We welcome 2 new artists this week — and our first-ever submission of a handsome arrangement of dried fall flowers. We’re glad they found our online art gallery, and that you’re here to greet them.
Of course, no matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, mixed media, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.
Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.
“Wild Horse” — oil on canvas, 32″ x 40″ (S. Guccione; Available for purchase; click here)
“Aphrodite” — pencil drawing from a sculpture at the Met (Bill Fellah — Available for sale; click here)
“Milo” — acrylic on canvas (Missy Greenberg)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
“Cockenoe Island Storm Clouds” — acrylic on canvas (Eric Bosch)
“Bleeding Hearts” — digital painting, limited edition archival giclee print, 34″ x 34″ (Peach Pair; Available for purchase — click here)
Dried flower arrangement (Jalna Jaeger)
“A Grand Gorge Down Into the Rio Grande” (Mike Hibbard)
“Scarfing Around Brooklyn” (Patricia McMahon — Available for sale; click here)
“All Souls Day Enlightenment Gentleness Unity” (Megan Grace Greenlee)
“An Old Family’s Tree” (Steve Stein)
“Horse Sense” (Martin Ripchick)
“Eyebrows” (Lawrence Weisman)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
This lovely weekly gallery is one of the silver linings from covid I think! Thank you artists! Thank you Dan!
“Wild horses” is quite spectacular 🐴✨
Grateful to always be a part of this creative community 💫
Dear Dan/ 06880 gems,
Thank you so very much graciously & humbly for including my “All Souls Day Gentleness Unity” hand drawn Haute Couture Clothing Construction Architect Design/Photography professional production sketch process piece of art for my first ever submission to this incredile heavenly gift you/all are giving to the community & this world. I am genuinely honored to be considered & selected. You made my day (and, who knows… year)!
Our beloved Westport community servitude encouraging parents, Mimi & Chuck Greenlee, & family love this particular 06880 weekly Art collection column, which fosters bonding through deeper levels of all our souls connecting over this healthy insightful enlightening weekly unifying endeavor activity that encourages further educational awakening seeings of all the beauty & grace we all are able to choose to express & see through fiurther enhancing ablying insightful patience listenings, intriguing sharings, & unbeknownst compassionate understandings of another & their respectful experiencing feelings & reflections connecting to all evoked by your many brilliant generous gifted contributions in sharing & exposing these lovely weekly curated gallery gifted artists.
As native Westporters, this weekly gallery study reminds us of a time when Westport was just a small, humble, unassuming, artsy beach salt of the earth nature kind town nurtured with so many lucky enriching Educational & Arts Programs, which I personally am grateful for in my professional career, personal growth, life, heart, & soul.
Art is the essence of our culture & connection to all & Unity. It is an eternal harmonious human footprint movement, which all are capable of at any age & stage of our existence in choosing to express ourselves to see & feel peacefully together collectively to our highest selves & divine existence graced.
Relearning to draw as an adult was a humbling & rewarding personal rebirthing risk for me through courage to the best of my ability to endure onward, which I highly recommend for all… it’s like watching a child and/or your inner child learn how to read for the first time!
I highly recommend a newer community treasure Design/Art Parsons School of Design/FIT sister educator school in the area, NEFDA (New England Fashion Design Association) RED (Research Education Design) programs for all. Another Pandemic silver lining of NYC Art Renaissance movement treasured with these gifted command of Design & Art subject matter professional community & internationally recognized renowned highly talented gifted instructor & artist angels recently relocated to the area gems!
Anyone can pick-up some form of artistic expression & one never knows the mysterious seeds planted from our heavenly realms gently awaiting to be miraculously unearthed to bloom fruitions of beautiful good deeds.
Much goodness & inspiration to all. Thank you, genuinely. My family, friends, community, professional colleagues, & I appreciate you & all very much.
Graciously,
Megan Grace Greenlee