"Coral Gardens, Rangiroa"
2023 by Nansi Bielanski Gallup and David Gallup
38" x 124" Oil on Wood
"Coral Gardens, Rangiroa"
2024 by Nansi Bielanski Gallup and David Gallup 38" x 124" Oil on Wood For us, this is more than a painting, it's a Manifesto. It has taken each of us decades, plus another decade painting together, to find a style which runs the gamut from Abstract Expressionism through Impressionism and all the way to Academic Realism in one painting. The result is shimmering and highly energized, which feels to us like the flickering light we see in shallow water. At more than ten feet wide, it's difficult to appreciate on a small screen, so we are adding some detail shots and a video to try to give more of an impression of the piece. |
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"Law of Attraction" - Fiji, the White Wall
Collaborative Oil Painting on Wood by Nansi Bielanski Gallup and David C. Gallup
Oil on Wood, 48" x 64", 2023
Collaborative Oil Painting on Wood by Nansi Bielanski Gallup and David C. Gallup
Oil on Wood, 48" x 64", 2023
"Schooling Butterflyfish, Raja Ampat"
24" x 30", Oil on Wood
Copyright David C. Gallup 2023
24" x 30", Oil on Wood
Copyright David C. Gallup 2023
"The Reawakening of Venus"
36" x 48", Oil on Wood, Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup, 2020
36" x 48", Oil on Wood, Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup, 2020
"Blue Octopus"
30" x 24", Oil on Wood, Copyright David C. Gallup 2020
30" x 24", Oil on Wood, Copyright David C. Gallup 2020
"Regeneration" ~ Giant Clam with Bubble-Tip Anemone
36" x 36", Oil on Wood
Copyright David C. Gallup, 2020
36" x 36", Oil on Wood
Copyright David C. Gallup, 2020
"David Nude with Tiger", 36" x 48", Oil on Wood,
Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup 2022
If it is ignorance which gives us fear, then it is knowledge which gives us courage. Once upon a time we, too, were terrified of sharks. Urban dwellers that we were, we learned of these toothy nightmares from movie theater seats, our young minds soaking in the horror of a human encounter with a shark. Thankfully, the human mind is flexible. Through experience and deliberate education we have conquered that ignorance and now relish the opportunity to swim with these most graceful of creatures. We have thrilled at watching them hunting tuna in Rangiroa, feeding on triggerfish in Belize, and sleeping in sea-caves in the Bahamas. Our transformation from shark-fearing swimmers to shark-loving divers is proof to us every day that people can change, grow, and learn. People, therefore, can overcome fear and live lives of courage. That alone is enough to give us hope for the future of our oceans.
Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup 2022
If it is ignorance which gives us fear, then it is knowledge which gives us courage. Once upon a time we, too, were terrified of sharks. Urban dwellers that we were, we learned of these toothy nightmares from movie theater seats, our young minds soaking in the horror of a human encounter with a shark. Thankfully, the human mind is flexible. Through experience and deliberate education we have conquered that ignorance and now relish the opportunity to swim with these most graceful of creatures. We have thrilled at watching them hunting tuna in Rangiroa, feeding on triggerfish in Belize, and sleeping in sea-caves in the Bahamas. Our transformation from shark-fearing swimmers to shark-loving divers is proof to us every day that people can change, grow, and learn. People, therefore, can overcome fear and live lives of courage. That alone is enough to give us hope for the future of our oceans.
"Nude with Lemon Shark"
60" x 40", Oil on Wood, Copyright 2020 Nansi Bielanski Gallup
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60" x 40", Oil on Wood, Copyright 2020 Nansi Bielanski Gallup
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"Eternal Bond" ~ Humpback Mother and Calf
60" x 60", Oil on Wood
Copyright 2024 by Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup
The most difficult subjects are often not the obscure ones, but the familiar ones. Images so deeply woven into our collective imagination that they seem to arrive with their meaning already attached. How can a painting reopen such a conversation? How can it transform recognition into discovery?
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60" x 60", Oil on Wood
Copyright 2024 by Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup
The most difficult subjects are often not the obscure ones, but the familiar ones. Images so deeply woven into our collective imagination that they seem to arrive with their meaning already attached. How can a painting reopen such a conversation? How can it transform recognition into discovery?
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"The Pink Reef"
40" x 40", Oil on Mounted Linen by David Gallup 2018
What does a memory look like? How do we portray the human experience of a moment in a painting? Memories are not studies in anatomy, nor do they obey rules of perspective. If we leave the camera at home and go for a snorkel on a beautiful coral reef, what are the visual experiences we take with us? These are some of the questions I have attempted to confront in "Pink Reef".
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40" x 40", Oil on Mounted Linen by David Gallup 2018
What does a memory look like? How do we portray the human experience of a moment in a painting? Memories are not studies in anatomy, nor do they obey rules of perspective. If we leave the camera at home and go for a snorkel on a beautiful coral reef, what are the visual experiences we take with us? These are some of the questions I have attempted to confront in "Pink Reef".
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"This is How We Dream", 30" x 30", Oil on Wood
Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup |
"Night Diver", 9" x 12", Oil on Wood
Copyright David C. Gallup |
"Birthday Flowers for Nansi", 12" x 12", Oil on Wood
By David C. Gallup
By David C. Gallup
"Pentimento", 30" x 30", Oil on Wood
Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup and David C. Gallup 2025
A pentimento is the reappearance of an earlier image beneath the surface of a painting.
In Pentimento, that resurfacing becomes a metaphor for memory itself. Multiple images occupy the same space, emerging and dissolving as the viewer's attention shifts. Observation, recollection, and imagination coexist, challenging the notion that experience can ever be reduced to a single, fixed moment.
Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup and David C. Gallup 2025
A pentimento is the reappearance of an earlier image beneath the surface of a painting.
In Pentimento, that resurfacing becomes a metaphor for memory itself. Multiple images occupy the same space, emerging and dissolving as the viewer's attention shifts. Observation, recollection, and imagination coexist, challenging the notion that experience can ever be reduced to a single, fixed moment.
"Kelp Encounter"
30" x 30", Oil on Wood by Nansi Bielanski Gallup
It has been said that there are two kinds of people: those who have looked into the eye of a whale, and those who have not.
I was reminded of this when I first swam with sea lions at Anacapa Island. The intelligence, curiosity, and playfulness these animals displayed awakened something ancient within me. I found myself observing a society that mirrored our own: playful pups blowing bubbles and tugging at my fins, cautious mothers calling them away, and protective bulls quietly assessing whether I posed a threat.
What moved me most, however, was the sense that they shared our curiosity. Beyond instinct and behavior, there seemed to exist a desire to bridge the gulf between species—to reach across an immeasurable distance and make contact with the exotic other, the cousin from another world.
For a fleeting moment, the boundaries between observer and observed dissolved into mirrors of one another's curiosity.
30" x 30", Oil on Wood by Nansi Bielanski Gallup
It has been said that there are two kinds of people: those who have looked into the eye of a whale, and those who have not.
I was reminded of this when I first swam with sea lions at Anacapa Island. The intelligence, curiosity, and playfulness these animals displayed awakened something ancient within me. I found myself observing a society that mirrored our own: playful pups blowing bubbles and tugging at my fins, cautious mothers calling them away, and protective bulls quietly assessing whether I posed a threat.
What moved me most, however, was the sense that they shared our curiosity. Beyond instinct and behavior, there seemed to exist a desire to bridge the gulf between species—to reach across an immeasurable distance and make contact with the exotic other, the cousin from another world.
For a fleeting moment, the boundaries between observer and observed dissolved into mirrors of one another's curiosity.
"Bora Bora at Three Meters",
24x24, Oil on Wood,
Copyright by David C. Gallup and Nansi Bielanski Gallup 2021
24x24, Oil on Wood,
Copyright by David C. Gallup and Nansi Bielanski Gallup 2021
"Rainbow Reef Snorkel, Fiji"
24" 24", Oil on Panel,
Copyright David C. Gallup and Nansi Bielanski Gallup, 2021
24" 24", Oil on Panel,
Copyright David C. Gallup and Nansi Bielanski Gallup, 2021