At the young age of seventeen, David joined the Navy and, after completing his training in Oklahoma, was stationed for a year at Guantanamo Bay. He later toured to and was stationed in Japan for the remainder of his service. Upon returning to the United States, David earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Southern California, and began his career as an artist. With a loan from his parents, David started a Sandal Shop in downtown Los Angeles, called Sandals Primarily. At the same time, he became interested in learning to fly and earned his pilots license, later to become a flight instructor. Two of his private students at the flight school, were in the special effects business. They offered David a position in their model shop during the production of the first Star Wars film. David went on to work on a number of films and television shows, including Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek the Motion Picture, Avalanche Express, and Caddyshack, to name a few.
David was married twice and his second wife, Sara Scott, was able to help him grow his art business to the point where he no longer needed to work in the special effects industry. They moved to California's Central Coast and settled in Morro Bay, where he became an art professor at Cuesta Community College. He built a studio in San Miguel, California, where he manufactured his masterpieces. David and Sara later divorced and David continued to teach art at Cuesta College, until he retired in 2019. David will long be remembered for his beautiful and unique artistic talent.
