Dave Chapple's proclivity for art as a young boy was matched only by his passion for sports. When the Buffalo Bills drafted him into the NFL straight out of college, it was a dream fulfilled. In 1972, while playing for the Los Angeles Rams, Chapple led the league in kicking and was named All Pro, but throughout his professional football career, art remained his passion.

Chapple's quest to tell a story in each of his works of art has led him to explore and experiment with a variety of media from watercolors and oils to multi-plate etchings and bronze sculptures. Over the course of his artistic career, Dave has moved from a highly detailed illustrative style to the looser, more impressionistic style of his current work.