David Chamberlain

Photography

This is a photograph of a tulip tree blossom and a red bell pepper shot with an iPhone SE. February 2022

Painting

Watercolor, June 2024.

Photography

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms taken with iPhone SE and backlighting. June 2024

Photography

Photograph of vintage acoustic archtop guitars taken with iPhone SE. 2024

Painting

Water color wash and India ink painting of witch, supernatural being. 2024

Painting

Watercolor painting of imaginary island.

Photography

Surrealistic photo of green heirloom tomato with maple seedpods "wings." Photo shot with iPhone SE. April 2024

Painting

Watercolor wash of octopus and friends.

Painting

Painting

This is an acrylic painting created by rolling over various "blobs" of acrylic paint with ink brayers on a black surface and then photographed. Fish imagery is added digitally afterward.

Works on Paper

I draw people's faces from my imagination without a visual source or model, usually with MUJI craft pens and colored pencil. This cartoon is from June, 2024.

Works on Paper

Painting

This is a painting done with water washes and gouache paint, June, 2024. I use my imagination to paint imaginary, deep sea creatures. I use a water filled squeegee sponge to create puddles of combined color and then I quickly fan the watery mass into a shape hopefully resembling a fish. Then, the blunt end of the brush is used to impress the wet paper and leave what appear to be scales, fins and eyes...

Painting

Detailed portion of a very large 22" x 30" abstract painting in watercolor done by loading sqeegee sponge with water and trailing it thru various spots of paint, giving a fleshy, three dimensional look. Then a small paintbrush is used to brush out little features for enhancement.

Photography

This is a photo taken of a cicada shell that I found on my street in Tucker, Georgia and a wild mushroom I found in my yard. They were shot with an iPhone SE and are illuminated with an LED lamp.

Painting

This is a very large, 22" x 30" painting of two cephalopods using a technique in which I spread a big puddle of clear water onto watercolor paper in a very rough squid-like shape, and then a drop of India ink was "bombed" onto the puddle, creating a giant instant spreading of the ink throughout the shape. Then, a fine paintbrush was used to quickly fan the inky water into a shape that finally resembles a squid. The ink dries very quickly so I REALLY had to work quickly and create any details before it dried. June, 2024.