Scrapbook

Welcome to the "David C. Gallup online scrapbook." Here you will find photos of David painting with comments or stories from the artist. You will also find photos of David from various exhibitions and art events.

Since the beginning of 2005, David has been working on a series of paintings for an upcoming solo museum exhibition. The series is a comprehensive look at the Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Ventura County in California. The picture above shows David working from a small inflatable boat in the world's largest sea cave, Painted Cave on Santa Cruz Island. A documentary film is being made about David's work on the islands, and should be done in time to accompany the exhibition in museums around the country and beyond. Photo courtesy of "Cap'n Dan", of Sail Channel Islands. David is proud to count Sail Channel Islands among his sponsors for this collection.

The highlight of 2002 was definitely the Yellowstone trip. David was joined by fellow LUNA members Cathey Cadieux and Karl Dempwolf for painting this amazing ecosystem. Keep watching the "News & Reviews" section of this site for updates on a travelling museum exhibition. A second trip took place in Spring of 2003 with Robin Hall and Karl Dempwolf. This is a photo of David and Cathey working to quickly capture the spectacular effects of sunset and steam at Firehole Lake in Yellowstone, taken in September of 2002.

Here we have another photo from the Yellowstone trip. This one is of David painting "Late Afternoon at Firehole Lake", it was taken on the same evening. You can see the painting on the All Works page of this site. Says Gallup,"The rising steam, setting sun, and spectacular sky made this scene irresistable. I knew as I was painting that if I couldn't make a good painting out of this subject I may as well find another occupation. Fortunately for me, I was very satisfied with the result. I still long to return to paint Yellowstone again."

Here, Gallup is seen at the Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, TX, where he received three awards including the coveted "People's Choice Award" for his painting "California Daydream" in June 2004.