"Fungus Among Us" | The National Arts Program Foundation

Photograph of wild mushrooms, August, 2025.

Photography

"Fungus Among Us" is a photograph of wild mushrooms I found while on a walk. I took them home and put them on a blue surface under illumination and shot with iPhone 16, August, 2025.

David Chamberlain

David Chamberlain

Venue: Virtual OPEN Exhibit

Classification: Adult Amateur

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Pepper Flower

Watercolor, 2021

"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."

Photograph of Hosta plant, May 25, 2025.

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

"A Banjo & His Boy"

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2021.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 5"

"Rush Hour" Watercolor, 2022

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

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2020.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, January, 2025.

"The Atlantic Conflagration Grouper and the Mediterranean Muddy Mullet"

Painting in India ink.

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"My Pet Microbes"

Photo of wild mushrooms on red backdrop with LED illumination

Gouache painting of imaginary fish, June, 2024.

Painting in acrylic on black surface, August, 2025.

"Space Is The Place"

"The Aquarelles" watercolor painting, 2021.

"The Aquarelles"

Watercolor paintings of cephalopods from 2020.

"Cephalo - Series, Number 1"

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

"The Dark Realm"

Ink Drawing, October, 2024

"People On Paper"

Painting in Gouache, December, 2024.

"The Mysterious Traveler"

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

"Deep Encounter"

Cephalopod painting in India Ink, 2024.

"Armed Services"

"Just Below", painting in gouache, 2024

Acrylic paints rolled with ink brayer on black surface.

Somewhere Below

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

Watercolor on Polyprophylene film.

Photo of bell pepper, December 14, 2024.

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

Watercolor washes, 2023

"All The Young Dudes"

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

Photo of archtop jazz guitars 2024

"Cabbages" Photo from 2022

"Cabbage Patch"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, February, 2025

"The Balkan Belch Bass and the South Atlantic Scatfish"

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

"Cooking School"

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

"Faces Of Food"

Photo of green tomato with Maple Seedpods.

"Brave Traveler" Acrylic painting, 2019

"Brave Traveler"

"Forbidden Planet" Painting in acrylic from 2021.

"Forbidden Planet"

Photo of Sunflower, July 2, 2025.

"Sunflower In Decline"

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

" The Buoyant Boy"

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

"Space Is The Place"

Photo of acoustic bass violins using iPhone SE, 2023

Acrylic paint and liquid on black surface, 2020.

Photo of rusted hot rod at auto graveyard, 2023.

Photograph of cactus blossoms, May 1, 2025.

"Profile In Water"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, September, 2024.

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

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

" The Living Ocean" Gouache painting, September, 2024

"The Living Ocean"

Painting in India ink, 2021.

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

Two fishes. Painting in gouache, December, 2024.

"The Veridian Vigorous Virginfish and the Vermilion Vestal Vesperfish"

Painting in gouache, 2024.

The Raven. Painting in Gouache, 2024

"Quoth The Raven."

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

Painting in India ink with washes, 2023.

Painting in gouache, November 26, 2024.

"The Southern Sibilant Soul Snatcher"

Painting in Gouache and colored pencil, August, 2025.

"Mid-Ocean Menagerie"

Photograph of bananas, February, 2025.

Photograph of banana leaf, August, 2025.

"RED!"

Abstract painting with watercolor wash and colored pencils, 2024.

"The Microscopic World"

Photograph of Boo Choy Vegetable, February 18, 2025.

Photo of Bok Choy vegetable, October, 2024

Painting in India ink, 2020.

Photo of luthier Jeff Baxendale, 2021.

Painting in gouache, June, 2025.

"The Southern Ocean Breaststroke Quartet"

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

Gouache washes and colored pencils, July, 2024

The Painted Deep

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, May, 2025.

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

Fish Painting in gouache, November 24, 2024.

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

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

"Midnight Mood"

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"The Southern Hopping Porcupine Turtle "

Watercolor wash 2024.

Painting in Watercolor, 2023

"Animal, Vegetable, Mineral"

Painting in acrylic, May 1, 2025.

"The Oceans Of Space Are Calling"

Water Color and India Ink Witch

Cartoon in ink and colored pencil, 2024

"Crazy Little Guitar Man"

"Long Ago", watercolor painting from 2021.

Painting with broad tipped pens, June 28, 2025.

"Rhythm Section"

Cartoon in MUJI pen with washes, November, 2024,

Painting in gouache, April, 2025.

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

Photograph of Oyster Mushrooms, April 12, 2025.

Photo of 1950s Pontiac automobile.

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

Painting in gouache, September, 2024

"Crosstown Traffic"

Photo of wild mushroom and cicada shell, 2023.

Photo of elephant ear plant, October, 2024.

Painting with marker, June 2025.

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms

Fungus Among Us

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, 2021

"Mid-Ocean Museum"

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

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms, October, 2024.

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

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

" A Plutocrat In A Hat"

Abstract painting in watercolor, from 2020.

"Continental Drifters"

Watercolor wash.

Painting in gouache, February 2025.

"Five Unpopular and Inedible Fruits"

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

Lizard photo, June, 2024. iPhone SE.

"Suburban Dinosaur"

Photograph of blossom, April 20, 2025.

"The Fires Of Spring"

Photograph of guitar neck and plant, June, 2025.

"Shapes Of Things"

Photo of cabbage leaves. November 24, 2024.

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

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

Cartoon in MUJI pen and watercolor, June, 2024

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

Painting in Gouache and Colored Pencil.

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

"Water Brothers" Watercolor, June 2024

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

"Fresh and Dead"

Photo of Stratocaster style electric guitar, July 2024

"Strato-sphere"

Watercolor of imaginary squid and fish in motion, 2021.

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

Painting in gouache, October, 2024.

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