David Rife, a professional violinist, was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1958. He performs as a member of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the TSO String Quartet, and the Southwest String Quartet. David also maintains a large studio of violin students, many of whom have placed in numerous competitions and have gone on to study music at many prestigious music schools. David is a self-taught artist. He prefers watercolor paints although he also uses pen and ink and watercolor pencils. He likes to paint with Maimeri, Van Gogh, Rowney, Windsor and Newton watercolor paints and Arches watercolor paper. His favorite online art stores are Utrecht and Dick Blick. This site was created and developed by David's wife, Wynne, using Ulead PhotoImpact 6 imaging software, a HP ScanJet 3400C, an Olympus D450 zoom digital camera and a Compaq Presario 5716 computer. David lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife, two daughters and four cats. Please feel free to send your comments and suggestions to drrife at gmail dot com (you know the format). Thank you for stopping by.