Using ink, watercolours and acrylics, David explores his Ojibwe heritage.
His paintings are deeply spiritual and inspired by the stories and
traditions of his ancestors. David lives and paints at Curve Lake
First Nations, near Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

On a distant shore, you can see a fire. Smoke is rising from the fire
and is forming images in the sky. The images are teachings from a sacred
place known as Kinomaagewapkong. In the smoke, you can see a young playful
figure, an apprentice. Above the apprentice is a figure of considerable
stature, the healer or shaman. A path can be seen from the apprentice
to the shaman. This is the path of knowledge that the young person
travels upon to learn the ways of medicine. It is believed that some
people are born with a natural ability to heal with their hands. If
you look carefully at the fire, you will see that it is the image of
a hand. It is David's way of showing the energy that flows from
healing hands.