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Online Art Gallery #170

Welcome to our 170th online art gallery.

We opened in the early days of the pandemic, as an opportunity for “06880” artists hunkered down at home to share their work with the world.

More than 3 years later — now back to near normal — we’ve done what all artists do: We’ve grown and evolved.

But one thing has not changed. We still need your submissions.

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

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.)

“Beautiful Boarge.” Photographer Mike Hibbard says: Pluck the blue flower and float it, face up, on white wine. Sip and refill very carefully. A transformation (of the flower) occurs in about 30 minutes.”

Untitled (Judith Katz)

Untitled (Santiago Lozano)

“After the Storm” — pastel on paper (Clayton Liotta)

Untitled — Italy (Lauri Weiser)

“Sunny Cityscape” — acrylic paper (Lis Hisgen)

Untitled — Martha’s Vineyard (Wendy Levy)

“Planting” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s Delight” — pencil and crayon (Steve Stein)

“Rudder, Prop, Keel, and Bottom — Sloop Joanne B” (Peter Barlow)

“Warmth” (Tom Doran)

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

Online Art Gallery #169

Not one but two of today’s submissions were inspired by Martha’s Vineyard.

Perhaps that’s not a surprise. The island off Cape Cod is a summer home for many Westporters.

Also no surprise: The breadth and depth of genres and styles in this week’s gallery.

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

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.)

“Schooner Shenandoah, From Vineyard Haven” — acrylic on Masonite (Peter Barlow)

Untitled — Martha’s Vineyard (Wendy Levy)

“Calypso Cubo” (Santiago Lozado)

“Tranquility” — acrylic (Valerie Fischel)

“Hippo” — graphite on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“View From a Puddle” (Lauri Weiser)

“A River of Life Runs Through It” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Remember How Much Fun We Had Playing Cards When You Were Little” — pastel on paper (Roseann Spengler)

“Lift” (Lawrence Weisman)

“A Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Caribbean” — Artist Steve Stein says, “There are 138 species of sparrows spread throughout the world, making it the most widely distributed wild bird.”

“A Pouring of Summertime” — Artist Dorothy Robertshaw calls this “a combination of ice cream sherbet beach days, green forest hikes, sunshine and coastal holidays.”

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Online Art Gallery #168

Bruges, Italy, Angkor Wat — and America’s red, white and blue — are some of the subjects of this week’s online art gallery.

There’s also some first-ever woodworking, because …

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

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.)

“Don’t Throw It Away” (Karen Weingarten)

“Summer Leftovers” — acrylic paint layered to create textures of plants and water (Lis Hisgen)

“Fleurs et Vignes” — acrylic resin abstract (Patricia McMahon)

“Abstract #7” (Ken Runkel)

“Green Apple” — pencil on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“Railroad Bridge, Opening” — Photographer Peter Barlow says, “notice the tracks.”

“Looking Ahead, Looking Back” (Tom Doran)

“Colorful Cottages” — built and photographed by Eric Bosch

“Italy” (Lauri Weiser)

“In Bruges” (Lawrence Weisman)

“How to Make a Composite Sketch to Catch a Criminal” (Steve Stein)

“About the 318,645th Sunrise Over Angkor Wat” (Mike Hibbard)

“Fireworks” (Anne Lowrie)

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

 

 

Online Art Gallery #167

This week, we welcome one of our youngest contributors ever.

Julian Kerschner is a rising 5th grader at Greens Farms Academy. He is, his mother notes, “an artist and an avid pickleball player.” You’ll see why.

As Julian knows, 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.)

“Italy” (Lauri Weiser)

Untitled — Artist Dorothy Robertshaw explains, “Assemblage after a storm at Cedar Point Yacht Club.”

Untitled — graphite on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“Hope” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled (Julian Kerschner, age 10)

“North Shore of Oahu” — watercolor (Jerry Kuyper)

“Pride Crosswalk” (Amy Schneider)

“Learning to Sail in an Optimist Pram” (Peter Barlow)

“Eurasian Crowned Hoopoe” — Artist Steve Stein explains, “hoopoes are commonly found across Afro-Eurasia. It is mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy and Leviticus), and is lucky to be considered a rare non-kosher bird.”

“Getting Up is Hard to Do” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Work it Out” — acrylic (Lis Hisgen)

“Summer Breeze” (Ken Runkel)

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Online Art Gallery #166

Most weeks, our online art gallery is filled with paintings and photos from around the world.

This week, we’ve got several from our backyard. Compo Beach, downtown and Blau House & Gardens are all represented.

We’ve also got needlework and ceramics — two mediums we don’t see much of here.

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.)

“Summertime” — pencil on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“The Buoys Hanging Out” (Karen Weingarten)

Untitled — Compo Beach (Sunil Hirani)

Diane Yormark created hanging wall planters. Her husband Ken adorned them with vines.

Beth Berkowitz crocheted this baby sweater.

Untitled (Tom Doran)

Untitled (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Blau House & Gardens” (Mike Hibbard)

“Westport Bridge Over Saugatuck, En Plein Air” — oil on canvas (Cindy Wagner)

“Do Unto Others” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Westerly Library, Afternoon Sun” (Peter Barlow)

“The Sauna” (Steve Stein)

Untitled (Tom Lowrie)

Untitled — lone sea urchin underwater, Greek island of Limnos (Claudia Sherwood Servidio)

“Dune Grasses” (Ken Runkel)

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Online Art Gallery #165

From the water to the jungle, welcome to today’s online art gallery.

Thanks for this week’s submissions. Remember: 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.)

“Tilt: Water Doesn’t Lie” — oil on canvas (Norm Siegel)

“Coral Waves 3” (Ken Runkel)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Gorilla” — graphite on paper (Clayton Liotta)

“Gianni Schiacchi — O Mio Bambino, From the Met-ow” (Mike Hibbard)

“Another View: Nantucket Splinter Sailing Through the Harbor” (Peter Barlow)

“Waiting for the Counter-offensive” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Oy, Not Another Zebulon Chagall Wannabe” (Steve Stein)

“Full Moon Saturday Night” (Sharon Paulsen)

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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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