"Baby Steps" | The National Arts Program Foundation

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2020.

Painting

"Baby Steps" is a watercolor and colored pencil painting from 2020 that reflects my lasting fascination with sea creatures, particularly and peculiarly cephalopods.

David Chamberlain

David Chamberlain

Venue: Virtual OPEN Exhibit

Classification: Adult Amateur

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