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Online Art Gallery #151

Posted on March 4, 2023 | Leave a comment

Two striking photos, and a reproduction/adaptation of a famous work open this week’s online art gallery.

Other readers submitted their usual intriguing array of paintings and drawings too.

Remember: 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!

Untitled (Andrew Colabella)

“GULLable” (Patricia McMahon)

“Pieter Claesz’s Dinner at the Katzes/” Artist Norm Siegel based this on “the famous Dutch 17th century still life food artist– updated with all the foods I loved that now give me heartburnand acid reflux.”

“A Little Snow” (Karen Weingarten)

Artist Lawrence Weisman calls this “Character of Westport,” then adds, “or one of them at least.”

Untitled (Mona Brown)

“The Tennis Players: Igor Stravinsky and His Taller Friend” — acrylics (Peter Barlow)

“Whelk” (Amy Schneider)

“A Very Little House on the Prairie” (Steve Stein)

Photographer Rindy Higgins describes this monotone: “I was impressed with the gray on gray on gray, illustrating that the Saugatuck River is the same as the Sound is the same as the sky: the oneness of all.”

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Online Art Gallery #147

Posted on February 4, 2023 | Leave a comment

Winter — in many forms, even without snow — fills this week’s online art gallery.

Some of the submissions show Westport. Others from as far as Vineyard Haven and Florida. All are the works of “06880” readers.

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!

“Ready for the Winter” (Karen Weingarten)

“Schooner Blackfish” — mixed media (Peter Barlow)

“A Sunny Winter Day” (June Rose Whittaker)

Haiku (Diane Lowman)

“Sakura” — acrylic abstract (Patricia McMahon)

“Emerging from the Wormhole with a Message for Us?” (Mike Hibbard)

“Zentangle Art” (Amy Schneider)

Untitled (Matt Murray)

“Swan, Vineyard Haven, MA” (Laurie Sorensen)

“Hangnail” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Gwyneth at 50 Dives Into Middle Age” (Tom Doran)

“Sometimes, All That’s Left is Hope” (Steve Stein)

“A Little Winter Light” (Judith Katz)

 

 

 

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Online Art Gallery #145

Posted on January 21, 2023 | Leave a comment

After closing last week (the curator was away), our “06880” online art gallery returns.

Once again, its (virtual) walls are filled with intriguing works, in a variety of forms, from many professional — and amateur — readers.

Every week is a new experience. But always: This is your feature. All readers are 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!

“Winter at the Beach” (Karen Weingarten)

“Buddies” — Photographer “KMH” says: “Male purple finch and 800-pound rose marble tiger have a rock-solid relationship, even though the finch is a little flighty.”

Untitled (Nina Marino)

“Storm” (Amy Schneider)

“Hello, Neighbor” — Dover, Massachusetts (Laurie Sorensen)

“Ten Boats” (Peter Barlow)

“Fiddler on a Roof — 2.0” (Steve Stein)

“40 Winks on Metro-North)” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Auggie Koskoff)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

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Online Art Gallery #144

Posted on January 7, 2023 | 2 comments

Lots o’ nature this week.

And it’s in — as is our tradition — many forms.

Every week is a new experience. But always: This is your feature. All readers are 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!

(NOTE: The online art gallery will be closed next week. We’ll reopen on January 21. Come visit then!)

“Winter Sunset” (Karen Weingarten)

“Winter Walk” (Werner Liepolt)

“Waterfall” (Amy Schneider)

“Dancer” — mixed media (Peter Barlow)

“Mommy, I’m Scared” — Photographer Mike Hibbard says of this photo from Tanzania:
“Will 2023 bring us humans more or less fear?”

“Vicuna” (Steve Stein)

“On the Sideline” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Cabbage Curls” (Marta Campbell)

“Galaxy Hopping” (Tom Doran)

 

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Online Art Gallery #143

Posted on December 31, 2022 | 2 comments

Happy New Year!

Our final online art gallery of 2022 looks back (at Hanukkah), forward (at 2023), and — as always — in every other direction.

As we say all year long, every year: This is your feature. All readers are 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!

“The Last Night of Hanukkah” (Karen Weingarten)

“Bunny, It’s Cold Outside!” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled abstract (Tom Doran)

“Watching the RTM” (Lawrence Weisman)

“When a Rolls Really Was a Rolls” — 1921 Silver Ghost Tourer (Peter Barlow) 

“Midnight! Happy New Year!” (Steve Stein)

 

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Online Art Gallery #140

Posted on December 10, 2022 | Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #140

There is always a surprise in our online art gallery.

This week’s surprise is that there is only one holiday-themed submission.

But there are plenty of colorful works, covering — as usual — a wide range of themes and mediums.

This is your feature. All readers are 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!

“Love Birds.” Artist Susan Gold Falkenstein says the title “signifies my admiration for their presence in nature, and the idea that love is the emotion that brings me the most joy.”

“Some Spring Cheer at Holiday Time” — Greenhouse at Naumkeag Lights, Stockbridge, Massachusetts (Laurie Sorensen)

“A Victorian by the Sea” — Thimble Islands (Peter Barlow)

“Brooklyn” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Wish I Was Here” (Steve Stein)

Untitled (Karen Weingarten)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

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Online Art Gallery #137

Posted on November 19, 2022 | 1 comment

What? No Thanksgiving art?!

We’ll manage.

And as you scroll through this week’s art gallery, remember to give thanks to all the artists — here in Westport, and in our broader “06880” online community, who share their work with us.

After all: This is your feature. All readers are 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!

Untitled – watercolor and pen (Jude Siegel)

“Here Comes the Sun, In About an Hour” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Autumn” (Linda Doyle)

Untitled (Michael Chait)

“Compo Beach Ornament” — ,mixed media. Artist Peter Barlow explains: “At least 12 of these spires once adorned the brick bathhouses. After this one was knocked over in a 1950 hurricane, the town tore down all of them.”

“Three Modiglianis” (Tom Doran)

Untitled (Ann Chernow)

“The World’s Most Important Job” (Steve Stein)

Untitled (Karen Weingarten)

“Bridgeport Mansion 1891” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Gone But Not Forgotten” (Molly Alger)

“Neighborhood Watch Creature” (Mike Hibbard)

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Online Art Gallery #136

Posted on November 12, 2022 | Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #136

Fall is the season of colors. This week, “06880” artists and photographers submitted some very colorful works, in several mediums.

This is your feature. All readers are 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!

“Westport Red” (Rowene Weems)

Untitled (Karen Weingarten)

“All the Colors of the Rainbow” (June Rose Whittaker)

Photographer Mike Hibbard says of this Galapagos giant tortosie: “organic, free range and grass-fed — hands off!”

“Brooklyn” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Portugal” (Wendy Levy)

“Remembering Chagall: Tribe of Asher” (Steve Stein)

“A Mack at Mystic” (Peter Barlow)

“Fallen” (Amy Schneider)

 

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Online Art Gallery #135

Posted on November 5, 2022 | 2 comments

Election Day is Tuesday.

On this Saturday — Online Art Gallery Day — a pair of artists remind “06880” readers of the importance of ballots.

Other contributors remind readers of the beauty that surrounds us — and the people, food and whimsy.

This is your feature. All readers are 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!

“Vote” (Amy Schneider)

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Jerry Kuyper)

“Fall” (Mark Yurkiw)

“Happy Schooner and Dad Enjoying a Hike at Lake Mohegan” (Rick Benson)

“Tuscan Delight, Monteverdi” (Ellin Spapdone)

“Are You Sure This is From the New Webb Telescope?” (Steve Stein)

“Balsamic Olive” (Tom Doran)

“Sacred Water on Sacred Wood” (Jonathan Prager)

“Steps” (Karen Weingarten)

Photographer Mike Hibbard jokes, “Meet me at Aster’s for lunch, and Honey, Bee hungry!”

“And So It Begins” (Bonnie Erickson)

Geoffrey Stone’s collage of Stacey Abrams was made with material from the New York Times; altered photographs, acrylic, and pencil on canvas.

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Online Art Gallery #134

Posted on October 29, 2022 | Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #134

Great minds think alike.

Great artists do too.

Four submissions to this week’s online art gallery feature leaves. Two are of sunflowers; another two are apples.

But every artist and photographer offers a different take on what are definitely not tired subjects. That’s what makes art so wonderful — and our online art gallery so interesting.

Remember: This is your feature. All readers are 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, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage and (yes) needlepoint — whatever you’ve got, email it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Share your work with the world!

Untitled. Photographer Jerry Kuyper explains, :A leaf with a spherical growth falls onto a pumpkin,”

“The Fall Classic” (Fred Cantor)

“Apple Picking Time” (Roseann Spengler)

“Deconstructed Acrylic Abstract Sunflower” (Patricia McMahon)

“Give Me More SUGAR!” (Mike Hibbard)

“Sunflowers” (Amy Schneider)

“Hope” (Tom Doran)

Untitled (Werner Liepolt)

“Cedar Waxwing” — Artist Steve Stein explains, “This is a kind of finch. They eat berries, spread the berry’s seeds, and are noted to be serially monogamous,”

“Gettin’ Around” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Splendid Autumn in the Berkshires” — Housatonic River, Stockbridge, MA October 22, 2022 (Laurie Sorensen)

“View From a Connecticut Prison” — Suffield correctional facility (Wendy Levy)

“Hanging On” (Karen Weingarten)

Untitled — Photographer Bonnie Connolly says, “This a dall scene on my front walkway.
After a cold rain, the fallen pine needles and leaves seemed to dance together.”

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