David Riedel was born in Indiana and lived there until moving to Tempe, Arizona to study art. He fell in love with the Southwest, graduating from Northern Arizona University in 1982 with a BFA in printmaking.
         In 1986 David began attending a course at the Art Students League in New York and continues to retreat there every year for an intense month of drawing and painting at the Art Students League that David first met and studied under internationally acclaimed artist David Leffel.
         During 1993 – 1994 David lived for six months in Nepal, India and Tibet, traveling and studying the culture and language. He has collected beautiful objects from his many travels; those from India and Tibet are among his favorites for still life arrangements.
         David Riedel’s work is shown nationally and collected internationally. He has been in several national competitions and won awards in the 1995, 1996, 1999, and Painters of America exhibitions. Riedel was the recipient of Award of Excellence (best of show) from National Oil Painter of America, 2009.