Dave was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, and has lived in the
San Francisco Bay Area for most of his life. He is a retired attorney who has two degrees in psychology. Dave has practiced law, been vice president of a bank, served in the Canadian military, delivered mail, worked underground as a miner, and, as lab assistant in a memory study, trained goldfish.
Besides artmaking, Dave enjoys kayaking, nature photography, chess and playing the bagpipe.