"Safety Stop with Anthias, Fiji", 32" x 40", Oil on Mounted Panel, SOLD
Copyright David C. Gallup
What is the difference between what is, and what we perceive? Is there a better way of describing a human experience than with one eye shut in one instant (as a camera might)? What does a memory look like? These are some of the questions which led me to paint "Safety Stop with Anthias". The lens flare is a reference to the idea that underwater images are almost always filtered through a camera's lens, even those which ultimately result in paintings. The peculiarities of perception through a camera have permeated the mind of large parts of the public so much as to have replaced human perception of the underwater world entirely. This began to disturb me when I noticed it happening to myself... photos and videos of dives began to replace my actual memory the moment I viewed them. Now, I rarely take a camera with me on a dive at all. My goal is to challenge the credentials of the camera in defining human perception in the underwater genre, as I try to erase its influence on my own visual experiences.
Copyright David C. Gallup
What is the difference between what is, and what we perceive? Is there a better way of describing a human experience than with one eye shut in one instant (as a camera might)? What does a memory look like? These are some of the questions which led me to paint "Safety Stop with Anthias". The lens flare is a reference to the idea that underwater images are almost always filtered through a camera's lens, even those which ultimately result in paintings. The peculiarities of perception through a camera have permeated the mind of large parts of the public so much as to have replaced human perception of the underwater world entirely. This began to disturb me when I noticed it happening to myself... photos and videos of dives began to replace my actual memory the moment I viewed them. Now, I rarely take a camera with me on a dive at all. My goal is to challenge the credentials of the camera in defining human perception in the underwater genre, as I try to erase its influence on my own visual experiences.
"Swimming with Black Tips, Bora Bora", 48" x48",
Oil on Canvas Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup |
"Bursting with Life", 16" x 16", Oil on Panel
Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup |
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" Union of Seahorses", 10" x 8", Oil on Panel SOLD
Copyright David C. Gallup |
"Study of a Flock in Motion", 16" x 20", Oil on Panel, SOLD
Copyright David C. Gallup |
"Teeming" ~ Rangiroa Reef, Oil on Wood, 24' X 24"
Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup
Copyright Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup
" Painted Sea", 24" x 24", Oil on Wood, Copyright David Gallup