David Gula was born on April 29, 1968, in Etobicoke, Ontario. He attended Cawthra Park Secondary School from 1983 to 1987 and Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology from 1989 to 1990, but is essentially self-educated in the discipline of art.

David's painting is influenced by Expressionism in general and Vincent Van Gogh in particular, as can be seen in his fiery and impassioned brush strokes, bold and lively colours and vivid, often tumultuous landscapes.

His sketches, on the other hand, pay homage to the classic realism of the Old Masters like Michelangelo, as is noticeable in his lifelike depictions of the human and animal form.

Even more noteworthy are the ways that the theories of physics, the arguments of philosophy and the tenets of Buddhism reveal themselves in David's artwork.

"I stopped painting and drawing for about two years," David explains. "I took that time as a growing period. I studied and tried to understand philosophy and physics. I was very interested in understanding why everything is the way it is."

One of the Zen-like beliefs that David subscribes to is the inherent and unequivocal relationship between things, such as humans and nature, nature and the planet, or an artist and his art.

"People say 'I created this' or 'I did that,' with an emphasis on the 'I'," explains David. "In fact, the strokes ~ you'll see something ~ an accident will happen and it's in that moment that a special relationship between you and the painting develops. The painting is showing you something. I realize that, and I work with that. I let it be what it's meant to be naturally."

David's work is also inspired by such concepts as the Doppler Effect as is evidenced in the mighty swirls of his brush stroke, and the Fibonacci Sequence as it occurs all around us in nature.

But the belief that David hangs on to most strongly is that everything is necessary, and that nothing is exclusive of anything else.