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Online Art Gallery #208

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)

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

Online Art Gallery #207

Two Easter-themed works, and 2 by artists not yet in their teens highlight this week’s online gallery.

Which reminds us: 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.

Noli Me Tangere (Brian Whelan)

“Happy Easter” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Blue Flame” — spray paint on clipboard (Frazer Benton, age 10)

“You Gotta Have Heart” (Aerin Stein, 12 years old). Aerin’s grandfather Steve Stein writes: “Apropos of the AI digital art discussion in last week’s art gallery, on the left is Aerin’s original pencil sketch on brown paper. On the right is the computer colorization of the heart and background.”

“Psychedelic Urchins” — acrylic abstract (Patricia McMahon)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Espresso #3” — oil on panel (Werner Liepolt)

“Tree With Many Branches, And a Water Tower” (Peter Barlow)

“Pack Horse Afraid of Heights on a Steep Trail in the Andes” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

“Time Out” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Saturday Morning” (Ellen Wentworth)

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

Online Art Gallery #205

Welcome to Year 5 of our online art gallery!

We began this feature in the early days of the 2020 pandemic. It served a few purposes — for instance, a chance for people, stuck home for a long time, to be creative.

And with actual galleries closed, it was a way for artists to showcase their work.

Plus, it provided a bit of inspiration and joy to all of us, during a frightening, miserable time. (Click here to see that very first online art gallery.)

I thought the online art gallery would be something fun, for a few weeks. But the submissions kept coming. The range of themes widened; so did the mediums.

So — like COVID — the online art gallery is here to stay.

Unlike the coronavirus though, we’re happy it’s hanging around.

So remember: No matter what your theme, or medium — and whether you’re a first-timer or oldtimer: We welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, 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.

“Curtain Twitcher.” Artist Ken Runkel says: “It was inspired by one of my Nextdoor followers, who shared his story of a ‘curtain twitcher’ he remembered as a kid. I took it from there, and created this in the style of Norman Rockwell.”

“Imagine” (Patricia McMahon)

“Spring is Coming” (Ellen Wentworth)

 “Sunset” (Karen Weingarten)

“Cousins House” (E. Bruce Borner)

“Another Red Barn” — artist Steve Stein says: “The reason barns are red is because early farmers painted them with a protective coating of linseed oil mixed with animal blood or ferrous oxide, to prevent weathering and the growth of mold and fungus.”

“The Koi Pond Getting Ready to Surface” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Schooner in the Jungle” — acrylic painting (Peter Barlow)

 

“Let the Sleeping Cat Lie — You Can’t Run Fast Enough” (Mike Hibbard)

“A Hard Day on the Front Line in Ukraine” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

 

Online Art Gallery #204

Spring is coming … really!

Our online art gallery artists know it. Or at least, they’re hopeful too.

Every week, they send colorful work reminding us of the beauty of life’s renewal.

But no matter what your theme, or medium — and whether you’re a first-timer or oldtimer: We welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, 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 — Artist Dorothy Robertshaw says, “this encaustic wax painting looks like our sea shore of late … spring is coming!”

“Flowers in Bloom — A Sign of Spring” (Diane Yormark)

“Firenze” (Patricia McMahon)

“Can You Find the Mouse?” — digital illustration (Ken Runkel)

Photographer Jo Ann Miller calls this “a final tribute to Kelley Spearen, with our favorite ‘Marilyn.'”

“1915 Ford Model T” (Peter Barlow)

“School’s Out!” (Ellen Wentworth)

“Untitled” — This work by French artist (and physician) D. Caudron is on view new at Westport River Gallery.

“Aerin’s Copacetic Mountains” — watercolor (Aerin Stein, 12 years old)

“Tree of Peace — pencil and crayon (Steve Stein)

“La Danse” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

Online Art Gallery #199

New artists and new styles highlight this week’s online art gallery.

We welcome all work. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want 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.

“When Real Cowboys Play Poker” (Ken Runkel)

Untitled —  Sherwood Mill Pond (Andy Millard)

“Winter Thaw” — watercolor (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled — Maj Kalfus describes this as “an illustration of one of my favorite childhood poems.”

“Girl” — acrylic on Masonite. Artist Nathan Rolla Mach, a high school junior, is the son of 1991 Staples High School graduate Gina Rolla Mach.

Untitled — acrylic painting (Susan Gold Falkenstein)

“High Wind BVI” — watercolor (Werner Liepolt)

“The Israelite Tribe of Shimon” — Artist Steve Stein says, “Chagall created much copied and reinterpreted stained glass windows of the 12 ancient tribes of the Bible. The anglicized names might include Simon, Simeon, Samson  and even Stephen.”

“This Way  Down” (Peter Barlow)

“Westport Pier” — oil on canvas (Steve Moen)

“January” — PhotoGraphic (Jerry Kuyper)

“Uptick” (Tom Doran)

“On the Grounds of the Greenwich Historical Society” (Kathleen Burke)

“Enneapod Emerges From the Wormhole” (Mike Hibbard)

“Lost in Thought” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Alan Goldberg)

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

Online Art Gallery #197

Winter is here!

And our “06880” artists and photographers have been out all week (or stuck inside), creating stuff to submit.

Our largest-ever online gallery is chock full of wintry works. But there are a couple of summertime submissions as well.

That’s what makes this Saturday feature so interesting, week after week.

As always, we welcome your work. 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.

Untitled (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

“Snow, Shovel, Tires, Boots, Snow” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Winter Blues” — side-by-side acrylics (Anne Bernier)

“Rocky Ridge Arbor” (Linda Doyle)

Untitled (Karen Weingarten)

Untitled (Kathleen Burke)

“Fish Tale” — encaustic wax, white birch assemblage (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled — acrylic on canvas (Jodi M. Wallace)

“Fate” — lithograph (Ann Chernow)

“Shy” (Lawrence Weisman)

“A Still Life of Deposit Bottle Rejects” — pencil and watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Parisian Seahorse” — acrylic (Peter Barlow)

“Cusco’s MAMA Smoothie” (Mike Hibbard)

“Banana High Rise” (Tom Doran)

“Salvador, Bahia” (Wendy Levy)

“Portal” (Ken Runkel)

“Namaste” (Patricia McMahon)

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

Online Art Gallery #193

Christmas finds its way into a few pieces in today’s online art gallery.

So, of course, do the usual subjects. Which is to say: Everything else under the sun.

When you enter our “06880” gallery, you never know what you’ll find. But you’ll always find works of interest.

This is your gallery. 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.

“Merry Christmas Mona” (Ken Runkel)

“3D Origami” (Claire Faucher)

“Milky Way” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Chaos” (Jo Ann Miller)

“Reflections of Winter” — impasto/gold leaf (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Basket Full of Happy Peruvian Dolls for Christmas” (Mike Hibbard)

“Ornament All Year Round — My Victorian Bell Buoy” — Photographer Peter Barlow says, “The photo shows the top half of a very heavy object about 5 feet tall. I acquired it some 50 years ago for my back yard in Westport, and now it’s in my yard in Pawcatuck. I love it, but I don’t know anything more of its history.”

“Compo Post Season” — digital illustration (Maj Kalfus)

“Contemplation” (Lawrence Weisman)

“110 to Anywhere” (Andrew Colabella)

“Give Me That Old Time Religion! It’s an Olive Branch — Not Mistletoe!” (Steve Stein)

Untitled (Jon Nicholson)

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

Online Art Gallery #192

The holidays were on the minds of a few artists this week. Next week’s online gallery should be filled with 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 to contribute.

“Profile of Marley” (Peter Barlow)

“Window Shopping” (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

Dorothy Robertshaw writes: “It is a tradition: handmade gifts for the holidays. My husband’s woven cloths … one of his latest hobbies since the pandemic. A big ❤️ and oyster shell, ornaments, and handcrafted wood-burned serving supplies.  One of my favorite crafts from the 1980s ❤️❤️👩🏼‍🎤”

“Santa’s New Helpers” (Ken Runkel)

Untitled (Jo Ann Miller)

“Sacred Structure” (Tom Doran)

“This is the Last Free Ride You Get!” (Mike Hibbard)

“Angle of Repose” (Lawrence Weisman)

“The Last Leaves of Autumn at 06880-1927” (Steve Stein)

“December Sunrise in Connecticut” (Rosemary C. Williams)

“Sailors Take Warning” — Southport Harbor (Jan Carpenter)

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

Online Art Gallery #191

Today’s online art gallery opens with a special request.

In this season of giving, Westport artist Mark Yurkiw is thinking of his native Ukraine. As the Russian war grinds on, he wants to ensure that no one forgets the plight: 10 million Ukrainians are displaced, 20 million shelter in place, and 10 million are protecting their nation, any way they can.

Over the past 2 years Mark has donated his artwork, as a way to raise funds to help Ukraine. His work is serious, superb, and important. He invites interested collectors to contact him for an appointment to see it, in his barn/studio. Mark’s email is mark.think3d@gmail.com.

Art by Mark Yurkiw …

… and Mark outside his barn, with one of his Ukrainian-themed works.

Now, back to our weekly online gallery. 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 to contribute.

“Our Colorful Nation” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Beach Impressions” (Tom Doran)

“Our Love for Each Other Shines Forever” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled — Photographer Dennis Jackson took this recently in Argentina’s Tierra de Fuego National Park, a few miles from the Chilean border.

Untitled collage — paper on paper (Maj Kalfus)

“Worth a Second Look” (Lawrence Weisman)

“All the Other Thanksgiving Gourds Are Gone!” (Steve Stein)

“Manspreading” — watercolor (Jo Ann Davidson)

“Red Sail in the Sunset? – A J-70” (Peter Barlow)

“Seaside Impressions 03” (Ken Runkel)

“Dawn in the Neighborhood” (Jerry Kuyper)

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

Online Art Gallery #185

Good morning! Our gallery is open.

Come on in … and please submit your work, too.

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.

“🙏🏼peace” — Artist Dorothy Robertshaw says, “A tear and 🙏🏼 💙praying for hope and peace in this world 🌎💙”

“The 18 x 22 Bug Painting” — colored ink and black enamel. Artist Peter Barlow says, “The painting is displayed on our porch every Halloween, where this street gets over 400 kids. The rest of the year it is at the top of the cellar stairs.”

“Psychedelic Bison” — acrylic painting. Artist Michael Cohen says this was inspired by a recent trip to Yellowstone National Park.

“Hope Springs” — acrylic, oil pasted and acrylic markers on canvas board (Valerie Fishcel)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

Untitled — acrylic painting (Lis Hisgen)

“Early Morning” — digital abstract. Artist Ken Runkel explains, “This is a contemporary interpretation of several early 20th century Cubist artists. The sunrise is about to crest the horizon against the early morning sky, and is reflected in the foreground of a suggested body of water. As with all abstracts. the viewer is encouraged to see and create their own narrative. My primary goal is to strike an emotional chord…to create a feeling with my work.”

“Lobster Landing” — Clinton, Connecticut, watercolor and pen (Kevin McCaul)

“Sunny Sides” (Mike Hibbard)

“Flat Out” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Let’s Dress Up as Dogs!” — pencil and watercolor (Steve Stein)

 

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