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Online Art Gallery #278

Posted on August 9, 2025 | Comments Off

Perhaps we’ve had a woodcarving before, in one of our 277 previous online art galleries.

Or maybe not.

Either way, today’s submission underlines one of the goals of this weekly feature: to highlight the many and varied works of “06880” readers.

No matter how young (or old) you are; 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.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Nebraska Field Flying Trout” — digital illustration/composite (Ken Runkel — Available for sale; click here)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“Showers” (Bruce Borner)

“Looking Up” (Karen Weingarten)

“Journey to the East” — Photographer Jerry Kuyper explains, “This is our backyard on Rayfield Road. For over 10 years, I have been maintaining a 90 foot circumference ‘Circle of Life.’ About 5 years ago I added cairns marking the center and N, S, E, W directions.”

“Pond” — digital print (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Trolley Folly” (Peter Barlow)

Untitled — woodcarving (Steven Kulla)

“White Collar” — 20″ x 16″ oil on canvas (Werner Liepolt — Available for purchase; click here)

“The Cannondale Station” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“Our Relationship is on the Rocks!” (mike Hibbard)

“Princess Tang” — pencil on paper (William Fellah)

“I’m at Compo — Just Look for the Blue Swim Cap!” — pencil and watrcolor (Steve Stein)

“Not Happy” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #276

Posted on July 26, 2025 | Comments Off

We welcome 4 new artists — including 2 teenagers — to this week’s online art gallery.

Their submissions underscore what this weekly feature is all about .

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled — colored pencil (John Jannotta — 18 years old)

“Self-portrait” — pencil on paper (William Fellah)

“the Blind Date” — digital illustration and composition (Ken Runkel — Available for sale; click here)

“Pink Patio Flower Pot” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

Untitled — watercolor (Jo Ann Davidson)

“Still Life of a Lemon” (Jenny Sherinsky Stein)

“The Curl” (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Light Dance” — photograph (Jerry Kuyper)

Untitled — photograph (Cohl Katz)

“Footsteps on the Beach” — oil on canvas (Lindsay Kulla)

Untitled — photograph (Beth Cody)

“Ceremony of Friendship and Hope” (Mike Hibbard)

“Ready to Wade, Bathe or Gossip” (Steve Stein)

“Handful” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #275

Posted on July 19, 2025 | Comments Off

Today’s online art gallery heads overseas.

Well, 2 of this week’s submissions have French connections.

And the others show off our usual creative, eclectic mix. Including, for the first time, a commissioned drawing of an artist who himself is a regular contributor here.

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.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“One Doll, Two Pencils” — digital illustration (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)

“Homage a Paulemile” — oil on canvas, 15 x 18 (Leila Pissarro — Available for purchase; click here)

“Blue Flowers” — collage, paper (Jodi Rabinowitz; Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Cohl Katz — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Sundown at Compo” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Is Here Here or Is Here There?” (Mike Hibbard)

“Mike Hibbard” — pencil on paper (William Fellah)

“Ceci N’est Pas un Pipe” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #272

Posted on June 28, 2025 | Comments Off

Summer’s here!

If you didn’t know it … just take a look at some of this week’s submissions to our online art gallery.

As always, this feature is open to all. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone can contribute.

And as always, 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.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“It’s a Beach Day” (Cohl Katz)

“Balloons in a Field” — digital painting (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)

“Azalea in the Rain” (Karen Weingarten)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Richie’s Sand Trap Blast” (Eric Bosch)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

Amy Schneider had stone coasters made from these photos she took of Westport scenes.

“Scene at the Shore” — pencil and watercolor (Steve Stein)

“‘Ready for us to explode in beauty and kindness? Here we come!’ (Sri Lanka)” (Mike Hibbard)

“Light and Shadow” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #271

Posted on June 21, 2025 | 2 comments

Our regulars are back — but there’s a twist.

Steve Stein offers not a sketch, but a computer amalgamation. Which proves what we often say: There’s always something new, in our Saturday online art gallery.

As always, 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.

This feature is open to all. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone can contribute.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Hands Always Tell the Truth” — digitally manipulated and regenerated 19th century-styled portrait of a beautiful lady of the period (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)

“Nature At Its Best” — shadowbox art; background was created with a small ball chain, with pouring of acrylic paint (Dorothy Robertshaw; Available for purchase; click here)

“Today’s Flowers” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

Untitled (Joan Micale — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled — Photographer Mike Hibbard writes, “Christine is a 1950s Alaskan boat used to push huge rafts of logs. Maybe she is related to Gloria, the deceased Westport oyster boat?”

“A Painter” (Mary Treschitta — Available for purchase; click here)

“The Orange Man Cometh!” — computer amalgamation (Steve Stein)

“Stuck” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #270

Posted on June 14, 2025 | 1 comment

“06880” artists are seldom at a loss for ideas. But in case you need any: The first day of summer is Friday. The 4th of July follows soon. Get outside — and then send your work to us, to be admired by all.

This feature is open to all. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone can contribute.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for sale; click here)

“Sally Sells Seashells at the Seashore” — digital painting created with Photoshop (Ken Runkel — Available for sale; click here)

“Joyce’s Wife Nora Barnacle” — Bloomsday is June 16 (Brian Whelan — Available for sale; click here)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for sale; click here)

“Flower Abstract” (Ron Henkin)

Untitled (Mary Treschitta — Available for sale; click here)

“The Fence” (Karen Weingarten)

Untitled (Maureen Estony)

Untitled (Joan Micele — Available for purchase; click here)

“Sneak Closer, Tickle the Lioness’ Tummy — And Stay for Lunch” (Mike Hibbard)

“Brendan Wins the Long Drive” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“6/14/64 — Still Strolling at Compo, and Always Holding Hands” (Steve Stein)

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #268

Posted on May 31, 2025 | Comments Off

If you missed last week’s Fine Arts Festival — no problem!

As always, kick off your Saturday with “06880”‘s online gallery.

And as always, we invite readers to submit art. 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.

This feature is open to all. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone can contribute.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Blooming” (Karen Weingarten)

“Quiet Spring” (Rowene Weems — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“Bulldog” (Mary Treschitta — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Karen Schlansky — Available for purchase; click here)

“Smooch” (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Joan Micale — Available for purchase; click here)

“Spotty Rain” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Just Planted and Too Close Together” (Peter Barlow)

“Very Bad Boy!” (Mike Hibbard)

“The Kissing Chalice from a Palace” — ink and watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Tickled” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #267

Posted on May 24, 2025 | Comments Off

It’s a record!

Over 20 artists are featured in today’s online art gallery. What a great way to kick off Westport’s Fine Arts Festival. As every artist must know, it runs today and tomorrow (Saturday and Sunday), from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Main Street, Elm Street and Church Lane.

See you there — after, of course, you check out the works here.

And don’t forget: “06880” readers are always welcome to submit art. 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.

This feature is open to all. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone can contribute.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Magnolia Tree Bloom in the Fog” (Bonnie Connolly)

“Sunshine Blooms” (Dorrie Barlow Thomas)

“Hope Garden” — Westport Senior Center (Laurie Sorensen)

“Black-Eyed Susan — Coming Soon to Your Lawn or Garden” (Peter Barlow)

Untitled (Joan Micale — Available for purchase; click here)

“Bernie the Service Dog” (Missy Greenberg)

“Standing Tall and Gnarly” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

Mike Hibbard says, “Crown of sharp needles locked around the slave’s head until blood flows. Any disobedience and master hits the metal crown harder to drive the needles deeper. Slavery is still rampant in our world!”

Untitled — wall sculpture; calla lily wrapped in fall leaf, resin, mounted on found cored circular scrap metal (Maureen Estony — Available for purchase; click here)

“Smooch” — abstract digital image, produced in Midjourney and Photoshop (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“Virgin Gorda” — 3 paintings, oil on panel, each 12 x 16 (Werner Liepolt — Available for purchase; click here)

“Ghost of Drowned Keeper Frederick Jordan at Penfield Reef Light in Fairfield, CT Still Helps in Rescuing Mariners” — original oil on canvas, 11 x 14 (L. Miceli — Available for purchase; click here)

“Above the Mown Patch” — watercolor, 15 x 22 (Kathleen Burke; Available for purchase — click here)

Untitled (Karen Schlansky — Available for purchase; click here)

“Standing Proud” — oil and cold wax on cradled board, 24 x 30 (Helen Rolfe Ham — Available for purchase, $695 plus shipping; click here)

“Under the Sea” — painted horseshoe crab shells, mounted on wood (Eric Bosch)

“Mishegas, Bedlam and All Sorts of Chaos” — India ink and watercolor (Aerin Lichtman, 13 years old)

“Ready for a Memorable Memorial Day at Compo” (Steve Stein)

“Strawberry” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Alyssa’s Mom” — digital (Mary Treschitta — Commissions upon request; click here)

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

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Online Art Gallery #266

Posted on May 17, 2025 | Comments Off

Come on in! The gallery’s open!

And don’t be shy. All “06880” readers are welcome to submit art. 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.

This feature is open to all. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone can contribute.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled (Eric Bosch — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)“From Coast to Coasters” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Reclining Brood” — abstract paper collage (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Imaginary Landscape” — acrylic (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase, 16 x 28, $385 — Click here)

“Some Trees in May” (Peter Barlow)

“Scenery” (Karen Weingarten)

“A Westie in the Wind” (Dorrie Barlow Thomas)

“Fields of Color” — digital photograph converted to oil painting via Photoshop — Available for purchase; click here)

“This is What Happened When I Left My Gummy Bears in a Warm Car” (Amy Schneider)

“Jelly Fish” — Compo Beach (Patricia Auber)

“WARNING: Strawberry Poisonous Dart Frog of Central America — Do Not Touch/Do Not Lick” (Steve Stein)

“Thougtful” (Lawrence Weisman)

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

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Online Art Gallery #265

Posted on May 10, 2025 | 1 comment

Artwork is coming out of the woodwork.

Nearly a dozen and a half pieces are shown today. As they do each week, they cover a wide range of mediums, styles and subjects.

All “06880” readers are welcome to submit art. 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.

This feature is open to all. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone can contribute.

Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.