"The Bassics" | The National Arts Program Foundation

Photo of acoustic bass violins using iPhone SE, 2023

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Photo of acoustic bass violins at Atlanta Violins, Roswell, Georgia, 2023 using iPhone SE.

David Chamberlain

David Chamberlain

Venue: Virtual OPEN Exhibit

Classification: Adult Amateur

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Watercolor paintings of cephalopods from 2020.

"Cephalo - Series, Number 1"

Gouache washes and colored pencils, July, 2024

The Painted Deep

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

"Fresh and Dead"

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

Painting in acrylic on black surface, August, 2025.

"Space Is The Place"

"Water Brothers" Watercolor, June 2024

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

"A Banjo & His Boy"

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

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

Cartoon in MUJI pen and watercolor, June, 2024

Photo of cabbage leaves. November 24, 2024.

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

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

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

Painting in acrylic, May 1, 2025.

"The Oceans Of Space Are Calling"

Painting in gouache, October, 2024.

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

Lizard photo, June, 2024. iPhone SE.

"Suburban Dinosaur"

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

Photo of rusted hot rod at auto graveyard, 2023.

Watercolor of imaginary squid and fish in motion, 2021.

Cephalopod painting in India Ink, 2024.

"Armed Services"

Acrylic paints rolled with ink brayer on black surface.

Somewhere Below

Acrylic paint and liquid on black surface, 2020.

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms, October, 2024.

Photo of 1950s Pontiac automobile.

Painting in Gouache, December, 2024.

"The Mysterious Traveler"

Photo of wild mushrooms on red backdrop with LED illumination

Photo of green tomato with Maple Seedpods.

Photograph of wild mushrooms, August, 2025.

"Fungus Among Us"

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

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, May, 2025.

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

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

"Space Is The Place"

Photo of elephant ear plant, October, 2024.

Photograph of banana leaf, August, 2025.

Photograph of bananas, February, 2025.

Watercolor washes, 2023

"All The Young Dudes"

Painting in gouache, November 26, 2024.

"The Southern Sibilant Soul Snatcher"

Watercolor on Polyprophylene film.

Photograph of Hosta plant, May 25, 2025.

Photo of luthier Jeff Baxendale, 2021.

Painting in gouache, September, 2024

"Crosstown Traffic"

Painting with marker, June 2025.

Two fishes. Painting in gouache, December, 2024.

"The Veridian Vigorous Virginfish and the Vermilion Vestal Vesperfish"

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, 2021

"Mid-Ocean Museum"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, January, 2025.

"The Atlantic Conflagration Grouper and the Mediterranean Muddy Mullet"

Ink Drawing, October, 2024

"People On Paper"

Painting in gouache, February 2025.

"Five Unpopular and Inedible Fruits"

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2020.

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

"Faces Of Food"

"Just Below", painting in gouache, 2024

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

"Midnight Mood"

Pepper Flower

Painting in Watercolor, 2023

"Animal, Vegetable, Mineral"

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

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

"The Dark Realm"

Gouache painting of imaginary fish, June, 2024.

Photograph of guitar neck and plant, June, 2025.

"Shapes Of Things"

Painting in India ink, 2021.

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

" The Living Ocean" Gouache painting, September, 2024

"The Living Ocean"

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

" A Plutocrat In A Hat"

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms

Fungus Among Us

Cartoon in MUJI pen with washes, November, 2024,

Painting in gouache, June, 2025.

"The Southern Ocean Breaststroke Quartet"

"Rush Hour" Watercolor, 2022

Painting in India ink with washes, 2023.

Painting in India ink, 2020.

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

" The Buoyant Boy"

Photograph of Oyster Mushrooms, April 12, 2025.

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2021.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 5"

Painting in India ink.

"The Aquarelles" watercolor painting, 2021.

"The Aquarelles"

Photograph of Boo Choy Vegetable, February 18, 2025.

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"My Pet Microbes"

"RED!"

"Cabbages" Photo from 2022

"Cabbage Patch"

The Raven. Painting in Gouache, 2024

"Quoth The Raven."

Abstract painting with watercolor wash and colored pencils, 2024.

"The Microscopic World"

Photograph of blossom, April 20, 2025.

"The Fires Of Spring"

Photo of Stratocaster style electric guitar, July 2024

"Strato-sphere"

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

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

"Deep Encounter"

"Brave Traveler" Acrylic painting, 2019

"Brave Traveler"

Photograph of cactus blossoms, May 1, 2025.

Watercolor wash.

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"The Southern Hopping Porcupine Turtle "

Painting in gouache, 2024.

Painting with broad tipped pens, June 28, 2025.

"Rhythm Section"

"Long Ago", watercolor painting from 2021.

Photo of wild mushroom and cicada shell, 2023.

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

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

Watercolor, 2021

"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."

Abstract painting in watercolor, from 2020.

"Continental Drifters"

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

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

"Cooking School"

"Forbidden Planet" Painting in acrylic from 2021.

"Forbidden Planet"

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

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, September, 2024.

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

Water Color and India Ink Witch

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

Fish Painting in gouache, November 24, 2024.

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

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, February, 2025

"The Balkan Belch Bass and the South Atlantic Scatfish"

Photo of archtop jazz guitars 2024

Painting in Gouache and colored pencil, August, 2025.

"Mid-Ocean Menagerie"

Photo of Sunflower, July 2, 2025.

"Sunflower In Decline"

Cartoon in ink and colored pencil, 2024

"Crazy Little Guitar Man"

Watercolor wash 2024.

Photo of bell pepper, December 14, 2024.

Photo of Bok Choy vegetable, October, 2024

Painting in gouache, April, 2025.

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

Painting in Gouache and Colored Pencil.

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

"Profile In Water"