Colors abound — in the crisp air outdoors, and on the screen of our online art gallery.
Of course, there’s much more here too. There always is. Our “06880” artists always deliver.
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 want 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.
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“The Original Staples High School on Riverside Avenue” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)
“Koi Pond” (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
“Reflections” (Karen Weingarten)
“West Cornwall Rays” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Judith Katz)
Untitled (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)
“Tangled Current” — acrylic pour (Amy Schneider — Available for purchase; click here)
“It Goes So Fast!” — watercolor and graphite (Steve Stein)
“Water Falls. Lava Rock Rises.” Jerry Kuyper took this photo of a sculpture he built for a friend on a private estate in the Nuʻuanu Valley.
“Ump Storks, Wearing Ball Caps, Determining Whether the Ball is Fair or Fowl?” (Mike Hibbard)
“Girl With a Cat” (Lawrence Weisman)
Untitled (Martin Ripchick)
“Self-Portrait — The Early Stages” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
And so are some of the colors in the works shown in this week’s online art gallery.
In the photos — and paintings too.
That’s the whole idea of this feature: to showcase the many talents of our “06880” reader/artists.
No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
“Descending Bear Mountain After a Sunrise Summit” (Maggie Gomez)
“Big Sur” (Claire Bangser)
“Sunrise, Eloise Ray Park” (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Moon and the Shepaug River” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)
“Autumn Leaves Join the Halloween Mask Festivities” (Jerry Kuyper)
“Unmoored Vestiges” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)
“Greens Farms Train Station” (Eric Bosch)
“Democrat? Republican? Other? Let’s Treat Each Other with Respect!” (Mike Hibbard)
“Sam and the Monarch” — oil on linen, 24 x 20 (Werner Liepolt)
“Let There be Light” — watercolor (Steve Stein)
“A Street in Provence” (Lawrence Weisman)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
A couple of familiar Westport scenes lead off this week’s online art gallery.
We introduce a new artist too. Peter Gold — a Representative Town Meeting member and Westport Transit District director spends his spare time turning objects on a lathe. A variety of his work is for sale.
Which reminds us: No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
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“The Mill Pond” (Michael Tomashefsky — Available for purchase; click here)
“Summer Stock at the Old Westport Playhouse” (Eric Bosch)
Untitled (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)
A reminder to all our visitors: Each week, many works are for sale.
We’ve revised our email notification system. Artists: Be on the lookout for a new address in your inbox when someone wants to purchase your work.
Remember: No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
“A Yom Kippur Prayer To Be Written and Sealed in the Book of Life For a Peaceful and a Good Year” — watercolor (Steve Stein)
Untitled (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
“Westport Onions Ready for New York City” (Eric Bosch)
Untitled (Rowene Weems — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Footbridge Over Deadman Brook” (Michael Tomashefsky)
“Saugatuck Station Power Grid” (John Maloney)
“Rings of Life” (Jerry Kuyper)
“Once Upon a Time” (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
“A Little Music” — June Rose Whittaker (Available for purchase — click here)
Untitled — acrylic and sharpie (Susan Celuch)
“Croatian Boy in Cavtat” Wendy Levy)
“Traffic” (Robbie Sumberg)
“This Ol’ Dawg Ain’t Gonna Learn Any New Tricks!” (Mike Hibbard)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
This week’s online art gallery brings many reflections.
And not just because it marks the anniversary of 9/11.
Our artists reflect on the High Holidays, our Minute Man, the state of our nation, and nature’s branches.
It’s another inspiring, thought-provoking week in our gallery. But we couldn’t it without you.
No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
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“Something Missing” (Susan Malloy). The late artist’s niece, Ann Sheffer, is donating it to the Westport Permanent Art Collections. “It’s very evocative, and it will be hung in Town Hall or one of the schools,” Ann says.
Untitled. Artist Eric Bosch says, “With our current government status being what it is, I wonder how many of us can relate to our local Minute Man statue.”
“Footbridge Off Ford Road” (Michael Tomashefsky)
“Labor Day at Compo” (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (John Maloney)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“Reflecting Branches” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled — acrylic (Susan Celuch)
“Utopia Five” (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
“Woman with Luxurious Hair — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah)
Untitled (Martin Ripchick)
Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “Storks do play baseball. ‘What do you think? Is the ball fowl?'”
“Potter” (Lawrence Weisman)
“Praying for Peace, Health and Happiness: Rosh Hashana 5787” — watercolor (Steve Stein)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
The “No Dogs on Sports Fields” signs around town are often ignored.
But $77 fines might start getting some owners’ attention.
The Parks & Recreation Department and Westport Animal Control advise the public that they’ll stringently enforce the ordinance in the weeks ahead.
As Parks & Rec staff prepare the fields for the school year, they’ve found what one town official calls “an incredible amount of dog poop.” It’s especially bad at Wakeman Fields, adjacent to Bedford Middle School.
Animal control officer Peter Reid explains: “People can walk dogs on the walkways, but must have verbal or physical control of the dogs. I’ve seen quite a few dogs that stay right at their owner’s side, and those are fine.
“Specifically at Wakeman, people can walk dogs along the perimeter, but the dogs should be leashed. We can’t have dogs romping on the fields anymore, given the large percentage of owners that are not picking up after themselves.”
“And the outfield at the baseball field is part of a playing field. Some walkers were treating that like part of the perimeter.”
We’ve been blessed with several days of spectacular weather.
Yesterday was another perfect day at the beach.
Just another August Saturday at Compo Beach. (Photo/Susan Garment)
Thirsty visitors enjoyed dirty sodas. The non-alcoholic beverages are made by adding flavored syrups, fruit purees, cream or half-and-half, and a fruit garnish.
Three girls — Madeline, Olivia and Zoey — have created a business called (of course) Cherry on Top. They drew a great crowd (including lifeguards, who got freebies).
The girls …
Cherry on Top will be back the weekend of August 29.
… and their menu. (Photos/Jessica Eno)
That was not the only vendor yesterday. These young entrepreneurs sold ice pops (and did not care if you had no cash):
(Photo/Susan Garment)
Meanwhile, on South Beach, there was this wedding (or reception — hard to tell, since we were not invited):
(Photo/Sunil Hirani)
The couple rolled the dice — weather-wise — for this one, and won.
Let’s hope the rest of their marriage sails as smoothly, too.
Over near the cannons, Staples High School’s Classes of 1969 through ’74 gathered for a day-long reunion.
It was a chance to hang with old friends — and meet new ones. Everyone may not have been at school together, but when you’re in your late-60s to mid-70s, you’re all basically the same age.
And hey — those are the same numbers as the graduation years themselves.
Freaky!
Looking good, more than 55 yeas later! (Photo/Susan Garment)
Finally, not far away, these gulls gathered.
(Photo/Lauri Weiser)
They were either chatting, waiting to pounce the moment a bit of food was left ungarded.
Or they were imitating the chairs that humans plop down every year, saving space for the Independence Day fireworks.
Next weekend (August 22-23, 1 to 6 p.m.), you can see a wide variety of his images — up close, personal, and much larger than on a screen. The venue is his 11 Riverside Avenue studio, near the Post Road West corner.
The show will feature new works, ready to hang. His style includes photographs that resemble paintings, and photographic wall clocks.
Guest photographer David Stone, also a Westport resident, will contribute recent works.
It’s celebrated every August 16, to commemorate the anniversary of the first vertical loop roller coaster patent (issued to Edwin Prescott in 1898 — but you knew that, right?
Posted onAugust 8, 2026|Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #330
There’s nothing like a leisurely Saturday stroll through our online art gallery.
And — depending on where you live — it may even be air-conditioned!
Remember: This is your feature. No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
“06880 Moon Rising” (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
“Goatee” (Patricia McMahon — Available for sale; click here)
Untitled (Katie Costanza — 14-year-old One River Art student)
“Leaf on Chrome Door Knob” (John Maloney)
“Swallowtail Butterfly” (Laurie Sorensen)
Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)
“Three Dancing Starfish” (Eric Bosch)
“Mystic Area Sea March” — oil on canvas, 24 x 36 (Miceli — Available for sale; click here)
“Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island” (Dorrie Thomas)
“Summer Fête” — acrylic on canvas, 20 x 30 (Joanne Leaman — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Compo Cove Homes Seen From Fiona’s Disappearing Island” — watercolor and graphite (Steve Stein)
“Wild Flowers” — Impasto metallic paints, embellished with gold leaf on grass cloth with woven gold strands (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
Mike Hibbard says, “Can’t that burglar read the sign, ‘Beware of Dog’? He is going to be limping for a long time!”
Untitled (Martin Ripchick)
“Nice Weather for Ducks” (Lawrence Weisman)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
Posted onJuly 18, 2026|Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #327
Most weeks, our online gallery artists roam far and wide.
This week, many stick close to home.
Compo Beach, the Saugatuck River train bridge, Taylortown Salt Marsh — all are represented this week.
This gallery is like Forrest Gump’s chocolates. You never know what you’ll get. But the surprises are part of the fun.
And we want you to join in. No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
“Composition” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“Compo Playground” (Amy Schneider)
“Rust Never Sleeps” — Saugatuck River train trestle (Jerry Kuyper)
“Taylortown Salt Marsh” (Michael Tomashefsky — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“Happy July 4th!” (Pam Kesselman)
Untitled (Lauri Weiser)
Photographer Mike Hibbard asks, “Who broke which of the Christian 10 Commandments to gather materials and the use them to build this house of God?”
“Xavier” — silverpoint on prepared paper, 11 x 8 (Werner Liepolt)
Untitled (Martin Ripchick)
“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall” — watercolor and graphite (Steve Stein)
Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
Posted onJune 13, 2026|Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #322
Duane Cohen leads off today, with an untitled — but very familiar — scene.
Well, it will be familiar to anyone who lived here in the 1950s and early ’60s, anyway.
It’s followed by 2 even more recognizable scenes. Then we’ve got our usual very eclectic mix of subjects and styles.
All are — as always — welcome. No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
Untitled (Duane Cohen; Available for purchase — click here)
“Longshore Country Club on a Foggy Morning” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke; Available for purchase; click here)
“Compo This Morning” (Marina Drasnin)
“Central Park” (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
“Bursting with Joy” (Lucy Johnson)
“Into the Woods” — acrylic pouring (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
“Distorted Daisy” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“Chico’s” — found paper collage (Amy Schneider)
Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
“Patterned Fruit” — still life (Emilia Francis, age 7 — One River Art student)
“The Quite Overtaking” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)
“Please No College Textbooks” — children’s little library; thanks to Mo Willems (Eric Bosch)
“Supe” (Martin Ripchick; Available for purchase; click here)
“I Love You!” — watercolor crayon (Steve Stein)
Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
Noted Westport photographer Michael Chait joins our online gallery this week.
We welcome him — and all other artists.
Professional and amateur; no matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want 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.
“NYC Newsstand Circa 1977 — Lexington Avenue & 53rd Street” (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
“It Dawned on Me” (Michael Tomashefsky — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“Really Big Rudbeckia” — watercolor on Arches paper, 16.5 x 11.5 (Kathleen Burke — Available for purchase; click here)
“My Little Pony” — acrylic and resin, 24 x 36 (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“Butterflies Are Free” — doodling of color with 3D butterflies (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
“Night Guard” — abstract (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
“PSOS” (Mark Yurkiw — Available for purchase; click here)
“Lucky Me! 46 Years Ago She Said ‘Yes!'” — watercolor black paint on paper (Eric Bosch)
“Strong, Handsome, and Friendly with Great Vibrations – His Entourage Also Enjoys the Music and More!” (Mike Hibbard)
Untitled (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)
“And We Were Told Everything is Under Control!” — watercolor and graphite (Steve Stein)
“Conversation” (Lawrence Weisman)
“Sissy” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery –as it has been for 6 years. But please consider an anniversary donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
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