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Online Art Gallery #306

Posted on February 21, 2026 | Leave a comment

We always showcase a variety of artists in our Saturday online art gallery.

They always span an impressive spread of mediums, styles and subjects.

But this week’s offers the widest range of ages. We’ve got a first-time submission from a 4th grader — and another first-time offering from a 97-year-old.

Can we ever beat that?

Hey: We can try! As always, we invite you to be part of next week’s exhibition. 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.

Just email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Mill Pond Foggy Foggy Night” (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)

“Hey There From Emilia-Romagna, Italy” — digitally painted original photograph (Michael Tomashefsky — Available for purchase; click here)

“Running in the Rain” (Salit Kulla)

“Charleston, SC” (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Bitter End Knots” — Bitter End Yacht Club, Virgin Gorda (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Flowers Peeking Through the Ice” — 21 x 21 oil and acrylic on aluminum  (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Spring Forward” — acrylic and resin (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Gold Wave, $5 an Ounce” — Dutch-pour technique on canvas (Eric Bosch)

“Seeing Spots” (Allison Arth, grade 4, One River Art student)

“Shadows of my Former Self (Officer, Golfer, Pickleballer” — triptych photo (Tom Lowrie, age 97)

Photographer Mike Hibbard says, Earthquake hits Kathmandu City. Millions of pieces in this puzzle. AI can help rebuild the temple.”

“A Type Setter’s Nightmare” — watercolor and pencil (Steve Stein)

“Lion Around” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“What’s it All About?” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Allison” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah)

“Jan. 6th” (Mark Yurkiw — Available for purchase; click here)

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

 

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Online Art Gallery #305

Posted on February 14, 2026 | 2 comments

Another record!

Nineteen artists are featured in today’s online art gallery.

As always, their works span mediums and themes. And their ages, backgrounds and geographic locations are all over the map too. Most artists live in Westport — but some grew up here, and now live and work around the world.

As always, we invite you to be part of next week’s exhibition. 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.

Just email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Echoes of Passion” — digital oil painting (Ken Runkel)

“As We Sometimes See Ourselves” — oil on canvas (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

“Mia” — 10 x 10 acrylic on canvas (Missy Greenberg)

“Cooper” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah — Available for sale; click here)

“Swimming Upstream” — acrylic and resin (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Art Buds” — 30 x 30 acrylic impasto (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase — click here)

“Off the Wall” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

“SnowFrame” (Jerry Kuyper)

Untitled (Marina Drasnin)

“Ice Image” (Cohl Katz)

“What Path Will You Take in 2026? All A-BOARD! Go For It!” (Mike Hibbard)

“Cuban Tree Frog” (Werner Liepolt — Available for purchase; click here)

“World’s First Immigrant Alien” (Mark Yurkiw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Me on the Saxophone” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“Hail to the Chief” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Every Dancer Has an Aura!” (Steve Stein)

” Cage Free Soul Intention Seeking Peeps” — Hand-drawn clothing culture construction design art processes (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“Lost in Thought” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #304

Posted on February 7, 2026 | 1 comment

Some of today’s artists capture winter, in all its frozen, white glory.

Some look ahead, to the bright colors of spring.

Others get their inspiration elsewhere — everywhere from politics to the mirror.

All make up this week’s online art gallery. Take some time on this cold day to wander through it, and admire the many diverse works.

As always, we invite you to be part of next week’s exhibition. 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.

Just email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“I Love My Snowman” — oil on canvas (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

“Cold Spell” (Dayle Brownstein)

 “A Winter’s Day” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Friday Frost on our Window” (Copyright Ted Horowitz)

“Footprints” (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

“Silence on the Saugatuck 1” (Tom Kretsch — Available for purchase; click here)

“Yawn” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Beached” — Dead sea fans on a pure white sand beach in the British Virgin Islands (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Thinking of Spring” — impasto acrylic (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Bluejay and Bluebird” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“La Vie en Rose” — acrylic on canvas (Melissa Benedek — Available for purchase; click here) 

“Shadows Visions Memories, Escape” (Tom Doran; Available for purchase; click here)

“Yearning to Breathe Free” (Mark Yurkiw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Customized Bookmarks” — paint pens on paper (Will Luedke)

“You’ve a frog in your throat? I got a snake in mine!” (Mike Hibbard)

“These Days There is Always an Elephant in the Room” (Steve Stein)

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

“Self-Portrait 2026: Happiness is a Feeling, Not a Destination” (Bill Fellah)

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

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Online Art Gallery #300

Posted on January 10, 2026 | 4 comments

Our online art gallery began at the beginning of the pandemic.

It was a way for readers to share something solitary — their art — with our stuck-at-home, worried-sick community.

It flourishes today, as creative and wide-ranging as ever. This is our 300th gallery “opening.” Thanks to all who have wandered through, and of course to all our artists who contribute to it.

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.

“Nyala Farm” (Andrea Padula)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“Time for ‘Albert,’ Me, to Take Our Christmas Tree to the Leaf Dump” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“Winter Berries” (John Maloney)

“Blue Hydrangeas” (Dayle Brownstein)

“Sherwood Island State Park” (Gitta Selva)

“Arno River, Florence” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke; Available for purchase; click here)

“Frolic” (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

“Vitality” — acrylic and resin abstract (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Emo Rubik’s Immortalization” — digital composition (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)

“Light and Water” (Jerry Kuyper)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled — mixed media (Alexander Cavallo; One River Art student)

Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada — Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “The entire museum is a metaphor ascending from the darkness of evil to light of civilization’s journey toward universal human rights.  Which way are we headed in 2026?”

“Headwear Banning” — Hand-drawn clothing construction design art sketch (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“A Lateen-Rigged Dhow” (Steve Stein)

 

“Franco” (Bill Fellah)

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

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Online Art Gallery #299

Posted on January 3, 2026 | Leave a comment

Sure, it’s already the new year.

But holiday themes linger.

That’s fine. In the art world — at least, in our online gallery version of it — there are no rules.

Just submit your work — whatever it is.

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.

“Longshore Gazebo” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Holiday Candle” (John Maloney)

“Year Turns | Sun Rises” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Where Have All The Starfish Gone?” — 39 x 27 oil painted; real starfish with Compo Beach horseshoe crabs; mounted on painted plaster, covering a framed wooden panel (Eric Bosch — Available for purchase; click here)

“Some Assembly Required. Batteries Not Included” — composited digital illustration (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)

“Elijah Kellogg Church Christmas Eve” (Bonnie Scott Connolly)

“It’s Back to the Snow Globe After Christmas” (Caroline Howe)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Yellow and Pink” (Dayle Brownstein)

“Murphy” — watercolor (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Low Poly Wildlife” — digital art (Alexander Cavallo — One River Art student)

“Bow Wow! Hot Chilly Cupcakes?” (Mike Hibbard)

“Cat’s Meow” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Riverside From Imperial Avenue” — pencil and charcoal (Steve Stein)

“Waif” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Peter” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah)

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

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Online Art Gallery #298

Posted on December 27, 2025 | 2 comments

Welcome to this holiday edition of our online art gallery.

Christmas may be over, but winter is not. Our “06880” artists have been as busy as Santa’s elves, with both themes.

And of course, much more.

Remember: This is your gallery. 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.

“Christmas Morning” (John Maloney)

Untitled (Wendy Levy)

“Back Yard Snowy Cardinal” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“The Boy on the Bike” — acrylic aluminum, 9×14 (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

Decorated sea shell (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“Main Street, Vinalhaven, Maine” (Michael Tomashefsky — Available for purchase; click here)

“Walk at Bedford Middle School” (Dayle Brownstein)

Untitled — watercolor paper collage (Nate Vandenberg — One River Art student)

Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “Rectangles of colored fabric printed with symbols, mantras and prayers that are spread by the wind to benefit all living beings by promoting peace, happiness and good fortune. Let’s all be kinder and more respectful to one another in 2026!”

“Savaged Firebird Grace” –Hand-drawn clothing construction design art process (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“Iris” — digital drawing (Bill Fellah)

“Samurai” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Getting Ready for the New Year and the 06880.org Art Column” (Steve Stein)

“Levon and Santa: 2 Legends” (Patricia McMahon)

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

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Online Art Gallery #297

Posted on December 20, 2025 | 2 comments

The holidays are here!

And our “06880” artists know it. Several submissions to this week’s online art gallery reflect the spirit of the season.

And the weather.

Thanks, as always, to all our artists. 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.

“Tinsel & Toes” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Home for the Holidays” (John Maloney)

“Even Penguins Love Christmas” — watercolor (Caroline Walton Howe)

“Great Barrington” (Wendy Levy)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

“It’s Frosty Outside” — acrylic impasto, 21×21 (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Gloucester Christmas Party” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“Leaving it All Behind” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Winter Moon Dandelion Wear” (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“Morning: Initial Impression” (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Penny Smith — One River Art student)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“Beams” — photography (Jerry Kuyper)

“Hey Up There! You’re Missing the Pot!” (Mike Hibbard)

“A Sabbath Menorah is Not the Same as a Chanukah Chanukiah” (Steve Stein)

Untitled — compiled on Microsoft Publisher; pencils and gel pen (Jon Nicholson)

“I Love You” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Owen” — watercolor/acrylic on paper (Bill Fellah)

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

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Online Art Gallery #296

Posted on December 13, 2025 | 2 comments

Winter and water highlight this week’s online art gallery.

And, of course, several other random themes. Taken together, all make for another intriguing Saturday session.

Thanks, as always, to all our artists. 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.

“Children Reading by Firelight” (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

Untitled — watercolor and colored pencil (Frazer Benton, One River student)

 

“Burying Hill Kingfisher” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“Mill Pond Buoy” (John Maloney)

“Wakeman Town Farm” (Dayle Brownstein)

“Grand Central, NYC” — oil on canvas, 30×40 (R. Castellon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Sun Rise” — acrylic (Dorothy Robertshaw)

 

“Snow’s Gonna Fall and the Frost Gonna Bite” (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“Last Full Moon of 2025” (Karen Weingarten)

“A Little Wispy” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Surfside Beach, Outside Miami” (Wendy Levy)

“Bowl of Winesaps” — oil on panel, 11×14 (Werner Liepolt — Available for purchase; click here)

“Grace” (Bill Fellah — Available for purchase; click here)

“Wreath” (Jalna Jaeger)

“Snowy Hoops” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

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Online Art Gallery #295

Posted on December 6, 2025 | 1 comment

There are always surprises in our online art gallery.

This week’s: There are no holiday-themed submissions!

We’re not sure what’s gotten (or hasn’t gotten) into our usually very creative, on-top-of-everything gang of artists. But hey: There’s always next Saturday.

As always: 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.

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)

“Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” — oil and pallet knife on canvas board (Dorothy Robertshaw; Available for purchase — click here)

“Boat Storage on the Hill Near the Lift, Southport” (Kathleen Burke — Available for purchase; click here) 

Eric Bosch says, “Watercolor techniques take time to learn. My copy here of Edward Hopper’s ‘House on Pamet River’ gave me valuable insights into his use of color and light.”

“Burmese Green Peacock” — acrylic on linen with metalics, 30×40 (B. Levin — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Saugatuck River Reflections” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Prowess” — watercolor (Bill Fellah — Available for purchase; click here)

“An Afternoon Peck From Brownie” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“The Acolytes in this Cathedral are Very Tall!” (Mike Hibbard)

“Modern Westport Library Book Sale Wear” — hand-drawn sketch (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“The Oracle of Omaha” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Jacob’s Ladder” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Memories of  Spring” (Dayle Brownstein)

“Sunset Beach Stroll” (Susan Garment)

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

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Online Art Gallery #294

Posted on November 29, 2025 | 3 comments

Two days after turkey day, our “06880” artists continue to give thanks.

Hey — it’s still the holiday weekend!

And “06880” is thankful for all of you: our wonderfully eclectic group of artists, and our passionate readers who enjoy this weekly feature, and support them.

A reminder: 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.

Untitled (Duane Cohen; Available for purchase; click here)

“Distorted Takeoff” (Patricia McMahon; Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled — Winslow Park (Dayle Brownstein)

“Litchfield Hills Hideaway” — signed acrylic on canvas, 16×16 (Gert; Available for purchase; Click here)

“The Cucurbits of Fall” — oil on canvas, 16 x 20 (Werner Liepolt; Available for purchase; click here)

“Memories of a More Colorful Time” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Red Fish, Blue Fish, Oyster With a Pearl” — acrylic on canvas (Eric Bosch)

Untitled (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

“YellowSlide” (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

Photographer Mike Hibbard says: “I am thankful for the gifts of beauty that my colleagues have submitted to Dan Woog’s 06880 Art Gallery, and the audience who enjoy our art. Onward!”

“A Pomegranate from the Shrub/Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Tiger” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Portrait of a Thoroughbred” — watercolor and acrylic (Bill Fellah — Available for purchase; click here)

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

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