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Online Art Gallery #188

New contributors join regulars this week, in another edition of our online art gallery.

As we always do, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Autumn Leaves” — gel print (Amy Schneider)

“Birds on the Pond” (Tammy Murray)

Untitled — Photographer Donna Forma explains: “This is an anti-war memorial titled ‘No Names.’ I hate war! This is an attempt to make people think of the terrible consequences of it. The heads, made of bronze, are together with a body shape wrapped in a burlap bag. They are placed on a slab of earth as a memorial to those unfortunate returning.”

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“North Pond (A Fictitious Location)” (Ken Runkel)

“Three Bells and a Poblano” — oil on panel (Werner Liepolt)

“Working on the Phone” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Does Every Church Street Have a Church?” — pencil sketch (Steve Stein)

Untitled — Photographer Carol Anne Ances took this in the Reed Flute Cave near Guilin, China after a cruise on the Yangtze River.

“Hey You Down There. Hats Off!” — Easter Island (Mike Hibbard)

“Yacht Kay Dee — 8′ Beam x 36′ Length, Built 1925” (Peter Barlow)

Untitled (Jan Carpenter)

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Online Art Gallery #187

Good morning! Our gallery is open. Today we feature works of the season, and of the world we live in.

Come on in … and please submit your work, too.

We welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“To All Our Veterans!” (Karen Weingarten)

“Leaves” (Rowene Weems)

“In Autumn Some Leaves Soar, Others Fall” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Cry havoc! And let loose the dogs of war!” — pencil and watercolor. Artist Steve Stein notes: “Done in the modernist style of Marc Chagall; the quote is from Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar.'”

“The Family Eats Together” (Peter Barlow)

“Perfect Ending” (Ken Runkel)

“Monkshood in a Red Ruby Bottle” — oil on panel (Werner Liepolt)

“Picky, Picky, Picky” (Mike Hibbard)

“Bottoms Up” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Moonrise at Salisbury Beach” (Roseann Spengler)

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

Online Art Gallery #186

Good morning! Our gallery is open. Today we feature works of the season, and scenes close to home.

Come on in … and please submit your work, too.

We welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Fall Colors” (Jerry Kuyper)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)

“Morning Glories” (Kathleen Burke)

“Full Moon, Southbury, Connecticut” (Sharon Paulsen)

“Aragosta, Maine” — oil on canvas (Werner Liepolt)

“Pinckney Park, Rowayton” (Jo Ann Davidson)

“Did You Forget to Celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)- Again?” Pencil and watercolor artist Steve Stein says, “The holiday dating from pre-Hispanic Central America falls every year on November 1 and 2. It is believed that the spirits of departed ancestors return home to spend time with their relatives in a celebration of both the life and death of family.”

“It’s a Stretch” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Scary Yarn! Eeeek!” (Mike Hibbard)

“On a Windy Hill by the Transfer Station” (Peter Barlow)

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Online Art Gallery #185

Good morning! Our gallery is open.

Come on in … and please submit your work, too.

We welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“🙏🏼peace” — Artist Dorothy Robertshaw says, “A tear and 🙏🏼 💙praying for hope and peace in this world 🌎💙”

“The 18 x 22 Bug Painting” — colored ink and black enamel. Artist Peter Barlow says, “The painting is displayed on our porch every Halloween, where this street gets over 400 kids. The rest of the year it is at the top of the cellar stairs.”

“Psychedelic Bison” — acrylic painting. Artist Michael Cohen says this was inspired by a recent trip to Yellowstone National Park.

“Hope Springs” — acrylic, oil pasted and acrylic markers on canvas board (Valerie Fishcel)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

Untitled — acrylic painting (Lis Hisgen)

“Early Morning” — digital abstract. Artist Ken Runkel explains, “This is a contemporary interpretation of several early 20th century Cubist artists. The sunrise is about to crest the horizon against the early morning sky, and is reflected in the foreground of a suggested body of water. As with all abstracts. the viewer is encouraged to see and create their own narrative. My primary goal is to strike an emotional chord…to create a feeling with my work.”

“Lobster Landing” — Clinton, Connecticut, watercolor and pen (Kevin McCaul)

“Sunny Sides” (Mike Hibbard)

“Flat Out” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Let’s Dress Up as Dogs!” — pencil and watercolor (Steve Stein)

 

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Online Art Gallery #184

Today our online art gallery welcomes another new artist: Jude Siegel. The subject — a frog — is also a first for this Saturday morning feature.

As we do each week, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Falling Leaves” (Karen Weingarten)

“Frog Caprice” — watercolor and ink on old sheet music (Jude Siegel)

“Beaching Escape” (Tom Doran)

“Net Effect” (Amy Schneider)

“Thumbs Up” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

“Where Do I Go For My COVID and Flu Shot?” (Steve Stein)

“Old Compo Basin, circa 1968” (Kathleen Burke)

“Laser Sailing” — Photographer Peter Barlow explains, “The sailboat called a Laser was designed in 1969 by the late Bruce Kirby, a friend of mine who lived in Rowayton. There are now 230,000 Lasers in the world.”

“Mommy, I’m Scared! (How Far Have We Evolved?)” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled — Photographer Dorothy Robertshaw says, “At this trying time thinking of love and world peace 💙💙💙 The best place to be is at the beach❤️”

Untitled — Photographer Jerry Kuyper says, “Yesterday, after stretching on the deck, I was lying on my back looking up. I saw these clouds floating by. I was mesmerized by the levels, dimension, and movement. And I thought, ‘what a wonderful world we live in.'”

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Online Art Gallery #183

Timely world events and timeless nature share space in this week’s online art gallery.

As we do each week, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Under Attack” (Amy Schneider)

“Levon” — acrylic resin abstract wood canvas (Patricia McMahon)

“Fall is Here; The Sun is Brightly Shining” —
encaustic wax painting burnished with shellac (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Signal Flags 01” — abstract art with a strong Mondrian influence (Ken Runkel)

“Evan Harding Park at Longshore” — watercolor (Jo Ann Davidson)

“Fishing Boat Nellie at Sunset” (Peter Barlow)

“Sidelined” (Lawrence Weisman)

“South Bank of the Arno River” (Kathleen Burke)

“New Bridge” (Karen Weingarten)

“Who You Calling a Frogmouth?” (Mike Hibbard)

“Fleeting Fall” (Jerry Kuyper)

Suzanne Casey says: “I came out of needlepoint retirement to make this stocking for my brother’s first grandchild. (My brother is Michael Wheatall, Staples High School Class of 1979.) I also made them for all of my children, nieces and nephews when they were born — but the last of those was 20 years ago.”

“A Golem of War, Now loose in Israel and Ukraine.” Artist Steve Stein explains: “A golem, according to Hebrew legend, is a mass of clay magically given life. It can be a force for good or more often a force of evil, war and mindless destruction.”

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Online Art Gallery #181

As September ends, our art gallery begins to fill with fall works.

We welcome those seasonal themes — and everything else.

We also welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Pumpkin” (Karen Weingarten)

“The Rake’s Progress” (Peter Barlow)

“Head Outdoors” — northwestern Connecticut (Peter Birch)

“Five Mile River, Rowayton/Darien” (Kathleen Burke)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Dark Times” (Jo Ann Miller)

“Ridgeline” — digital image (Ken Runkel)

Untitled — Norway (Lauri Weiser)

“Coral Head Sculpture.” Artist Dorothy Robertshaw explains: “Thanks to Nancy Breakstone’s generosity and sharing her coral and shell collection, I created Jimmy Durante, Mr. Potato Head, Harry… and I think he looks like Bert from Sesame Street. His frame is a refurbished broken clock.”

“Aerin’s Thermal” — Steve Stein says: “This was done by our 12-year-old grand child. Thermal art is done on a thermoluminescent screen, It is evanescent, and has to be done quickly before it fades away forever (unless granddad takes a screen shot!).”

“Waiting #3” (Lawrence Weisman)

Photographer Mike Hibbard’s caption: “Okay, they’re watching the elephants. You grab the lunch bags, and I’ll meet you in the trees.”

Untitled (Cohl Katz)

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Online Art Gallery #180

This week’s online gallery includes a few abstract works. There is also some interesting “shell” art — something new and different.

As always, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Foggy Fall Morning” — digital photography, AI and editing software (Ken Runkel)

“Ready for Yom Kippur” — pencil and water color (Steve Stein)

Untitled — Artist Dorothy Robertshaw says, “We come in all shapes and sizes, and we all have the same hearts.”

Untitled — acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 18″ (John Waski)

“Monterey Seascape” (Tom Doran)

“Coiffed” — acrylic/resin, 9″ x 12″ canvas (Patricia McMahon)

Untitled (Jo Ann Miller)

“Parrot” (Kathleen Burke)

“Comet” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Lunge Beats Hop!” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled (Cohl Katz)

“Ring of Brodgar” — Photographer Lauri Weiser calls this “A Stonehenge-type place in Scotland”

“Wind Turbine” (Karen Weingarten)

“Photographers Will Go Anywhere!” (Peter Barlow)  

“Footprints in the Sand” (June Rose Whittaker)

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Online Art Gallery #179

This week’s art gallery includes several newcomers. They join our cadre of regular, looked-forward-to artists.

As always, submissions span a wide range of subjects. LobsterFest, Rosh Hashana, the end of summer — they’re all here, and much more.

As always, we welcome all kinds of art. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited (no, urged) to contribute.

“Persistence of Media” (Norm Siegel)

“Fifty Shades of Grey” (Amy Schneider)

“LobsterFest” — in honor of next Saturday’s annual Westport Rotary Club event (Lis Hisgen)

“Shalom for Rosh Hashanah: Peace for the New Year 5784″ — pencil and watercolor, 5″ x 8” (Steve Stein)

“Faceless” — acrylic, oil pastel on Bristol paper, 14″ x 11″ (John Waski)

Untitled (Kathleen Burke)

“Bluebird” (Ellin Spadone)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

Untitled triptych — oil paints on brushed aluminum panels (Cynthia McLoughlin)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“I’m Open! Throw Me the Ball!” — Rapa Nui, indigenous people of Easter Island (Mike Hibbard)

“Fate” == lithograph 11″ x 14″ (Ann Chernow)

“Waiting” — #2 in a series (Lawrence Weisman)

“Modern Fireboat and a Vintage Chris-Craft” (Peter Barlow)

“Endless Summer” — Greenwich Point (Cohl Katz)

“And Just Like That, Summer Is Over” (Lauri Weiser)

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Online Art Gallery #177

Our first online art gallery of September features only one “fall is coming” work.

There will be more in the weeks ahead, for sure. Foliage, pumpkins, turkeys — bring ’em on!

Along with every other theme. As always, we welcome watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, 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.)

Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone is invited to contribute.

Artist Eric Bosch says, “This piece was inspired by the Westport Community Gardens. It represents the growth of nature, and the wisdom of the Long Lots School Building Committee to do the right thing for our town as a whole.”

Untitled (Cohl Katz)

“Wired Up” (Karen Weingarten)

“Night Garden” (Ken Runkel)

“Senegalese Sea Creature” — acrylic/resin abstract (Patricia McMahon)

“Aruba” — acrylic paint and pouring medium (Amy Schneider)

“Imagined Seascape (After Feininger)” (Tom Doran)

“A Pillar of His Community” — Nepal (Mike Hibbard)

“Stroke!” (Peter Barlow)

“Wordle” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Where Does it Hurt?” Artist Steve Stein says, “This simple sketch captures the essence of my professional life for almost 60 years.”

“Fall is Coming” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

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