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Online Art Gallery #188

New contributors join regulars this week, in another edition of our online art gallery.

As we always do, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — whatever you’ve got.

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Autumn Leaves” — gel print (Amy Schneider)

“Birds on the Pond” (Tammy Murray)

Untitled — Photographer Donna Forma explains: “This is an anti-war memorial titled ‘No Names.’ I hate war! This is an attempt to make people think of the terrible consequences of it. The heads, made of bronze, are together with a body shape wrapped in a burlap bag. They are placed on a slab of earth as a memorial to those unfortunate returning.”

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“North Pond (A Fictitious Location)” (Ken Runkel)

“Three Bells and a Poblano” — oil on panel (Werner Liepolt)

“Working on the Phone” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Does Every Church Street Have a Church?” — pencil sketch (Steve Stein)

Untitled — Photographer Carol Anne Ances took this in the Reed Flute Cave near Guilin, China after a cruise on the Yangtze River.

“Hey You Down There. Hats Off!” — Easter Island (Mike Hibbard)

“Yacht Kay Dee — 8′ Beam x 36′ Length, Built 1925” (Peter Barlow)

Untitled (Jan Carpenter)

(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)

Online Art Gallery #184

Today our online art gallery welcomes another new artist: Jude Siegel. The subject — a frog — is also a first for this Saturday morning feature.

As we do each week, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — whatever you’ve got.

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Falling Leaves” (Karen Weingarten)

“Frog Caprice” — watercolor and ink on old sheet music (Jude Siegel)

“Beaching Escape” (Tom Doran)

“Net Effect” (Amy Schneider)

“Thumbs Up” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

“Where Do I Go For My COVID and Flu Shot?” (Steve Stein)

“Old Compo Basin, circa 1968” (Kathleen Burke)

“Laser Sailing” — Photographer Peter Barlow explains, “The sailboat called a Laser was designed in 1969 by the late Bruce Kirby, a friend of mine who lived in Rowayton. There are now 230,000 Lasers in the world.”

“Mommy, I’m Scared! (How Far Have We Evolved?)” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled — Photographer Dorothy Robertshaw says, “At this trying time thinking of love and world peace 💙💙💙 The best place to be is at the beach❤️”

Untitled — Photographer Jerry Kuyper says, “Yesterday, after stretching on the deck, I was lying on my back looking up. I saw these clouds floating by. I was mesmerized by the levels, dimension, and movement. And I thought, ‘what a wonderful world we live in.'”

(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)

Online Art Gallery #183

Timely world events and timeless nature share space in this week’s online art gallery.

As we do each week, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — whatever you’ve got.

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Under Attack” (Amy Schneider)

“Levon” — acrylic resin abstract wood canvas (Patricia McMahon)

“Fall is Here; The Sun is Brightly Shining” —
encaustic wax painting burnished with shellac (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Signal Flags 01” — abstract art with a strong Mondrian influence (Ken Runkel)

“Evan Harding Park at Longshore” — watercolor (Jo Ann Davidson)

“Fishing Boat Nellie at Sunset” (Peter Barlow)

“Sidelined” (Lawrence Weisman)

“South Bank of the Arno River” (Kathleen Burke)

“New Bridge” (Karen Weingarten)

“Who You Calling a Frogmouth?” (Mike Hibbard)

“Fleeting Fall” (Jerry Kuyper)

Suzanne Casey says: “I came out of needlepoint retirement to make this stocking for my brother’s first grandchild. (My brother is Michael Wheatall, Staples High School Class of 1979.) I also made them for all of my children, nieces and nephews when they were born — but the last of those was 20 years ago.”

“A Golem of War, Now loose in Israel and Ukraine.” Artist Steve Stein explains: “A golem, according to Hebrew legend, is a mass of clay magically given life. It can be a force for good or more often a force of evil, war and mindless destruction.”

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Online Art Gallery #179

This week’s art gallery includes several newcomers. They join our cadre of regular, looked-forward-to artists.

As always, submissions span a wide range of subjects. LobsterFest, Rosh Hashana, the end of summer — they’re all here, and much more.

As always, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — whatever you’ve got.

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Persistence of Media” (Norm Siegel)

“Fifty Shades of Grey” (Amy Schneider)

“LobsterFest” — in honor of next Saturday’s annual Westport Rotary Club event (Lis Hisgen)

“Shalom for Rosh Hashanah: Peace for the New Year 5784″ — pencil and watercolor, 5″ x 8” (Steve Stein)

“Faceless” — acrylic, oil pastel on Bristol paper, 14″ x 11″ (John Waski)

Untitled (Kathleen Burke)

“Bluebird” (Ellin Spadone)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

Untitled triptych — oil paints on brushed aluminum panels (Cynthia McLoughlin)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“I’m Open! Throw Me the Ball!” — Rapa Nui, indigenous people of Easter Island (Mike Hibbard)

“Fate” == lithograph 11″ x 14″ (Ann Chernow)

“Waiting” — #2 in a series (Lawrence Weisman)

“Modern Fireboat and a Vintage Chris-Craft” (Peter Barlow)

“Endless Summer” — Greenwich Point (Cohl Katz)

“And Just Like That, Summer Is Over” (Lauri Weiser)

(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)

Online Art Gallery #178

Abstract pieces highlight this week’s online art gallery.

We also welcome pottery, from an 11-year-old just back from summer camp.

As always, we welcome all kinds of submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — whatever you’ve got.

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited to contribute.

“Falling Leaves” — oil/impasto Pointillism creation (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“The Sleepy Sea Dragon” — acrylic resin painting (Patricia McMahon)

“Cells” (Amy Schneider)

“Imagined Seascape (After Feininger)” (Tom Doran)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)

“Horseshoe Bend” — Colorado River watercolor (John Danbury)

Untitled (Cohl Katz)

“Water Painting” (Rowene Weems)

“Day Sail Schooner Argia and Many Guests” (Peter Barlow)

“Aerin’s Summer Camp Pottery” — Stephen Stein’s 11-year-old grandchild’s creations.

“Nonchalance” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Moon Rise” (Karen Weingarten)

(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)

Online Art Gallery #177

Our first online art gallery of September features only one “fall is coming” work.

There will be more in the weeks ahead, for sure. Foliage, pumpkins, turkeys — bring ’em on!

Along with every other theme. As always, we welcome watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — whatever you’ve got.

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited to contribute.

Artist Eric Bosch says, “This piece was inspired by the Westport Community Gardens. It represents the growth of nature, and the wisdom of the Long Lots School Building Committee to do the right thing for our town as a whole.”

Untitled (Cohl Katz)

“Wired Up” (Karen Weingarten)

“Night Garden” (Ken Runkel)

“Senegalese Sea Creature” — acrylic/resin abstract (Patricia McMahon)

“Aruba” — acrylic paint and pouring medium (Amy Schneider)

“Imagined Seascape (After Feininger)” (Tom Doran)

“A Pillar of His Community” — Nepal (Mike Hibbard)

“Stroke!” (Peter Barlow)

“Wordle” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Where Does it Hurt?” Artist Steve Stein says, “This simple sketch captures the essence of my professional life for almost 60 years.”

“Fall is Coming” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

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Online Art Gallery #174

Several intriguing abstract works highlight this week’s online gallery.

Of course, age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited to contribute.

All genres are encouraged. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage and (yes) needlepoint — whatever you’ve got, email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

“Un Peu Bleu” — acrylic resin abstract (Patricia McMahon)

“Floral Neuron Network” (Ken Runkel)

“‘Scene’ From Above” — acrylic paint and pouring medium (Amy Schneider)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Summer Adventures: Oh, The Places We Love!” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Fishing Vessel Samantha Brooke, Gulls and Lighthouse” (Peter Barlow)

“My Father’s Soul” — Photographer Sharon Paulsen shot this in her father’s backyard on Sanibel Island, Florida in August 2017, a week before he died.

“I Am Not Lichen My New Skin Lotion” (Mike Hibbard)

 

“It’s a Stretch” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Julie’s Office, Circa 1989” — Steve Stein says, “Julie was my father-in-law, a great family man and a motion picture ad guy handling many of the accounts seen on the wall behind him.”

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Online Art Gallery #171

It’s Saturday morning — time once again to open the doors to our online art gallery.

As always, everyone is welcome to enjoy our collection.

And submit.

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited to contribute.

All genres are encouraged. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage and (yes) needlepoint — whatever you’ve got, email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

“Interstices 21” (Santiago Lozano)

“Pear” — pencil on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“Waiting for Bomboloni” — Westport Farmers’ Market — pastels (Werner Liepolt)

“Yet Another Chagall: The Tribe of Issachar” — Artist Steve Stein explains, “Issachar was the 5th of 6th sons of Jacob with Leah. The name translates to ‘his reward will come.’ Yet of the 12 tribes, no one uses Issachar as a name for their kids!”

“Sentient” — Photographer Jerry Kuyper says this is 8 feet tall, including 2 feet of rock below the surface. It’s part of the “Rock On! Celebrating Stone in the Garden” exhibit at Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts.

“Man vs. Nature” (Tom Doran)

“Roses” (Amy Schneider)

“Stone Planter with Flowers” (Karen Weingarten)

Untitled — Photographer Ellen Horowitz notes, “Yes, the elephant was that close!”

“Hi, I’m Sally! Wanta Dance?” — Galápagos Islands (Mike Hibbard)

“Who Needs the Internet?” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Transient Wave” (Ken Runkel)

“Winsome, Noank Sloop With Sails Reefed for Strong Winds” (Peter Barlow)

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Online Art Gallery #167

This week, we welcome one of our youngest contributors ever.

Julian Kerschner is a rising 5th grader at Greens Farms Academy. He is, his mother notes, “an artist and an avid pickleball player.” You’ll see why.

As Julian knows, everyone is invited to contribute. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions.

All genres are encouraged. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage and (yes) needlepoint — whatever you’ve got, email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

“Italy” (Lauri Weiser)

Untitled — Artist Dorothy Robertshaw explains, “Assemblage after a storm at Cedar Point Yacht Club.”

Untitled — graphite on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“Hope” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled (Julian Kerschner, age 10)

“North Shore of Oahu” — watercolor (Jerry Kuyper)

“Pride Crosswalk” (Amy Schneider)

“Learning to Sail in an Optimist Pram” (Peter Barlow)

“Eurasian Crowned Hoopoe” — Artist Steve Stein explains, “hoopoes are commonly found across Afro-Eurasia. It is mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy and Leviticus), and is lucky to be considered a rare non-kosher bird.”

“Getting Up is Hard to Do” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Work it Out” — acrylic (Lis Hisgen)

“Summer Breeze” (Ken Runkel)

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Online Art Gallery #163

It’s the usual Saturday mix: people, animals, flowers — and of course, a boat or two. Thanks to our regulars, and newcomer Bevi Bullwinkel.

This is your feature. Everyone is invited to contribute. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions.

All genres are encouraged. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage and (yes) needlepoint — whatever you’ve got, email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

“Pink and Purple” (Ken Runkel)

“Rhino” — graphite on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“Paeonia” (Amy Schneider)

“The Dancer” — acrylic (Bevi Bullwinkel)

“General of the Spore Army” — Mike Hibbard

“FINALE, A Beneteau First 36” (Peter Barlow)

“Stonington or New Haven?” (Fred Cantor)

“The Last of the Scarlet Macaws” — Artist Steve Stein notes: “An endangered  South American parrot that loves to be touched, and can live 50 to 75 years. If it learns curse words I suspect the bird can become either more or less endangered, depending on its owner’s tolerance for profanity.”

“Face to Face” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Coffee Time” (Jerry Kuyper)

Untitled (Charlie Taylor)

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