David Schweitzer, a Milwaukee native, was born in 1958. He spent his childhood drawing and painting and when it came time to choose a career, it was a no-brainer. He attended the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and graduated in 1980 with a bachelors degree in Illustration.

The next six years were spent working for advertising art studios in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Waterloo, Iowa learning the illustration business. In 1986 Dave returned to the Milwaukee area, started his own business and is currently represented worldwide by artist representatives in Chicago and Los Angeles.

Aviation has also been an area of great interest to Dave since childhood. During his two year stint in Iowa, and with little else to do, he decided it was a perfect time to learn to fly and received his pilots license. In 1990 Dave combined his interests in art and aviation by joining the U.S. Air Force Art Program. As a member he travels the globe with the Air Force as an observer and documents his impressions on canvas. These oil paintings are then donated to the Air Force art collection at a bi-annual event in Washington DC.

Dave currently lives in Racine, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan.