David Edwards was born in Essex, England, in 1944.
He emigrated to Canada in 1957, living first in Toronto, and then moving to Calgary in 1960.
A significant influence on his carreer and style came from artist John Constable. This influence can still be seen in his landscapes' rounded trees and dramatic clouds.
Later, the work of the French minimalist Nicolas De Stael played the most significant role in Edwards' development as a painter. He was profoundly moved by the manner in which De Stael generalized shapes, rather than detailing.
Edwards works with a palette knife to apply acrylics to canvas or panels.
His paintings hang in corporate and private collections in Canada (Toronto Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria); the United States (Washington state, Wahsington D.C., Massachussetts, Wyoming and California); Sussex, England; and Australia (Kalannie and Sydney).