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Online Art Gallery #164

Though only one submission referenced last weekend’s Memorial Day — our first, stunning abstract photo taken on Westport’s Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge by Michael Chait — several other pieces suggest the coming of summer.

Of course, many others suggest many other things. That’s the whole point of our weekly online art gallery. It’s eclectic. It’s wide-open.

And it’s 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! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

“Parade Watchers” (Michael Chait)

“My Beautiful Flowers” (Karen Weingarten)

“Oiseau” — creative photography (Patricia McMahon)

“Rusty” — oil pencil on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“Esther’s Dragon” (Esther Lichtman, 11 years old)

Untitled (Ellen Wentworth)

“Holey Statue” — Kathmandu, Nepal (Mike Hibbard)

“Church Lane” (June Rose Whittaker)

“Spring In My Backyard” — pastel (Roseann Spengler)

“The Ketch RED WING between Connecticut and Rhode Island, on the Pawcatuck River” (Peter Barlow)

“Interspecies Collaboration.” Photographer Jerry Kuyper says: “I provide the canvas. The birds provide the paint, naturally.”

“Experimenting with Lily” (Ken Runkel)

“Wipe Your Feet!” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Red Sky” (Tom Doran)

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Online Art Gallery #163

It’s the usual Saturday mix: people, animals, flowers — and of course, a boat or two. Thanks to our regulars, and newcomer Bevi Bullwinkel.

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! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

“Pink and Purple” (Ken Runkel)

“Rhino” — graphite on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“Paeonia” (Amy Schneider)

“The Dancer” — acrylic (Bevi Bullwinkel)

“General of the Spore Army” — Mike Hibbard

“FINALE, A Beneteau First 36” (Peter Barlow)

“Stonington or New Haven?” (Fred Cantor)

“The Last of the Scarlet Macaws” — Artist Steve Stein notes: “An endangered  South American parrot that loves to be touched, and can live 50 to 75 years. If it learns curse words I suspect the bird can become either more or less endangered, depending on its owner’s tolerance for profanity.”

“Face to Face” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Coffee Time” (Jerry Kuyper)

Untitled (Charlie Taylor)

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Online Art Gallery #162

Wow! “06880” welcomes a host of newcomers to this week’s online art gallery.

While they may be first-time artists here, it’s clear they know their stuff. They work in a variety of mediums, and the are really, really good.

But don’t be intimidated. The “06880” online art gallery is open to all.

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! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

Untitled. Photographer Bonnie Scott Connolly (Staples High School Class of 1967) shot “this sure sign of spring” at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. 

“The Raven” — graphite on paper (Clayton Liotta)

Untitled — glass mosaic, based on work in Ravenna, Italy (Jack Conti)

Untitled (Charlie Taylor)

“Orange and Brown Jungle” (Michael Cohen)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Sisters Forever” (Steve Stein)

“Nantucket Splinter” — 38 feet, built in in 1989 of cold molded mahogany (Peter Barlow)

“Mommy, I’m Hungry! Cough it Up!” (Mike Hibbard)

“After School” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Night Lilies” (Ken Runkel)

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Online Art Gallery #161

Contributors to this week’s art gallery range in age from 9 (newcomer Myles Gutkowski) to 90-plus (regular painter/photographer Peter Barlow).

That’s exactly what I envisioned this to be, when it began more than 3 years ago as an escape from COVID.

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! (PS: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.)

“One Red Rose” (Ken Runkel)

“Wired” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Candles” — oil pastel on paper (Myles Gutkowski, age 9)

Untitled — blown glass (Michelle Mechanic)

“TRANQUILITY and Polished Brass” (Peter Barlow)

“I’ve Got My Eye on You” (Steve Stein)

“Exquisite Beauty” — Cambodian traditional dancer (Mike Hibbard)

“Spring in Old Hill” (Rowene Weems)

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