"The Bassics" | The National Arts Program Foundation

Photo of acoustic bass violins using iPhone SE, 2023

Photography

Photo of acoustic bass violins at Atlanta Violins, Roswell, Georgia, 2023 using iPhone SE.

David Chamberlain

David Chamberlain

Venue: Virtual OPEN Exhibit

Classification: Adult Amateur

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"Forbidden Planet" Painting in acrylic from 2021.

"Forbidden Planet"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, April 24, 2025.

"Deep Encounter"

Ink Drawing, October, 2024

"People On Paper"

Photograph of bananas, February, 2025.

Acrylic paints rolled with ink brayer on black surface.

Somewhere Below

Watercolor on Polyprophylene film.

Photograph of cactus blossoms, May 1, 2025.

Cephalopod painting in India Ink, 2024.

"Armed Services"

Photo of archtop jazz guitars 2024

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, September, 2024.

The Velvet Throated Bubble Fish and The Southern Ocean Crowing Carp"

"Nemo" cartoon, 2021, MUJI pens and colored pencils.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, May, 2025.

"The Southern Subterranean Squamous Squid and the Siberian Saliva Smelt"

Painting in India ink with washes, 2023.

"Brave Traveler" Acrylic painting, 2019

"Brave Traveler"

Watercolor of imaginary squid and fish in motion, 2021.

"A Banjo & His Boy" Scratchboard painting in India ink, 2020.

"A Banjo & His Boy"

" The Living Ocean" Gouache painting, September, 2024

"The Living Ocean"

Painting in gouache, September, 2024

"Crosstown Traffic"

"Plutocrat In A Hat" Gouache painting, September, 2024

" A Plutocrat In A Hat"

"RED!"

"The Buoyant Boy". India Ink Scratchboard Technique, 2020.

" The Buoyant Boy"

"Cabbages" Photo from 2022

"Cabbage Patch"

Photo of Bok Choy vegetable, October, 2024

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, February, 2025

"The Balkan Belch Bass and the South Atlantic Scatfish"

Painting in gouache, 2024.

Photo of maple leaf and tomato, April 2, 2025.

Watercolor wash 2024.

Fish Painting in gouache, November 24, 2024.

"The South Pacific Dirigible Fish and the Middle Mediterranean Lasso Mullet "

Photo of luthier Jeff Baxendale, 2021.

Photograph of wild mushrooms, August, 2025.

"Fungus Among Us"

Photo of cabbage leaves. November 24, 2024.

Acrylic paint and liquid on black surface, 2020.

Painting in gouache, June, 2025.

"The Southern Ocean Breaststroke Quartet"

Photo of wild mushroom and cicada shell, 2023.

"The Explorers". Photo of snail and Canna lily leaf, June, 2024.

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2021.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 5"

Photo of 1950s Pontiac automobile.

Painting in gouache, October, 2024.

"The Sebaceous Sargasso Squid and the Caribbean Cobalt Crevasse Carp"

"Long Ago", watercolor painting from 2021.

Painting in gouache, February 2025.

"Five Unpopular and Inedible Fruits"

Painting with broad tipped pens, June 28, 2025.

"Rhythm Section"

Drawing of imaginary person in MUJI pen and colored pencil, June 2024

Cartoon in ink and colored pencil, 2024

"Crazy Little Guitar Man"

"Lost World", painting in acrylic on black surface using ink brayers.

Painting in Gouache, December, 2024.

"The Mysterious Traveler"

Painting in gouache, April, 2025.

"The Golden Bellied Ghost Guppy and the Sargasso Sebaceous Snark Shark"

Watercolor washes, 2023

"All The Young Dudes"

The Raven. Painting in Gouache, 2024

"Quoth The Raven."

Painting with marker, June 2025.

Photograph of Boo Choy Vegetable, February 18, 2025.

"Leaving" Photograph of autumn leaves, November 28, 2024.

Photo of wild mushrooms. I used an iPhone SE, October, 2024.

Photo of bell pepper, December 14, 2024.

Painting in India ink, 2020.

Photo of green tomato with Maple Seedpods.

Water Color and India Ink Witch

Painting in gouache, November 26, 2024.

"The Southern Sibilant Soul Snatcher"

Photograph of Oyster Mushrooms, April 12, 2025.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, January, 2025.

"The Atlantic Conflagration Grouper and the Mediterranean Muddy Mullet"

Photograph of banana leaf, August, 2025.

"Horn Section" is a watercolor painting dome with squeegee sponge, 2022

Late night photo of Eastman archtop jazz guitar, 2022. I used an iPhone SE with illumination.

"Midnight Mood"

"Just Below", painting in gouache, 2024

"Soul Crab". Painting in gouache, September, 2024

Photo of rusted hot rod at auto graveyard, 2023.

Watercolor paintings of cephalopods from 2020.

"Cephalo - Series, Number 1"

"Space Is The Place", Painting in acrylic, September, 2024

"Space Is The Place"

Photo of guitarist Tom Gray's hands, September, 2021

Painting in India ink.

Cartoon in MUJI pen and watercolor, June, 2024

Painting in Gouache and colored pencil, August, 2025.

"Mid-Ocean Menagerie"

Two fishes. Painting in gouache, December, 2024.

"The Veridian Vigorous Virginfish and the Vermilion Vestal Vesperfish"

Photo of dead fish in grocery store, November, 2024.

"Faces Of Food"

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms, October, 2024.

"The Dark Realm" Acrylic paints on rubber, 2023.

"The Dark Realm"

Painting in acrylic, May 1, 2025.

"The Oceans Of Space Are Calling"

Photo of Stratocaster style electric guitar, July 2024

"Strato-sphere"

Photograph of Hosta plant, May 25, 2025.

Lizard photo, June, 2024. iPhone SE.

"Suburban Dinosaur"

Abstract painting in watercolor, from 2020.

"Continental Drifters"

Photo of elephant ear plant, October, 2024.

"Grandpa", photograph of tomato and rusty scissors, November, 2022.

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2020.

Photo of wild mushrooms on red backdrop with LED illumination

"Cabbage Town", photo of illuminated vegetable, May 1, 2025.

Painting in India ink, 2021.

"The Stygian Stunt Squid and the Blackened Bituminous Bayou Bass"

"Cooking School" - Photograph of dead fish, April 11, 2025.

"Cooking School"

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, 2021

"Mid-Ocean Museum"

Abstract painting with watercolor wash and colored pencils, 2024.

"The Microscopic World"

Watercolor, 2021

"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."

"The Aquarelles" watercolor painting, 2021.

"The Aquarelles"

Photo of Sunflower, July 2, 2025.

"Sunflower In Decline"

Pepper Flower

"Luna" - photo of Luna Moth, August, 2024.

Painting in Gouache and Colored Pencil.

"The Tentacled Tasmanian Termagant Trout and the Indian Ocean Intestinal Ichthyoid"

Cartoon in MUJI pen with washes, November, 2024,

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"My Pet Microbes"

Photo of Canna Lily, 2024. Taken with iPhone SE.

"Profile In Water"

"Rush Hour" Watercolor, 2022

"Water Brothers" Watercolor, June 2024

Gouache painting of imaginary fish, June, 2024.

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"The Southern Hopping Porcupine Turtle "

Photograph of blossom, April 20, 2025.

"The Fires Of Spring"

Photograph of guitar neck and plant, June, 2025.

"Shapes Of Things"

Watercolor wash.

"Kong". India Ink painting with big paintbrush, 2019.

Gouache washes and colored pencils, July, 2024

The Painted Deep

Photograph of dead leaf and oranges, December 7, 2024.

"Fresh and Dead"

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms

Fungus Among Us

Painting in acrylic on black surface, August, 2025.

"Space Is The Place"

Painting in Watercolor, 2023

"Animal, Vegetable, Mineral"