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)
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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
$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
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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
$12,250
H 18.5 in W 15.5 in D 1 in
"Green Hutch" Four Bunnies on Pale Mint Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
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 black bunnies on a bring orange background with thick use of paint....
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
$25,000
H 40.5 in W 34.5 in D 2.75 in
"New Birds" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
H 30 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
"Big Top" Colorful Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textured Mixed Media, Signed
By Lesley Anne Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Big Top" 2026 Acrylic paint, oil stick, and mixed media on cradled panel board Signed in the bottom right corner and on the verso. "Big To...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Oil Crayon, Stretcher Bars
$8,000
H 14.5 in W 12.5 in D 1.25 in
"Glisten Series" Bunny on Colorful Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a white bunny on a colorful background with thick use of paint. Insp...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
H 14.5 in W 12.5 in D 1.25 in
"Cause of Our Joy" Black Outline Bunny on Silver Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a silver background with thick use of paint. Inspir...
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
$4,000
H 18 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
"Buster" by L. A. Spowart - Bright Playful Abstract Animal Dog Painting on Wood
By Lesley Anne Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Buster" 2023 Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wire The artist signed the bottom left and back of the painting. "Buster"...
Wire
$8,000
H 15 in W 13 in D 1.25 in
"Rose" Black Outline Bunny on French Pink Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a french pink background with thick use of paint. I...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
H 14.5 in W 12.5 in D 1.25 in
"Night Flight" Outline Bunny on Gradient Blue & Black Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a bunny on a gradient black and blue diamond dust background with th...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood 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
$545
H 12 in Dm 12 in
Portrait of an Armadillo, Bearing Burritos - Whimsical Painting on Wood Panel
By JJ Galloway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for her whimsical paintings and sculptures that combine people, animals, and food. Using oils, watercolors, and mixed media, ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$10,200
H 48 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Fifi and Her Muse", Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Abstract, Dogs and Birds
By Lesley Anne Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Fifi and Her Muse" 2025 Oil paint and oil sticks, acrylic paint, graphite, mixed media, spray paint, and stencil on cradled wood panel Sign...
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Grap...