David Rosie was born in the small Caithness fishing town of Wick in the far north of Scotland. He was educated in Thurso and Aberdeen and went on to teach and then spent a number of years living in the Hebrides as a lobster and prawn fisherman.

In the 1990's he studied drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art and has now returned to Thurso where he runs a small studio next to the ancient Kirk of St. Peters and teaches art part-time at The North Highland College.

His small collages and mixed media works are typical of a style imbued with a feeling of topography of the highlands, islands, landscapes and seascapes and the Celtic heritage of the area.