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Online Art Gallery #241

I don’t think there’s ever been an “06880” online art gallery without at least one nautical-themed work, and one with flowers This week is no exception — and the submissions ae gorgeous.

Along with, of course, our usual assortment of themes, from all over Westport and the world.

But no matter what 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, 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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled — Japanese brush painting, with a touch of collage (Maj Kalfus)

“Roses From Trader Joe’s” (Kathleen Burke)

“Tiger Lily Blossom” (Peter Barlow)

“Still Full of Life” — photograph (Jerry Kuyper)

“A November Moment, Sherwood Mill Pond” (Tom Kretsch)

“High Tide and Green Grass” (Fred Cantor)

“Branch Manager” — digital illustration created by Ken Runkel for his Surrealism portfolio. Applications used include Midjourney, Lightroom and Photoshop.

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Hold That Tiger” (Martin Ripchick)

Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “within a month of birth the baby is brought to a temple for blessing, and placed in front of the statue of Buddha. Offerings of flowers, candles and incense are made, and the monk blesses this Nepalese child, announcing her name.”

“The Great Blue Heron” (Steve Stein)

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

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Online Art Gallery #239

There’s always something new in our online art gallery.

This week: a couple of new mediums.

But no matter what 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, 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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

“Dear, I Love You More Than All the Red Leaves on all the Japanese Maple Trees in the Whole World!” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled — eastern side of the Fairfield mill pond — watercolor (Kathleen Burke)

“Squash & Squalls” — oil on linen (Werner Liepolt)

“A Bench with a View” (Fred Cantor)

“The Queen Mary” — Carl Addison Swanson says, “It took 2 cranes $10,000 to move this from next door when Joey Karmonsky (Staples High School Class of 1941) died.”

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Boat Contrasts” — a 61-foot Army Q boat built in 1918 by Luders Marine in Stamford, and an inflatable Zodiac runabout (Peter Barlow)

“Homes” — wood (Tom Feeley)

“Bright Light” — impasto acrylic gold leaf (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Time’s Up” — digital compounding (Tom Doran)

Acrylic dot art mandala (Faith Vicinanza)

“Is it Pop Art or Kindergarten/Refrigerator Art?” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

“They’re Almost Gone!” (Karen Weingarten)

 

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Online Art Gallery #238

A couple of this week’s artists missed Halloween by a couple of days.

No problem! Their work is here, in our online art gallery, now.

Just a reminder, though: Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s are all coming up.

But 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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Late Fall Afternoon on the Sound” — digital composite (Ken Runkel)

“Commute” (Tom Doran)

“Ancient Fractal Helmet for Creative and Critical Thinking” (Mike Hibbard)

“Winnie the Cream Labrador” — watercolor on paper (Kathleen Burke)

“First Snow in Westport” (Charles Reid)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Industrial Pumpkins” (Peter Barlow)

“On the Rocks at Sherwood Island” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Happy Halloween, My Little Dearies!” (Steve Stein)

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Online Art Gallery #235

Two “eyes” — one literal, the other metaphorical — lead off this week’s edition of our online art gallery.

Other submissions are a bit more seasonal. Some pay homage to autumn; others, to the Jewish New Year.

But 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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“The Eye” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Three Corners of a Coin” — compounding of photos by Teslariu Mihai (Tom Doran)

“Harvest Commons” — watercolor (Jo Ann Davidson)

“A Lone Rose” (Ellen Wentworth)

“Fallen Branches” (Karen Weingarten)

“Wolf with Crescent Moon and Violin” (Brian Whelan)

“Quattro Amici” (Patricia McMahon)

 

“Dunes Behind Jennings Beach, Fairfield” (Kathleen Burke)

“Beach View” (Duane Cohen)

“Hauling Time — Sloop SAWA” (Peter Barlow)

“Prayer at the Kotel (Wailing/Western Wall) — Yom Kippur in Jerusalem” — collage and watercolor. Artist Steve Stein says: “This is all that remains of the first Hebrew Temple (built in 10th century BCE, later destroyed by the Babylonians) and second Hebrew Temple (built in 6th centruy BCE, destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE). The largest stones are 44 feet long and weigh over 570 tons. It remains a place of prayer and pilgrimage.”

“To the New Year” — pastel (Werner Liepolt)

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

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Online Art Gallery #234

Happy autumn! Happy Jewish New Year! Happy Saturday, and another edition of 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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Cornetto Ischitano — Fatto a Mano” — pastel (Werner Liepolt)

Untitled — oil on aluminum impasto style (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Towards Compo Cove” — part of artist Jason Pritchard’s current solo exhibition “Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Waters’ Path” at the Green’s Farms Congregational Church gallery.

Untitled — watercolor on paper (Kathleen Burke)

“Elysian Light of Autumn” — digital painting (Ken Runkel)

“The Art of Determination” — Photographer Linda Doyle says, “This sunflower grew out of the brick chimney off our front porch. It’s still there!”

“Just the World” (Tom Doran)

“Simple Abstraction with Reality” (Peter Barlow)

“Crispy Critters (Guinea Pigs)” — popular street food in Cusco, Peru (Mike Hibbard)

“Praying for a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year —  Rosh Hashanah 5785” (Steve Stein)

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Online Art Gallery #232

A fresh take on still life and a local haiku highlight this week’s online art gallery.

As we say every week: 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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Last Harvest” (Jay Walshon)

Untitled — artist Kathleen Burke says of this golden crowned kinglet: “They nest in tall pine, spruce or coniferous trees, and hang upside down looking for insects. One used to visit my studio window. This tiny bird weighs about 5 grams, the same as two pennies.” 

“Turbulence” — acrylic pour (Amy Schneider)

“Easterly Winds” — acrylic impasto on textured canvas (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

Untitled — photographer Mike Hibbard says, “Don’t stand behind a road sign during hunting season in Alaska! Target practice for shooting bear, caribou, elk, moose, muskox, mountain goat and Dali sheep.”

“Shapes” (Peter Barlow)

“Sailing Off Compo — All Winners!” — pencil and watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Homestead” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Diane Lowman)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

 

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Online Art Gallery #231

As summer fades, submissions to our online art gallery pick up once again.

Of course, the wide of range of subjects and styles continues.

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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled — paper collage (Tom Doran)

“Compo Baby Shoes” (Scott Smith)

“The End of Summer: Black-Eyed Susies” — impasto/acrylic (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Sealia” (Patricia McMahon)

Untitled (Kathleen Burke)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Misty Morning, Lake Placid, New York” (Laurie Sorensen)

“Everything for a Purpose” (Peter Barlow)

“Fallen Branches” (Karen Weingarten)

“Raucous Red Blabbermouth and Sky Blue Peekaboo” (Mike Hibbard)

“A Eurasian Blue Tit” — pencil and watercolor. Artist Steve Stein explains, “This tiny songbird weighs about 1/2 an ounce, with a wing span of less than 2 inches!”

“Reclining Nude” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

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Online Art Gallery #230

From boats on the water to a bathroom on the beach, half of this week’s artwork has a nautical theme.

But 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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Sailing for Enjoyment” — Photographer Peter Barlow notes, “the best of the sailing season (September into October) is now.”

“Behind Overton’s” (Kathleen Burke)

“Alaska’s Inner Passage, Glacier Bay” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled — Photographer Jerry Kuyper says, “Japanese maples create wonderful shadows. I have walked by this area in our yard hundreds of time, and never saw this show.”

“Pickled Peppers” — oil on panel (Werner Liepolt)

“On the Sideline” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Sunset, 9/10/2001” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

Untitled (JD Dworkow)

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Online Art Gallery #227

Youth is served this week.

12-year-old occasional contributing artist Aerin Lichtman is joined by first-time submitter Emae Forman, a rising sophomore at Staples High School.

We welcome all young artists. And older ones too!

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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Patriotic Flowers” — acrylic pour technique (Amy Schneider)

“Abstraction #12: A Cityscape?” — ink and watercolor (Aerin Lichtman, 12 years old)

“Oyster/Lily” — watercolor on Bristol board (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Woman in a Hallway” (Tom Doran)

“Stop” — watercolor — Greenwich Avenue (Kathleen Burke)

“Alpaca” (Emae Forman, Staples High School rising sophomore)

“The Babies” (Karen Weingarten)

Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “The good news is that no insecticides were sprayed on this sweet corn. And an added treat is a little extra protein.”

“The Butterflies are Free” — watercolor and charcoal (Steve Stein)

“Body Parts” (Lawrence Weisman)

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Online Art Gallery #226

Hallelujah!

After many months of asking — okay, pleading — nearly every artist has included a description of the medium they used, when submitting their work this week.

I thank you. And so do the many “06880” readers who enjoy this feature, and want to know everything they can about the art they see.

As always, 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 a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Homage to Manet” — pastel on paper (Maj Kalfus)

“The Earth in a Tray” — goldleaf, copperleaf poured in acrylic (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Boat Lift at Five Mile River in Rowayton” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke)

“Homeward Bound” (Tom Doran)

“White Lily” — composite creation, combining digital photographic elements processed through AI and Photoshop (Ken Runkel)

Untitled — needlepoint (Diane Yormark)

Photographer Mike Hibbard explains: “The gypsy girl is startled by the low altitude flyover of a jet fighter patrolling the border in the Thar Desert between India and Pakistan.”

 

“Gone Aground” — watercolor and charcoal (Steve Stein)

“Bus Stop Relaxation” (Lawrence Weisman)

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