David started his career as an aviation artist and owes a great deal to The Royal Air Force, they recognised his talent and started commissioning aviation paintings which involved flying all over the world with them.

It was The Royal Air Force who flew David to Kenya in 1960 and this was the catalyst in his life. They commissioned his very first wildlife painting and, to quote David’s own words, " I have never looked back".

It was at this same formative time in David’s life that he became a conservationist when he saw 255 dead zebra lying around a poisoned waterhole in Tanzania. Now he is internationally regarded as one of the world’s leading wildlife artists.