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)
$3,200
In Singing Light - Gentle Surf, Willets and Pelicans at Sunset; Santa Monica
By David C Gallup
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts from a private collector 2015, Pasadena, CA UNFRAMED: 11" x 14" FRAMED: 16" x 19" x 1.5" SIGNED: Lower Left Exhibited Special Summer Salon: ...
Linen, Oil
$11,200Sale Price|20% Off
“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
Crashing Surf; Leo Carrillo Beach, Malibu
By David C Gallup
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery from a private collector 2015, Pasadena, CA FRAMED: 15.25" x 18.25" x 1.75" UNFRAMED: 9" x 12" SIGNED: Lower Right Exhibited Special Summer Salon: Virtual...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
$38,400Sale Price|20% Off
Tiputa Pass Snorkel
By David C Gallup
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Painting a coral reef, especially one as phenomenally healthy as the one at Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, has unique challenges. The spawning of triggerfish there attracts swarms of trigge...
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,640Sale Price|20% Off
Blue Trevally in Moonlight
By David C Gallup
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The ocean never sleeps. For pelagic species such as Blue Trevally this is especially true. While few have the desire to swim in open water at night, these fish have no choice… the ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,640Sale Price|20% Off
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
$7,600Sale Price|20% Off
"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
$4,500
H 9 in W 12 in D 0.5 in
"Trumans Beach, East Marion 06.06.2022" contemporary impressionist seascape, oil
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Trumans Beach, East Marion 06.06.2022" is an almost-abstract palette knife landscape painting of a beach and beach shrubs. Off in the distance is a little white triangle of paint to emulate a sailboat...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
$1,410
H 6 in W 8 in
English 19th century English Farm with shire Clydesdale horses in a landscape
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Woodbury, CT
English School Farmyard Scene with Horses and Goat Oil on panel, unsigned The Circle of John Frederick Herring Sr. Circa 1880 Presented in a later gilt and painted frame This finely rendered 19th-century English farmyard scene captures the quiet dignity of rural life, with a group of three horses—white, chestnut, and black—gathered beneath a tree in the warm light of late afternoon. A small goat stands to one side near a rustic stable, adding a note of charming domesticity to the composition. The surrounding landscape, with its distant hills and careful play of shadow and cloud, speaks to the artist’s sensitivity to atmosphere and detail. Though unsigned, the painting is executed in a manner closely aligned with the work of John Frederick Herring Senior, one of Britain’s most celebrated animal painters of the Victorian era. The careful modelling of the horses, their distinctive postures and anatomy, and the tranquil farm setting are all hallmarks of Herring’s influence. Painted in oils on a wooden panel, the surface retains a fine, even gloss and a warm palette typical of the period. The composition is both balanced and lyrical: the interplay of form and gesture among the animals invites the viewer into a moment of repose between work and activity, emblematic of Victorian ideals of harmony between man, beast, and the land. A delightful example of 19th-century English rural painting...
Oil, Wood Panel
$18,250
H 36 in W 27 in D 3 in
"Hutch Seaview New Port" Bunnies on White Background Oil Painting Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 4 gestural figures of Bunnies against a white background. Inspired by nature and a genuin...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
H 30 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
"Shark Bait" Original Mixed Media Abstract Animal Painting, Textured, Dogs, 2026
By Lesley Anne Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Shark Bait" 2026 Acrylic paint, oil stick, and mixed media on cradled wood panel Signature in the bottom left corner. Signed and dated on v...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Oil Crayon, Stretcher Bars
$3,000
H 21.5 in W 31.5 in D 0.8 in
Coastal Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, Ready to Hang
By Karen Darbinyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Title: Coastal Size: 21.5" x 31.5" x 0.8'' inch, (55x80x2cm), Presentation: Stretched on Wooden Bar, Gal...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$3,310
H 27.56 in W 31.5 in D 3.15 in
Water reflection with blossoms impressionist oil painting by Gorm Hansen
Located in Gavere, BE
Water reflection with blossoms impressionist oil painting by Gorm Hansen Gorm Hansen, born in 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died in 1952, is a renowned Danish painter. He is prim...
Gold Leaf
$48,250
H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
"Blue For You Diamond Dust" Ultramarine Blue Bunnies Diamond Dust Oil on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts blue gestural figures of Bunnies against an ultramarine blue diamond dust background. Slo...
Glass, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$5,000
H 29 in W 39 in D 0.8 in
Seashore Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, Ready to Hang
By Karen Darbinyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Title: Seashore Size: 29" x 39" x 0.8'' inc...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$1,000
H 8 in W 10 in
"Sun Rising" (2024) By Lorenzo Chavez, Original Oil Painting of Landscape
By Lorenzo Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
"Sun Rising" (2024) by Lorenzo Chavez is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a a snowy landscape with a bright red and orange sunset behind it. About the artist: Born, ...
Oil, Canvas, Panel
$8,000
H 40 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
"Where the Wild Things Are" - Colorful Happy Mixed Media Abstract Dog Artwork
By Lesley Anne Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Where the Wild Things Are" 2025 Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Paper, Glue, Wood Panel The artist signed the bottom middle and the ...
Paper, Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$8,000
H 40 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
"Canines in Situ" - Bright Colorful Contemporary Mixed Media Dog Abstract Art
By Lesley Anne Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Canines in Situ" 2025 Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Paper, Glue, Wood Panel The artist signed the bottom left and the back of the ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Paper, Glue
Dogs on point
By Camille Merlaud
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Camille MERLAUD (Verteillac 1877–1957) Pointing Dogs Oil on panel H. 22 cm; W. 33 cm Signed lower left. Dated 1909 Provenance: Private collection, Périgord/Charente Born i...
Oil, Wood Panel