"The Bassics" | The National Arts Program Foundation

Photo of acoustic bass violins using iPhone SE, 2023

Photography

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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Acrylic paints rolled with ink brayer on black surface.

Somewhere Below

Photograph of fish on ice, June, 2026.

Photo of wild mushrooms on red backdrop with LED illumination

Painting in India ink.

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

Gouache painting of imaginary fish, June, 2024.

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

Cephalopod painting in India Ink, 2024.

"Armed Services"

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

Watercolor wash.

"Forbidden Planet" Painting in acrylic from 2021.

"Forbidden Planet"

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

" A Plutocrat In A Hat"

Painting in gouache, April, 2025.

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

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"My Pet Microbes"

Painting in gouache, November 26, 2024.

"The Southern Sibilant Soul Snatcher"

The Raven. Painting in Gouache, 2024

"Quoth The Raven."

Painting in gouache, 2024.

Photo of 1950s Pontiac automobile.

Abstract painting in gouache, May, 2026

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 13"

Water Color and India Ink Witch

Photo of Stratocaster style electric guitar, July 2024

"Strato-sphere"

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

Painting in India ink washes and folded paper

Painting in Gouache

"Do The Hully Gully"

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2021.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 5"

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, September, 2024.

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

Painting of imaginary cephalopods, May, 2026.

"Brothers In Arms"

Watercolor wash 2024.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, May, 2025.

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

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms

Fungus Among Us

Photograph of Hosta plant, April, 2026.

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

" The Buoyant Boy"

Abstract painting in watercolor, from 2020.

"Continental Drifters"

Photograph of blossom, April 20, 2025.

"The Fires Of Spring"

"Just Below", painting in gouache, 2024

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

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

"The Dark Realm"

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

Photo of elephant ear plant, October, 2024.

Photograph of Boo Choy Vegetable, February 18, 2025.

Painting in India ink with washes, 2023.

Photograph of cactus blossoms, May 1, 2025.

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

Painting in Gouache and Colored Pencil.

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

Painting in acrylic, May 1, 2025.

"The Oceans Of Space Are Calling"

Painting in gouache, September, 2024

"Crosstown Traffic"

Photograph of bananas, February, 2025.

Surrealist painting in gouache, June, 2026.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 15"

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

Watercolor on Polyprophylene film.

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

"A Banjo & His Boy"

Painting in acrylic on black surface, August, 2025.

"Space Is The Place"

Photograph of leaf and flower.

"Autumn & Spring"

Painting in Gouache, December, 2024.

"The Mysterious Traveler"

Photo of rusted hot rod at auto graveyard, 2023.

Acrylic paint and liquid on black surface, 2020.

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, from 2020.

"Profile In Water"

"Cabbages" Photo from 2022

"Cabbage Patch"

Photo of Sunflower, July 2, 2025.

"Sunflower In Decline"

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

"Cooking School"

"RED!"

Painting in Gouache and colored pencil, February, 2026

"Water Brothers, Part 5"

Photo of Oyster Mushrooms, October, 2024.

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.

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

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

"Space Is The Place"

Gouache washes and colored pencils, July, 2024

The Painted Deep

Photograph, March, 2026.

"Massive" Painting in watercolor, 2025.

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

Photo of Bok Choy vegetable, October, 2024

Photo of archtop jazz guitars 2024

Painting in gouache and colored pencil, May, 2026

Photograph of wild mushrooms, August, 2025.

"Fungus Among Us"

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

"Fresh and Dead"

Painting in India ink washes, February, 2026.

"Animal Vegetable Mineral, Part 11"

Painting in India ink, 2021.

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

Ink Drawing, October, 2024

"People On Paper"

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

"Brave Traveler" Acrylic painting, 2019

"Brave Traveler"

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

Watercolor washes, 2023

"All The Young Dudes"

Painting with broad tipped pens, June 28, 2025.

"Rhythm Section"

Photograph of Hosta plant, May 25, 2025.

Watercolor paintings of cephalopods from 2020.

"Cephalo - Series, Number 1"

Painting in India ink, 2020.

"Rush Hour" Watercolor, 2022

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, February, 2025

"The Balkan Belch Bass and the South Atlantic Scatfish"

Photograph of Oyster Mushrooms, April 12, 2025.

"The Aquarelles" watercolor painting, 2021.

"The Aquarelles"

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

"Midnight Mood"

Painting with marker, June 2025.

Painting in gouache, February 2025.

"Five Unpopular and Inedible Fruits"

Lizard photo, June, 2024. iPhone SE.

"Suburban Dinosaur"

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

"Deep Encounter"

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

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

Photo of luthier Jeff Baxendale, 2021.

Photo of cabbage leaves. November 24, 2024.

Photo of bell pepper, December 14, 2024.

Painting in gouache, June, 2025.

"The Southern Ocean Breaststroke Quartet"

" The Living Ocean" Gouache painting, September, 2024

"The Living Ocean"

Pepper Flower

Marker drawing, 2025

Painting in watercolor, 2022.

"The Southern Hopping Porcupine Turtle "

Watercolor of imaginary squid and fish in motion, 2021.

Photograph of guitar neck and plant, June, 2025.

"Shapes Of Things"

Cartoon in ink and colored pencil, 2024

"Crazy Little Guitar Man"

Abstract painting with watercolor wash and colored pencils, 2024.

"The Microscopic World"

Cartoon in MUJI pen with washes, November, 2024,

Two fishes. Painting in gouache, December, 2024.

"The Veridian Vigorous Virginfish and the Vermilion Vestal Vesperfish"

Cartoon in MUJI pen and watercolor, June, 2024

Watercolor, 2021

"The Kerguelen Islands Crested Vampire Roach."

Photograph of banana leaf, August, 2025.

Fish Painting in gouache, November 24, 2024.

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

Photo of green tomato with Maple Seedpods.

Photo of wild mushroom and cicada shell, 2023.

"Water Brothers" Watercolor, June 2024

Painting in watercolor and colored pencil, 2021

"Mid-Ocean Museum"

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

"Faces Of Food"

Photograph of magnolia blossom, June 20, 2026.

"Long Ago", watercolor painting from 2021.

Painting in gouache and colored pencils, January, 2025.

"The Atlantic Conflagration Grouper and the Mediterranean Muddy Mullet"

Painting in gouache, October, 2024.

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