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Online Art Gallery #220

Posted on June 29, 2024 | Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #220

This week’s online art gallery features a wide range of themes, colors and mediums. Only a couple reference July 4th. One reminds us of Christmas.

Go figure.

No matter what color (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, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Summer” — oil with cold wax (Sally VanDevanter)

“Glorious Lilies” — oil/acrylic impasto, on display at Capuli restaurant.  

“Sunburst” — dot art on canvas board, acrylic (Faith Vicinanza)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Levitt Pavilion Summer Concerts Under the Stars — Isle of Klezbos” (Duane Cohen)

“Blue Ribbon Farm” — watercolor (Jo Ann Davidson)

“Buffalo” — watercolor (John Danbury)

Photographer Peter Barlow says, “I have no idea what this is, but you’re seeing almost all of it. It goes with a factory along the Pawcatuck River. I see a very American look here, suitable for the 4th of July.”

“Peek-a-boo” (Karen Weingarten)

“Brian Wilson or American Graffiti?” (Fred Cantor)

“Brendan Hits an Awesome Two-handed Backhand” (Eric Bosch)

“South Beach Hookup” (Lawrence Weisman)

“The Raggedys” (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

“July 4, 2024: The Modern American Farm” (Steve Stein)

 

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Online Art Gallery #219

Posted on June 22, 2024 | 1 comment

Lots of yellow this week!

No matter what color (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, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Inspire” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“The Taste of Summer” (Ellen Wentworth)

“Beach Days” — hand-drawn digital composition (Maj Kalfus)

“The Butterflies Are Back!” (Steve Stein)

“Backyard Bird With Trumpet Vine” (Peter Barlow)

Artist Kathleen Burke says: “Southport Village, the former Connecticut Bank built 1832, now a home, design inspired by 2 banks in Philadelphia. Greek Revival, Doric columns.”

“Contemplating” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Brother Jeff Hits a Winner” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

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Online Art Gallery #217

Posted on June 8, 2024 | 2 comments

Colors continue to abound in our online art gallery.

No matter what subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Boris the Bichon” — abstract acrylic and resin epoxy (Patricia McMahon)

“Summer in Bloom” — encaustic wax (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Lady Slipper Wildflower” — “a sure sign of spring in the woods of Maine,” says photographer Bonnie Scott Connolly 

“Love in a Mist” (Linda Doyle)

“The Rare Blue Dahlia” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Equestrian Competition, Dorset, England” (Bruce Borner)

“Orphanage in Thailand” — Photographer Mike Hibbard says, ” When these kids age out, they try to be accepted in the community. The boys find their way. Many of the girls have a very hard life ahead. How can we be kinder and more respectful to each other?”

“Barcelona Pigeons” (Cohl Katz)

“Look and Look Again” (Tom Doran)

Untitled — watercolor (Kathleen Burke)

“Irish Sunset” (Penny Pearlman)

“Down to the Sea, Pretty Soon” (Peter Barlow)

“Bill at the Net” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

 

“Shake on it” (Lawrence Weisman)

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Online Art Gallery #216

Posted on June 1, 2024 | 2 comments

Every Westport artist knows Jay Cimbak.

He’s the go-to framer at Rockwell Art & Framing (and, for decades before that, at Max’s Art Supplies).

He’s also an avid collector of Coleman lanterns, railroad and other lanterns, and oil lamps.

Who knew?

Today, he shares his passion with our online gallery-goers. Scroll down, for a fuller explanation from Jay of his submission.

That’s the beauty of this feature. No matter what you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Limoncello” — acrylic on canvas (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled — oil on canvas (R. Castellon, at Westport River Gallery)

“Red Light and Other Colors” — acrylic on hard board (Peter Barlow)

“Splash” — digital composite (Ken Runkel)

“Ouch! You’ve Made Your Points! I Wish We Could Disagree in a More Agreeable Way” (Mike Hibbard)

“Encircled” — collage (Amy Schneider)

“Scribble” (Karen Weingarten)

“Shiny Future” (Tom Doran)

“The Sleeping Giant Mountain Range” (Steve Stein)

“Curled Up” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled — Photographer Jay Cimbak writes about one of the old lanterns he collects: “As we go into warmer weather, I thought this would be a good submission to remember colder days. If anyone would like to add to my collection of  gas lanterns and oil lamps, I never pass up a donation.”

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Online Art Gallery #215

Posted on May 25, 2024 | 2 comments

Surprise! There are no Memorial Day-themed submissions this week.

No surprise! There is the usual broad array of themes and mediums.

No matter what you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Encaustic wax artist Dorothy Robertshaw says, “In Bloom, Sea Shells, Aurora Borealis. What do you see?”

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Compo Cannon” (Duane Cohen)

“Jennings Beach” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke)

“Meditation Circle” (Leigh Gage)

“Stair Post, Tupper Lake, Adirondacks” (Bruce Borner)

“Viking Ship Draken Harald Harfagre” — Photographer Peter Barlow says, “Draken means Dragon. The vessel has been at Mystic Seaport since 2016, and is now on its way home to Norway.” 

“We Solved the Problem So that It Benefits Us Both!” (Mike Hibbard)

“Violets in a Lilac Neighborhood” (Steve Stein)

“Human Origami” (Lawrence Weisman)

“The Perception of Color” — digital (Ken Runkel)

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Online Art Gallery #214

Posted on May 18, 2024 | 5 comments

Springtime colors once again fill our online art gallery.

So do works from a Westport beach, to New Orleans, to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.

No matter what your theme or medium — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Reborn” (Karen Weingarten)

“Colors of Spring” (Sandy Rothenberg)

Untitled (Diane Yormark)

“Spring on the Sound” (Duane Cohen)

“The Bougainvillea on the Wall” — Marseille artist JP Courchia (at the Westport River Gallery) 

“City Life” (Valerie Fischel)

“New England Graduation” (Peter Barlow)

“Saguaro Sunset” — Ken Runkel says, “This is from a new collection I’ve started I call the ‘Southwest Series,’ a tie to the portion of my life growing up in Arizona. This digital painting looks west over the Valley of The Sun, with city lights reflecting against the mountains. Sharing it ‘in situ’ helps people envision how something can look in their home (even if it’s not a Westport styled one).”

“Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia” (Katie Augustyn)

“Royal Street French Quarter, New Orleans” (Brue Borner)

“This is a Zero Sum Game. I Win, and You Lose!” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Eclipsing” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“A View of an American Prairie” (Steve Stein)

“Getting Up” (Lawrence Weisman)

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Online Art Gallery #213

Posted on May 11, 2024 | 1 comment

We welcome a record-setting number of works in this week’s online art gallery.

Many of them are nature- and beach-related. Plenty are photos, too.

Not a lot of abstract art this week.

That’s the thing about this gallery: The exhibits change, every week.

But o matter what your theme or medium — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Flowers at Bryant Park” (Laurie Sorensen)

“The Little Pine Tree That Could” (Dorrie Barlow Thomas)

“Garden Gate” — watercolor (Jo Ann Davidson)

“Forsythia” (Kathleen Burke)

“Untidaled” (Michael Tomashefsky)

“Beach Sand” (Richard Fogel)

“Remember” (Cohl Katz)

“Driftwood Pier” (Bruce Borner)

Untitled (Andrew Colabella)

“Kite Flying at Burying Hill” (Duane Cohen)

Untitled — Point by the cannons (Steve Moen)

“Beachside Abstract” — digital composite (Ken Runkel)

Untitled (Aerin Lichtman, 12 years old)

“An Easter Island Statue in Connecticut?” Photographer Peter Barlow says, “This one, likely a reproduction, is in Stoney Creek and looks out to the Thimble Islands.”

“Amazing” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“After Charing Cross” (Tom Doran)

“Distortion on Delancey” (Patricia McMahon)

“Do Unto Others What You Would Have Them Do Unto You” (Mike Hibbard)

“The Beachcomber” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Never Again” — artist Steve Stein shows “the different stars used to mark Jewish citizens in each country the Nazis took over during World War II. May 5 and 6 was Yom HaShoah (Day of Remembrance) for the 6 million who died during the Shoah (Holocaust). May 12 and 13 are Yom HaZikaron (Official Israel Memorial Day) for fallen soldiers in 9 wars. May 14 is Yom Ha’atzmaut (76th Israel Independence Day, after a 4000-year history in the land).

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Online Art Gallery #212

Posted on May 4, 2024 | Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #212

Several different artists tackled spring this week.

All, of course, see the colorful season through different eyes.

That’s the whole idea of art — and “06880”‘s online art gallery.

No matter what your theme or medium — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Lily” — oil paints with cold wax (Sally VanDevanter)

“Spring Sunshine” — oil/acrylic on canvas (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Central Park Conservancy” (Mary Sikorski)

Photographer Peter Barlow says: “The plants are called lupine. They are more common to Nova Scotia, but are growing in my Connecticut garden. The part I like best is the big round leaf with daisy petals.  My garden needs some weeding.”

 

“Hang Ten” — acrylic abstract wave (Patricia McMahon)

“Sunset Geometry” — digital composition combining photographed elements and Photoshoop manipulation. Ken Runkel calls this “a meditation on the interplay between the natural world and human intervention, inviting the viewer to contemplate the beauty and fragility of our surroundings. It is a visual symphony of minimalism, geometry, and nature, designed to evoke a sense of tranquility and reflection.”

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Chez Pierre” (Kathleen Burke)

Untitled (Roseann Spengler)

Photographer Mike Hibbard writes: “Thailand Airbnb, $4,860,300 per month, internet included. Enjoy the local tribe of monkeys that comes to visit early each morning. Vaccination for rabies required.”

“What’s Next?” (Lawrence Weisman)

“The Hope for Peace!” (Steve Stein)

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Online Art Gallery #211

Posted on April 27, 2024 | 1 comment

Talented and popular 12-year-old Aerin Lichtman is joined today by an even younger artist: 10-year-old Ben Gionfriddo.

We welcome too a couple of full-time, gallery-showing professionals: Brian Whelan, and newcomer Dorie.

That’s the whole point of “06880”‘s online art feature: No matter what your theme or medium — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“‘The Aviana’: Luxury Bird Condos” — oil on cavas. Mary Madelyn Attanasio explains: “A friend of mine created several birdhouses for the Birdhouse Fundraiser. This painting was sold at a juried show.”

“Green Heron” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke)

“The Raven” — encaustic wax (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Textured Art on Wood Panels” — Anne Bernier

“Alien” — watercolors, ink, colored pencils and oil pastels on paper (Ben Gionfriddo, 10 years old)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Beached” — pastels (Werner Liepolt)

“Compo Beach” (Cohl Katz)

“Moving Upstream” — Lynn Wilson says, “Herring are running at Stoney Brook Mill in Brewster, Massachusetts.”

“Lavender Field Retreat, Provence” — oil on canvas. Artist Dorie is showing this now at Westport River Gallery.

“Autumn Blaze Red Maple” (Aerin Lichtman, 12 years old)

“Ornament at Eleven O’Clock” — Photographer Peter Barlow explains: “The title refers to when the shadow is straight. Most of the time there is no shadow.“

“POP! No muscles moved?” — Maasai warrior jump dancing, Tanzania — Mike Hibbard

“The Tribe of Dan” — Artist Steve Stein says: “One of Chagall’s 12 windows representing  the sons of Jacob. ‘Dan’ in Hebrew means’ judge.’ The tribe is associated with law, order, the scales of justice and its most famous member,  Samson.”

“Working Remotely” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Shakespeare” — in honor of his birthday; acrylic and foil on canvas (Brian Whelan)

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Online Art Gallery #208

Posted on April 6, 2024 | 1 comment

A solar eclipse takes place Monday. Our “06880” artists are ready.

Two submissions explore the rare event, from (of course) different artistic lenses. We’ve got some spring-themed works too, and the usual array of intriguing, exciting works in a variety of styles.

Remember: No matter what your theme or medium — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

Email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled – Dorothy Robertshaw says, “This is cyanotype sun printing art,  just in time for the eclipse. You put it between glass you out in the sun, almost like a dark room versus light room. Then you bring it in. You wash it with cold water, then hang dry. This one is paper.” 

“The Line of Totality” — acrylic on board (Brian Whelan)

“The Butterfly Effect” — digital illustration (Ken Runkel)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

Untitled (Roseann Spengler)

“Cherry Blossoms Along the Potomac” (Wendy Levy)

“Many Homes Here Now — Once a Factory” (Peter Barlow)

 

“Drifting Snow in Mountain Green, Morgan County, Utah.” Andy Millard says, “the blowing snow in this wintry scene suggests a painting, but it is a photograph.”

“Stream of Prayers” — weathered prayer flags, dripped in wax and stone (Jerry Kuyper)

“Home of the Pit” (Mike Hibbard)

“Dancers Stretching” (Steve Stein)

“Some Days You Just Can’t Get Out of Bed” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Ellen Wentworth)

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