David W. Mayer is a member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA), as well as the American Impressionist Society (AIS) and and a past member of the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP). He is an avid impressionist and plein air landscape painter with an emphasis on portraying the beauty of the Rocky Mountain West as well as the Southwest, California and the West Coast.

David has studied with Scott Christensen, T. Allen Lawson, Kevin MacPherson, and Ted Goerschner as well as through the writings and works of Richard Schmid, Edgar Payne, Joaquin Sorolla and the California Impressionists. While he was an award winning watercolorist who studied with Tony Couch, David has concentrated exclusively on oil painting for the past ten years. He was a Manager in corporate publishing as well as an Art Director and Creative Director in print, web, interactive media and marketing communications prior to painting full time as a professional landscape artist.

David has won major national awards such as the "Award of Excellence" at the annual national exhibition of the Oil Painters of America (OPA) and an award at the Salon International Show. He has has sold out shows at the Arts of Denver Gallery and at the C.M. Russell events during March in Montana.

He has the honor of being the highest selling painter at the 2010 Greeley Stampede Art Show, and has shown and sold in numerous national miniature shows including the prestigious Settlers West Gallery annual show. David has participated in national plein air events such as the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) and the 2010 Telluride Plein Air show and sale and was featured in a June, 2009 article in the "Plein Air" Issue of Southwest Art Magazine.