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

"The Dark Realm"

Painting in gouache, September, 2024

"Crosstown Traffic"

Painting with marker, June 2025.

Painting in India ink, 2020.

Cartoon in MUJI pen and watercolor, June, 2024

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

Two fishes. Painting in gouache, December, 2024.

"The Veridian Vigorous Virginfish and the Vermilion Vestal Vesperfish"

Photograph of guitar neck and plant, June, 2025.

"Shapes Of Things"

Cephalopod painting in India Ink, 2024.

"Armed Services"

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

"Brave Traveler" Acrylic painting, 2019

"Brave Traveler"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, January, 2025.

"The Atlantic Conflagration Grouper and the Mediterranean Muddy Mullet"

"Profile In Water"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, May, 2025.

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

Photograph of bananas, February, 2025.

"Rush Hour" Watercolor, 2022

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"My Pet Microbes"

Photograph of Oyster Mushrooms, April 12, 2025.

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

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

"Fresh and Dead"

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

Painting in gouache, February 2025.

"Five Unpopular and Inedible Fruits"

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

"The Aquarelles" watercolor painting, 2021.

"The Aquarelles"

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

"A Banjo & His Boy"

Watercolor paintings of cephalopods from 2020.

"Cephalo - Series, Number 1"

Painting in Gouache and colored pencil, August, 2025.

"Mid-Ocean Menagerie"

Painting in India ink.

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

" A Plutocrat In A Hat"

Photograph of blossom, April 20, 2025.

"The Fires Of Spring"

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

"Space Is The Place"

Painting in gouache, April, 2025.

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

Watercolor wash.

Photo of 1950s Pontiac automobile.

Photo of cabbage leaves. November 24, 2024.

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, 2021

"Mid-Ocean Museum"

Photograph of banana leaf, August, 2025.

Photograph of Hosta plant, May 25, 2025.

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2021.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 5"

Painting in gouache, October, 2024.

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

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

Photograph, March, 2026.

Fish Painting in gouache, November 24, 2024.

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

"RED!"

Acrylic paint and liquid on black surface, 2020.

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms

Fungus Among Us

Painting in Watercolor, 2023

"Animal, Vegetable, Mineral"

Photo of archtop jazz guitars 2024

Cartoon in MUJI pen with washes, November, 2024,

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

Watercolor on Polyprophylene film.

Cartoon in ink and colored pencil, 2024

"Crazy Little Guitar Man"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, September, 2024.

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

"Just Below", painting in gouache, 2024

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

"Massive" Painting in watercolor, 2025.

"Water Brothers" Watercolor, June 2024

Photo of Sunflower, July 2, 2025.

"Sunflower In Decline"

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

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2020.

Painting with broad tipped pens, June 28, 2025.

"Rhythm Section"

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

The Raven. Painting in Gouache, 2024

"Quoth The Raven."

Painting in India ink, 2021.

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

Watercolor of imaginary squid and fish in motion, 2021.

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

"Midnight Mood"

Painting in India ink with washes, 2023.

Painting in gouache, 2024.

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

" The Buoyant Boy"

Painting in India ink washes and folded paper

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

Photo of Bok Choy vegetable, October, 2024

Photo of rusted hot rod at auto graveyard, 2023.

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms, October, 2024.

Acrylic paints rolled with ink brayer on black surface.

Somewhere Below

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

"Deep Encounter"

Marker drawing, 2025

Watercolor wash 2024.

Abstract painting with watercolor wash and colored pencils, 2024.

"The Microscopic World"

Photo of wild mushrooms on red backdrop with LED illumination

Photo of Stratocaster style electric guitar, July 2024

"Strato-sphere"

Pepper Flower

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

"Cooking School"

"Long Ago", watercolor painting from 2021.

Lizard photo, June, 2024. iPhone SE.

"Suburban Dinosaur"

Photo of green tomato with Maple Seedpods.

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

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

Photo of elephant ear plant, October, 2024.

Painting in gouache, June, 2025.

"The Southern Ocean Breaststroke Quartet"

Painting in acrylic, May 1, 2025.

"The Oceans Of Space Are Calling"

"Forbidden Planet" Painting in acrylic from 2021.

"Forbidden Planet"

"Cabbages" Photo from 2022

"Cabbage Patch"

Painting in Gouache, December, 2024.

"The Mysterious Traveler"

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

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, February, 2025

"The Balkan Belch Bass and the South Atlantic Scatfish"

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

Gouache painting of imaginary fish, June, 2024.

Photograph of wild mushrooms, August, 2025.

"Fungus Among Us"

Photo of wild mushroom and cicada shell, 2023.

Painting in Gouache and colored pencil, February, 2026

"Water Brothers, Part 5"

Painting in gouache, November 26, 2024.

"The Southern Sibilant Soul Snatcher"

Abstract painting in watercolor, from 2020.

"Continental Drifters"

Painting in acrylic on black surface, August, 2025.

"Space Is The Place"

" The Living Ocean" Gouache painting, September, 2024

"The Living Ocean"

Gouache washes and colored pencils, July, 2024

The Painted Deep

Ink Drawing, October, 2024

"People On Paper"

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

"Faces Of Food"

Painting in India ink washes, February, 2026.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 11"

Photograph of Boo Choy Vegetable, February 18, 2025.

Water Color and India Ink Witch

Photo of luthier Jeff Baxendale, 2021.

Photo of bell pepper, December 14, 2024.

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"The Southern Hopping Porcupine Turtle "

Watercolor washes, 2023

"All The Young Dudes"

Painting in Gouache and Colored Pencil.

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

Watercolor, 2021

"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."

Photograph of cactus blossoms, May 1, 2025.