David Lloyd was born and raised in South Africa where he started painting at the age of ten. David established himself in South Africa as the yougest exhibiting artist with the Natal Society of Art in Durban with his first one man exhibition of oil paintings at age 13. David first used an airbrush at age 17 painting customized graphics on surfboards. David emigrated to Canada in 1979 at age 18 to escape the mandatory military draft in South Africa. In 1981 David teamed up with the now owner of Seaward Kayaks to open the well remembered Phantasia Auto Body and Custom Paint Shop in Abbotsford, BC. The shop specialized in custom vehicle painting, murals and prize winning show cars which regularly showed up in the Vancouver - Seattle car show circuit. Since then David has diversified his talents to include sandblasted and hand carved signs and graphic arts including designing brochures, developing advertizing packages and designing logos. David has done artwork for companies as diverse as West Edmonton Mall, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, NASA, Dole Pineapple, and Fox Studios. David currently lives on Vancouver Island where he airbrushes on almost everything from Harleys to kayaks and sells his oil paintings to collectors throughout the world. http://www.islandartwork.com