"Dark Leaf" | The National Arts Program Foundation

Photograph of banana leaf, August, 2025.

Photography

"Dark Leaf" is a photograph of a banana leaf sprouting in the twilight. Shot with iPhone 16, August, 2025.

David Chamberlain

David Chamberlain

Venue: Virtual OPEN Exhibit

Classification: Adult Amateur

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

"Midnight Mood"

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

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

Ink Drawing, October, 2024

"People On Paper"

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

"The Dark Realm"

Photo of luthier Jeff Baxendale, 2021.

Photo of cabbage leaves. November 24, 2024.

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

Two fishes. Painting in gouache, December, 2024.

"The Veridian Vigorous Virginfish and the Vermilion Vestal Vesperfish"

Photo of wild mushroom and cicada shell, 2023.

"Brave Traveler" Acrylic painting, 2019

"Brave Traveler"

Gouache washes and colored pencils, July, 2024

The Painted Deep

Abstract painting in watercolor, from 2020.

"Continental Drifters"

"Water Brothers" Watercolor, June 2024

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

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

" The Buoyant Boy"

Gouache painting of imaginary fish, June, 2024.

"Long Ago", watercolor painting from 2021.

Painting in gouache, November 26, 2024.

"The Southern Sibilant Soul Snatcher"

Photograph of Oyster Mushrooms, April 12, 2025.

Painting in India ink.

Painting with broad tipped pens, June 28, 2025.

"Rhythm Section"

Cephalopod painting in India Ink, 2024.

"Armed Services"

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

"Fresh and Dead"

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

Lizard photo, June, 2024. iPhone SE.

"Suburban Dinosaur"

Photograph of bananas, February, 2025.

Painting in acrylic, May 1, 2025.

"The Oceans Of Space Are Calling"

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

Watercolor, 2021

"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."

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

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

"A Banjo & His Boy"

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

"Deep Encounter"

Acrylic paints rolled with ink brayer on black surface.

Somewhere Below

Pepper Flower

Painting in gouache, September, 2024

"Crosstown Traffic"

Photograph of Boo Choy Vegetable, February 18, 2025.

Photo of green tomato with Maple Seedpods.

Acrylic paint and liquid on black surface, 2020.

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

"Faces Of Food"

Cartoon in MUJI pen and watercolor, June, 2024

"Rush Hour" Watercolor, 2022

Painting in gouache, June, 2025.

"The Southern Ocean Breaststroke Quartet"

Watercolor on Polyprophylene film.

Photo of elephant ear plant, October, 2024.

Painting in India ink, 2020.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, February, 2025

"The Balkan Belch Bass and the South Atlantic Scatfish"

Watercolor wash 2024.

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms, October, 2024.

Fish Painting in gouache, November 24, 2024.

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

Painting in India ink with washes, 2023.

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"The Southern Hopping Porcupine Turtle "

Photo of bell pepper, December 14, 2024.

Cartoon in MUJI pen with washes, November, 2024,

"Just Below", painting in gouache, 2024

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

"Cooking School"

Water Color and India Ink Witch

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

Painting in gouache, October, 2024.

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

"Cabbages" Photo from 2022

"Cabbage Patch"

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

Photo of rusted hot rod at auto graveyard, 2023.

Painting with marker, June 2025.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, January, 2025.

"The Atlantic Conflagration Grouper and the Mediterranean Muddy Mullet"

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms

Fungus Among Us

Painting in Gouache and Colored Pencil.

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

Photograph of wild mushrooms, August, 2025.

"Fungus Among Us"

Watercolor of imaginary squid and fish in motion, 2021.

Painting in gouache, February 2025.

"Five Unpopular and Inedible Fruits"

Photograph of Hosta plant, May 25, 2025.

Photo of archtop jazz guitars 2024

Painting in India ink, 2021.

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

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, May, 2025.

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

Photograph of blossom, April 20, 2025.

"The Fires Of Spring"

The Raven. Painting in Gouache, 2024

"Quoth The Raven."

Abstract painting with watercolor wash and colored pencils, 2024.

"The Microscopic World"

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

Photo of 1950s Pontiac automobile.

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2020.

Photo of Sunflower, July 2, 2025.

"Sunflower In Decline"

Painting in acrylic on black surface, August, 2025.

"Space Is The Place"

"Forbidden Planet" Painting in acrylic from 2021.

"Forbidden Planet"

Painting in Gouache, December, 2024.

"The Mysterious Traveler"

Watercolor wash.

Painting in Watercolor, 2023

"Animal, Vegetable, Mineral"

Painting in Gouache and colored pencil, August, 2025.

"Mid-Ocean Menagerie"

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

"RED!"

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

" A Plutocrat In A Hat"

Painting in gouache, 2024.

Photo of Stratocaster style electric guitar, July 2024

"Strato-sphere"

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2021.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 5"

Painting in gouache, April, 2025.

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

"Profile In Water"

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

Photo of wild mushrooms on red backdrop with LED illumination

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, 2021

"Mid-Ocean Museum"

Photo of acoustic bass violins using iPhone SE, 2023

Photo of Bok Choy vegetable, October, 2024

Photograph of guitar neck and plant, June, 2025.

"Shapes Of Things"

Cartoon in ink and colored pencil, 2024

"Crazy Little Guitar Man"

Watercolor washes, 2023

"All The Young Dudes"

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

"The Aquarelles" watercolor painting, 2021.

"The Aquarelles"

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

"Space Is The Place"

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

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"My Pet Microbes"

" The Living Ocean" Gouache painting, September, 2024

"The Living Ocean"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, September, 2024.

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

Photograph of cactus blossoms, May 1, 2025.

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

Watercolor paintings of cephalopods from 2020.

"Cephalo - Series, Number 1"