"Engine" | The National Arts Program Foundation

Painting in India ink washes and folded paper

Painting

"Engine" is an abstract painting made with India ink washes and folded paper, a kind of Rorschach effect . Painted in 2026.

David Chamberlain

David Chamberlain

Venue: Virtual OPEN Exhibit

Classification: Adult Amateur

Artist Page

Cartoon in MUJI pen with washes, November, 2024,

Painting in gouache, 2024.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, September, 2024.

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

Painting in acrylic on black surface, August, 2025.

"Space Is The Place"

Abstract painting with watercolor wash and colored pencils, 2024.

"The Microscopic World"

"Profile In Water"

Painting in India ink.

Watercolor wash 2024.

Photo of acoustic bass violins using iPhone SE, 2023

Painting in Watercolor, 2023

"Animal, Vegetable, Mineral"

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2020.

Painting with marker, June 2025.

Photo of Bok Choy vegetable, October, 2024

"Cabbages" Photo from 2022

"Cabbage Patch"

Painting in gouache, November 26, 2024.

"The Southern Sibilant Soul Snatcher"

Photo of wild mushroom and cicada shell, 2023.

"Brave Traveler" Acrylic painting, 2019

"Brave Traveler"

Painting in India ink, 2020.

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

Water Color and India Ink Witch

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

"Midnight Mood"

Photograph of wild mushrooms, August, 2025.

"Fungus Among Us"

Cartoon in ink and colored pencil, 2024

"Crazy Little Guitar Man"

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

Abstract painting in watercolor, from 2020.

"Continental Drifters"

Photo of cabbage leaves. November 24, 2024.

Painting in gouache, June, 2025.

"The Southern Ocean Breaststroke Quartet"

Gouache washes and colored pencils, July, 2024

The Painted Deep

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms

Fungus Among Us

Photo of 1950s Pontiac automobile.

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"The Southern Hopping Porcupine Turtle "

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

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

"Faces Of Food"

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

" A Plutocrat In A Hat"

Painting in India ink, 2021.

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

Photograph of guitar neck and plant, June, 2025.

"Shapes Of Things"

Lizard photo, June, 2024. iPhone SE.

"Suburban Dinosaur"

Photo of bell pepper, December 14, 2024.

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

"Cooking School"

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

"The Aquarelles" watercolor painting, 2021.

"The Aquarelles"

Painting in gouache, October, 2024.

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

"Forbidden Planet" Painting in acrylic from 2021.

"Forbidden Planet"

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

"Deep Encounter"

Gouache painting of imaginary fish, June, 2024.

Photograph of bananas, February, 2025.

Photo of wild mushrooms on red backdrop with LED illumination

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms, October, 2024.

Painting in gouache, February 2025.

"Five Unpopular and Inedible Fruits"

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

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

Watercolor, 2021

"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, January, 2025.

"The Atlantic Conflagration Grouper and the Mediterranean Muddy Mullet"

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

"Fresh and Dead"

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"My Pet Microbes"

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

Cephalopod painting in India Ink, 2024.

"Armed Services"

Painting in Gouache and colored pencil, August, 2025.

"Mid-Ocean Menagerie"

Pepper Flower

Painting in gouache, September, 2024

"Crosstown Traffic"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, May, 2025.

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

Watercolor of imaginary squid and fish in motion, 2021.

Painting in Gouache and Colored Pencil.

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

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

Acrylic paint and liquid on black surface, 2020.

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, 2021

"Mid-Ocean Museum"

Painting in acrylic, May 1, 2025.

"The Oceans Of Space Are Calling"

Ink Drawing, October, 2024

"People On Paper"

Photograph of Oyster Mushrooms, April 12, 2025.

Cartoon in MUJI pen and watercolor, June, 2024

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

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

"The Dark Realm"

Photograph of Hosta plant, May 25, 2025.

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

Photo of luthier Jeff Baxendale, 2021.

"Rush Hour" Watercolor, 2022

Marker drawing, 2025

Watercolor paintings of cephalopods from 2020.

"Cephalo - Series, Number 1"

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

Photo of elephant ear plant, October, 2024.

"RED!"

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

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

"Space Is The Place"

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

The Raven. Painting in Gouache, 2024

"Quoth The Raven."

Photo of green tomato with Maple Seedpods.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, February, 2025

"The Balkan Belch Bass and the South Atlantic Scatfish"

"Just Below", painting in gouache, 2024

"Water Brothers" Watercolor, June 2024

Fish Painting in gouache, November 24, 2024.

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

Photograph of Boo Choy Vegetable, February 18, 2025.

"Massive" Painting in watercolor, 2025.

Watercolor on Polyprophylene film.

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

" The Buoyant Boy"

Photograph of blossom, April 20, 2025.

"The Fires Of Spring"

Painting in India ink with washes, 2023.

Photograph of banana leaf, August, 2025.

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

"A Banjo & His Boy"

Photo of rusted hot rod at auto graveyard, 2023.

" The Living Ocean" Gouache painting, September, 2024

"The Living Ocean"

Watercolor wash.

"Long Ago", watercolor painting from 2021.

Painting with broad tipped pens, June 28, 2025.

"Rhythm Section"

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2021.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 5"

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

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

Acrylic paints rolled with ink brayer on black surface.

Somewhere Below

Watercolor washes, 2023

"All The Young Dudes"

Painting in gouache, April, 2025.

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

Two fishes. Painting in gouache, December, 2024.

"The Veridian Vigorous Virginfish and the Vermilion Vestal Vesperfish"

Photograph of cactus blossoms, May 1, 2025.

Photo of Stratocaster style electric guitar, July 2024

"Strato-sphere"

Painting in Gouache, December, 2024.

"The Mysterious Traveler"

Photo of archtop jazz guitars 2024

Photo of Sunflower, July 2, 2025.

"Sunflower In Decline"