2019
David C. Gallup has devoted his life to the study, teaching, and creation of art. He graduated from Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles in 1990, and soon found himself supervising a staff of over thirty artists under pop art legend Hiro Yamagata on the Earthly Paradise collection and other projects. He began plein-air painting on mornings, weekends and after work, and eventually left his friend and patron Yamagata to pursue a career as a gallery artist.
For over a decade, he was the Vice President of the historic California Art Club, and his ability to critique a wide range of painting styles was critical to the rise of the club’s prominence in the 21st Century. He has held three solo museum exhibitions, at the Weisman Museum in Malibu, at the Aquarium of the Pacific Museum in Long Beach, and at the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, as well as numerous solo gallery exhibitions.
Along with his partner Nansi Bielanski, he left the California Art Club in 2016 to develop a new style of art based on some of the conceptually intriguing aspects of Cubism, fused with Abstraction, Pop, Impressionism, and Realism. \ This work is often inspired by the SCUBA diving the couple enjoy, and depicts motion, confusion, and brightly colored reef life. These paintings are used to inspire conservation and ocean education. Many of the large canvases are collaborations between them both, working in turns or simultaneously on the same canvas. They work at their studio in Santa Rosa Valley, CA. (in the hills above Camarillo) David also holds a weekly Master Class in painting for established artists.
(Biography provided by Izen Miller Gallery)
"Thrill Seekers" (Swimming with Humans)
By David C Gallup
Located in Palm Desert, CA
On a recent trip to the Tuamotu Islands (our Honeymoon, incidentally) we signed up for an eco-tour to snorkel with Black-Tip Reef Sharks in the Rangiroa Lagoon. While swimming with ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Coral Gardens
By Nansi Bielanski Gallup and David C. Gallup
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Coral Gardens” is an interpretation of the experience we had in the Great Lagoon of Rangiroa, a pristine and tranquil spot in the South Pacific. To catch a sense of motion and flick...
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Schooling Palometa
By David C Gallup
Located in Palm Desert, CA
I am always fascinated with human perception - you could say that it is why I became an artist. One of the most elusive qualities of perception, and therefore one of the greatest ch...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Rhapsody"
By Nansi Bielanski Gallup and David C. Gallup
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This painting is a fantasy, but it is about real things. Real dreams, real experiences, real opportunities. We are, all of us, free to strip off our clothes and explore a kelp forest...
Linen, Oil
Coral Column
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Alongside my wife Nansi, I have been lucky to explore some of the most beautiful and pristine coral reefs in the world. People often think we take pictures of the corals and paint them, but that is far from our process, which involves (at least in this case) working from an abstract design and weaving in memories and imagination until I had this image resolved. This painting is scheduled to be a part of our (Nansi’s and mine) international museum exhibition highlighting the beauty and fragility of our coral reef ecosystems, kicking off at the new ICONIC Museum in Texas in 2024. David C. Gallup has devoted his life to the study, teaching, and creation of art. He graduated from Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles in 1990, and soon found himself supervising a staff of over thirty artists under pop art legend Hiro Yamagata on the Earthly Paradise collection and other projects. He began plein-air painting on mornings, weekends and after work, and eventually left his friend and patron Yamagata to pursue a career as a gallery artist. For over a decade, he was the Vice President of the historic California Art Club...
Oil, Wood Panel
“Regeneration” Coral Spawning at Raja Ampat, Indonesia
By David C Gallup
Located in Palm Desert, CA
While it is true that humans and nature are having some trouble finding a sustainable balance, I believe that it is imperative that we don’t lose hope. There is still so much worth ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Greek Contemporary Art by Peny Manavi - Under the Sea 4
By Peny Manavi
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil and printing ink on canvas Peny Manavi is a Greek artist born in 1968 who lives & works in Athens, Greece. She has a degree in Physics from the University of Athens in 1992 & M....
Canvas, Ink, Oil
Seven Days Underwater was created underwater during scuba diving
By Olga Nikitina
Located in Zofingen, AG
Underwater Painting by OlgaNikitinArt, project 7 Days underwater. The biggest artwork by Olga Nikitina created underwater during scuba diving 120x80cm. Artwork reflects the story of 7 safari days in the Red Sea on liveaboard Heaven Saphir. Artist captured the best dive spots – highlights of the Red Sea such as Abu Nuhas wrecks, Ras Mohamed National Park, wreck Thistlegorm, Brothers, wreck Salem Express. There were a several underwater painting sessions in seven days in a different places. In the end all dive team who participated in this expedition gave some touch to the artwork to seal a story. Style: underwater impressionism Materials: palette knife oil painting, stretched cotton canvas Shipping: express shipping in a box with tracking number Artwork "Seven Days Underwater" was exhibited on Spectrum Miami during Art Festival with ArtBox Project. Olga is an artist and scuba diving instructor, she draw her inspiration from being underwater. She traveled around the world, dives in different ocean and sea for discovering new colors, shapes, emotions, to capture all varieties of our another world – UNDERWATER. She believes when she teach people scuba diving she opens the door to new planet, to new reality in another dimension. In her art she reflects these emotions what people experience being underwater. Who have tried scuba diving once become a different person, it is not possible to forget that experience. Olga’s artworks will transfer you to that moment and you will dive in your memories with all your feelings. Piece of art will be not just a beautiful decoration on your wall but it becomes part of you, part of your space. Fish painting, fish artwork, school of fish painting, original art, ocean art, underwater painting, scuba diving painting...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Coral sea, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Jorge Calero
Located in Yardley, PA
The painting presents a vibrant and colorful underwater scene, teeming with marine life: fish of various shapes and sizes, corals, algae, and other elements that suggest a rich and d...
Acrylic
Water simphony, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Jorge Calero
Located in Yardley, PA
Jorge Calero´s depiction of the wildlife aims to bring back the feeling of awe and love towards nature by enhancing chromatically and formally the feeling of fantasy it creates in u...
Acrylic
Greek Contemporary Art by Peny Manavi - Under the Sea 3
By Peny Manavi
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil and printing ink on canvas Peny Manavi is a Greek artist born in 1968 who lives & works in Athens, Greece. She has a degree in Physics from the University of Athens in 1992 & M.Sc Degree in Radiation Physics at University College...
Canvas, Ink, Oil
Under Sea Rebel, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Gill Bustamante
Located in Yardley, PA
Under Sea Rebel is a large blue and turquoise underwater seascape painting of a queen angel fish in a pristine Caribbean Sea. It is 40x40x1.5 inches. The fish swims along intent on h...
Oil
