art Group Gallery in Mt. Jackson, VA, a cooperative that David considers his home gallery.

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