Currently based in Adelaide's Hindley Street arts precinct, Davids' work is held in private, public and corporate collections around Australia and the world. He was the Caltex Masters Choice selection of Keith Looby in his early career and has been a finalist in the Alice Price (NT), the Mosman Art Prize [most recently in 2007] and the Musswelbrook Art Prize. Reid has had exhibitions around Australia, including the Tamworth City Gallery, Armidale City Art Gallery, throughout Sydney and at FlightPath, Gray Hawk Gallery and Aptos Cruz Gallery in Adelaide. David's work is abstract, spontaneous and fluid in nature. His three primary media are oil on canvas, ink on paper and printmaking. Although a native of Sydney Harbour, he has been profoundly influenced by the light and colours of the Adelaide climate as well as by his travel to the city of Shanghai.