Good morning!
Our last online art gallery before America’s actual 250th birthday — next Saturday is July 4th! — begins with a red-white-and-blue celebration from internationally known 3D pop artist Charles Fazzino.
His original signed and numbered work is available at Westport River Gallery, at Riverside Avenue and Post Road West.
But there’s plenty of other work too, including local scenes by local artists.
All are — as always — welcome. No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
Just email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in.
“250th” (Charles Fazzino — Available for purchase; click here)
“My Papa, Franco” (Bill Fellah)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“Leslie, and Her Mom Annie on a Portugal Street Corner” (Eric Bosch)
“Old Bikes, New Stories” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“Pretty in Pink” — watercolor (Lucy Johnson)
“Big Pine Tree at Longshore” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke — Available for purchase; click here)
“Reflective Chaos” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)
“A New Galaxy” (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
“Roses Are Red, and Violets Are Violet!” — pen and watercolor crayon (Steve Stein)
Shazam (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)
“Waiting for a Bus” (Lawrence Weisman)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
I remember the Peppermill property when it was a bus depot-Maybe 70 years ago.
“Pretty in Pink” is beautiful!
One of the best Galleries assembled in awhile!
Duane Cohen’s submission brought back some memories. The Peppermill was a family favorite back in the day; I always had the filet mignon with sauteed mushrooms and cheesecake for desert. I also remember Bill’s Mobil gas station on the Post Road as well.
The Peppermill had pictures hanging on the walls. They were the “ official Westport pictures.,” and at the end was one of The Stage Door Restaurant which opened maybe around 1927. My grandfather opened the restaurant and it shut down around 1961. It was known for its cocktail lounge, dancing, and 60-cent dinners under the proprietorship of Lolly Bogucki, Dick Alley, who joined the police force in 1959, remembers it well. Its reputation sort of went downhill.
Franco ! Your son is amazing….