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Online Art Gallery #305

Posted on February 14, 2026 | 2 comments

Another record!

Nineteen artists are featured in today’s online art gallery.

As always, their works span mediums and themes. And their ages, backgrounds and geographic locations are all over the map too. Most artists live in Westport — but some grew up here, and now live and work around the world.

As always, we invite you to be part of next week’s exhibition. No matter your age; the 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, mixed media, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

“Echoes of Passion” — digital oil painting (Ken Runkel)

“As We Sometimes See Ourselves” — oil on canvas (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

“Mia” — 10 x 10 acrylic on canvas (Missy Greenberg)

“Cooper” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah — Available for sale; click here)

“Swimming Upstream” — acrylic and resin (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Art Buds” — 30 x 30 acrylic impasto (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase — click here)

“Off the Wall” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

“SnowFrame” (Jerry Kuyper)

Untitled (Marina Drasnin)

“Ice Image” (Cohl Katz)

“What Path Will You Take in 2026? All A-BOARD! Go For It!” (Mike Hibbard)

“Cuban Tree Frog” (Werner Liepolt — Available for purchase; click here)

“World’s First Immigrant Alien” (Mark Yurkiw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Me on the Saxophone” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“Hail to the Chief” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Every Dancer Has an Aura!” (Steve Stein)

” Cage Free Soul Intention Seeking Peeps” — Hand-drawn clothing culture construction design art processes (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“Lost in Thought” (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 #302

Posted on January 24, 2026 | 2 comments

As we prepare for another winter storm, today’s main theme is … winter.

Whether you’re relaxing with coffee by the fire, or ready to rush out and stock up on milk and eggs, today’s online art gallery is perfect for January.

Stay warm!

And if you get a chance this weekend, please send us your work.

No matter your age; the 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, mixed media, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.

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

“The Poetry of Barns, Simple — Hulls Road” (Tom Kretsch — Available for purchase; click here)

“Occupied by Silence” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Four Logs Huddling Together” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Winslow Park” — enhanced image (Dayle Brownstein)

“Mr. Snowflake” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Winter” — paper collage (Jodi B. Rabinowitz — Available for purchase; click here)

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

“Boys & Their Boxes” — digital composition (Ken Runkel)

“Mum’s the Word” — digital collage (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

“Winter Mountains” — shadowbox collage; painted canvas stripped, weaving/rattan inserts; with a piece from windstorm, from a 200+- year-old sugar maple (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Plant Life Portrait” — acrylic (Ella Barborak — 9th grade; One River Art student)

Untitled — Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “This Alaskan braided river, fed by a glacier, is home to many animals. As I walked down the trail to the river, a huge grizzly bear stepped out of dense brush 20 feet in front of me, reared up, growled, and then … that’s another story!”

‘The Empire State Building/Excelsior Ever Upward” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

“Interesting Ornament” (John Maloney)

(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 #301

Posted on January 17, 2026 | 1 comment

The winter weather has kept many artists indoors, creating seasonal art.

And it’s sent photographers outdoors, to do their thing there.

That’s the magic of our weekly online art gallery. Whether you’re looking at this with your morning coffee, or on a phone during a walk: Enjoy!

And — of course — please show us your own work.

No matter your age; the 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, mixed media, 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.

Here’s looking at you!

Untitled — mixed media collage (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

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

“Full Moon ~ Deep Snow” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“As Twilight Approaches Willowbrook Cemetery” (Tomoko Meth)

“Litchfield” (Dayle Brownstein)

“High Hopes” (Daniel Anastasio — 8th grade; One River Art student)

“Evening Bliss — Sherwood mill Pond” (Tom Kretsch — Available for purchase; click here)

“Aspetuck Land Trust — Water Lilies” — acrylic painting on canvas (Eric Bosch)

Untitled (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Wilted” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Pottery & Fire” (John Maloney)

“Thousands of Bulbs! It Must be the NY Botanical Garden” (Mike Hibbard)

“Burying Hill Rising Moon Swimming Beyond Eternal Freedoms” (Megan Grace Greenlee)

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

“Hog Wild” — digital composition (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase — click here)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Riverside From Imperial: A Scene in Panoramic Technicolor” (Steve Stein)

“Good Morning World” (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 #299

Posted on January 3, 2026 | Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #299

Sure, it’s already the new year.

But holiday themes linger.

That’s fine. In the art world — at least, in our online gallery version of it — there are no rules.

Just submit your work — whatever it is.

No matter your age; the 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, mixed media, 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.

“Longshore Gazebo” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Holiday Candle” (John Maloney)

“Year Turns | Sun Rises” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Where Have All The Starfish Gone?” — 39 x 27 oil painted; real starfish with Compo Beach horseshoe crabs; mounted on painted plaster, covering a framed wooden panel (Eric Bosch — Available for purchase; click here)

“Some Assembly Required. Batteries Not Included” — composited digital illustration (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)

“Elijah Kellogg Church Christmas Eve” (Bonnie Scott Connolly)

“It’s Back to the Snow Globe After Christmas” (Caroline Howe)

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

“Yellow and Pink” (Dayle Brownstein)

“Murphy” — watercolor (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Low Poly Wildlife” — digital art (Alexander Cavallo — One River Art student)

“Bow Wow! Hot Chilly Cupcakes?” (Mike Hibbard)

“Cat’s Meow” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Riverside From Imperial Avenue” — pencil and charcoal (Steve Stein)

“Waif” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Peter” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah)

(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 #298

Posted on December 27, 2025 | 2 comments

Welcome to this holiday edition of our online art gallery.

Christmas may be over, but winter is not. Our “06880” artists have been as busy as Santa’s elves, with both themes.

And of course, much more.

Remember: This is your gallery. No matter your age; the 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, mixed media, 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.

“Christmas Morning” (John Maloney)

Untitled (Wendy Levy)

“Back Yard Snowy Cardinal” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“The Boy on the Bike” — acrylic aluminum, 9×14 (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

Decorated sea shell (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)

“Main Street, Vinalhaven, Maine” (Michael Tomashefsky — Available for purchase; click here)

“Walk at Bedford Middle School” (Dayle Brownstein)

Untitled — watercolor paper collage (Nate Vandenberg — One River Art student)

Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “Rectangles of colored fabric printed with symbols, mantras and prayers that are spread by the wind to benefit all living beings by promoting peace, happiness and good fortune. Let’s all be kinder and more respectful to one another in 2026!”

“Savaged Firebird Grace” –Hand-drawn clothing construction design art process (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“Iris” — digital drawing (Bill Fellah)

“Samurai” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Getting Ready for the New Year and the 06880.org Art Column” (Steve Stein)

“Levon and Santa: 2 Legends” (Patricia McMahon)

(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 #297

Posted on December 20, 2025 | 2 comments

The holidays are here!

And our “06880” artists know it. Several submissions to this week’s online art gallery reflect the spirit of the season.

And the weather.

Thanks, as always, to all our artists. No matter your age; the 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, mixed media, 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.

“Tinsel & Toes” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“Home for the Holidays” (John Maloney)

“Even Penguins Love Christmas” — watercolor (Caroline Walton Howe)

“Great Barrington” (Wendy Levy)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

“It’s Frosty Outside” — acrylic impasto, 21×21 (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Gloucester Christmas Party” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)

“Leaving it All Behind” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Winter Moon Dandelion Wear” (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“Morning: Initial Impression” (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Penny Smith — One River Art student)

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

“Beams” — photography (Jerry Kuyper)

“Hey Up There! You’re Missing the Pot!” (Mike Hibbard)

“A Sabbath Menorah is Not the Same as a Chanukah Chanukiah” (Steve Stein)

Untitled — compiled on Microsoft Publisher; pencils and gel pen (Jon Nicholson)

“I Love You” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Owen” — watercolor/acrylic on paper (Bill Fellah)

(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 #295

Posted on December 6, 2025 | 1 comment

There are always surprises in our online art gallery.

This week’s: There are no holiday-themed submissions!

We’re not sure what’s gotten (or hasn’t gotten) into our usually very creative, on-top-of-everything gang of artists. But hey: There’s always next Saturday.

As always: No matter your age; the 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, mixed media, 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 (June Rose Whittaker)

“Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” — oil and pallet knife on canvas board (Dorothy Robertshaw; Available for purchase — click here)

“Boat Storage on the Hill Near the Lift, Southport” (Kathleen Burke — Available for purchase; click here) 

Eric Bosch says, “Watercolor techniques take time to learn. My copy here of Edward Hopper’s ‘House on Pamet River’ gave me valuable insights into his use of color and light.”

“Burmese Green Peacock” — acrylic on linen with metalics, 30×40 (B. Levin — Available for purchase; click here)

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

“Saugatuck River Reflections” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Prowess” — watercolor (Bill Fellah — Available for purchase; click here)

“An Afternoon Peck From Brownie” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“The Acolytes in this Cathedral are Very Tall!” (Mike Hibbard)

“Modern Westport Library Book Sale Wear” — hand-drawn sketch (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“The Oracle of Omaha” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Jacob’s Ladder” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Memories of  Spring” (Dayle Brownstein)

“Sunset Beach Stroll” (Susan Garment)

(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 #293

Posted on November 22, 2025 | 1 comment

Patricia McMahon’s scrumptious Thanksgiving-themed image leads this week’s online art gallery.

A few autumnal artworks follow. Plus the usual  eclectic array of drawings, photos and more.

It’s another Saturday show. Thanks for stopping by, and admiring our “06880” artists.

You can join them! No matter your age; the 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, mixed media, 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.

“Tablescaping” (Patricia McMahon — Available for sale; click here)

“Our Maple in Autumn” (Jamie Walsh)

“Autumn Path” (Dayle Brownstein)

“Reservoir Reflections” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (Eric Bosch)

“Hiking Along the Massif de l’Esterel” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke; Available for purchase; click here)

“Neap Tide” (Lawrence Weisman)

“The Beautiful Game” — Morocco (Tom Kretsch)

 Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)

Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “Aaah! You’re a vicious cut-up!  We’re ‘deheaded’ to the compost pit!”

“Clowning Around” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Oh, Nurse!” — graphite (Steve Stein)

“Mother Dear” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah)

(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 #292

Posted on November 15, 2025 | 3 comments

We welcome 2 new artists this week — and our first-ever submission of a handsome arrangement of dried fall flowers. We’re glad they found our online art gallery, and that you’re here to greet them.

Of course, no matter your age; the 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, mixed media, 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.

“Wild Horse” — oil on canvas, 32″ x 40″ (S. Guccione; Available for purchase; click here)

“Aphrodite” — pencil drawing from a sculpture at the Met (Bill Fellah — Available for sale; click here)

“Milo” — acrylic on canvas (Missy Greenberg)

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

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

“Cockenoe Island Storm Clouds” — acrylic on canvas (Eric Bosch)

“Bleeding Hearts” — digital painting, limited edition archival giclee print, 34″ x 34″ (Peach Pair; Available for purchase — click here)

Dried flower arrangement (Jalna Jaeger)

“A Grand Gorge Down Into the Rio Grande” (Mike Hibbard)

“Scarfing Around Brooklyn” (Patricia McMahon — Available for sale; click here)

“All Souls Day Enlightenment Gentleness Unity” (Megan Grace Greenlee)

“An Old Family’s Tree” (Steve Stein)

“Horse Sense” (Martin Ripchick)

“Eyebrows” (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 #291

Posted on November 8, 2025 | Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #291

Veterans Day, baseball and fall — all are front and center in this week’s online art gallery.

As always, our “06880” artists offer unique perspectives, on a wide array of subjects.

And as always, 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, mixed media, 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.

“For Our Country” — oil on canvas (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

“The Amazin’ Mets” — 3D mixed media on paper, 12.5″ x 21″ (Charles Fazzino — Available for purchase; click here)

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

“From Genesis: The Story of Esau and Jacob” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Foot Bones” (Eric Bosch)

“Our 25-year-old Tree” (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)

“Mum’s the Word” (Fred Cantor)

“London Eye” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

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

“Jewels of the Ocean” (Mike Hibbard)

“Hound Dog” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

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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