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Online Art Gallery #240

Posted on November 16, 2024 | 2 comments

This week, we welcome 2 new artists to our online gallery.

There’s always room for more!

And 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“African Elephant Matriarch Sheds Tears Over the Loss of Her Kind” — Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “Africa currently hosts about 402,000 elephants. Because of poaching, only about half that number will be left by the end of the decade.”

“Passage Under I-95 Westport” — acrylic on canvas (Cindy Wagner)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Willows in the Night” — impasto gold leaf (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Lily and Her Entourage” (Andy Millard)

Untitled — digital (Tom Doran)

“New Directions in Gardening?” (Peter Barlow)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

“Lightning Strikes Twice” — pencil and watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Homework” (Lawrence Weisman)

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Online Art Gallery #239

Posted on November 9, 2024 | 1 comment

There’s always something new in our online art gallery.

This week: a couple of new mediums.

But 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

“Dear, I Love You More Than All the Red Leaves on all the Japanese Maple Trees in the Whole World!” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled — eastern side of the Fairfield mill pond — watercolor (Kathleen Burke)

“Squash & Squalls” — oil on linen (Werner Liepolt)

“A Bench with a View” (Fred Cantor)

“The Queen Mary” — Carl Addison Swanson says, “It took 2 cranes $10,000 to move this from next door when Joey Karmonsky (Staples High School Class of 1941) died.”

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Boat Contrasts” — a 61-foot Army Q boat built in 1918 by Luders Marine in Stamford, and an inflatable Zodiac runabout (Peter Barlow)

“Homes” — wood (Tom Feeley)

“Bright Light” — impasto acrylic gold leaf (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Time’s Up” — digital compounding (Tom Doran)

Acrylic dot art mandala (Faith Vicinanza)

“Is it Pop Art or Kindergarten/Refrigerator Art?” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

“They’re Almost Gone!” (Karen Weingarten)

 

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Online Art Gallery #238

Posted on November 2, 2024 | 2 comments

A couple of this week’s artists missed Halloween by a couple of days.

No problem! Their work is here, in our online art gallery, now.

Just a reminder, though: Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s are all coming up.

But no matter what 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Late Fall Afternoon on the Sound” — digital composite (Ken Runkel)

“Commute” (Tom Doran)

“Ancient Fractal Helmet for Creative and Critical Thinking” (Mike Hibbard)

“Winnie the Cream Labrador” — watercolor on paper (Kathleen Burke)

“First Snow in Westport” (Charles Reid)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Industrial Pumpkins” (Peter Barlow)

“On the Rocks at Sherwood Island” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Happy Halloween, My Little Dearies!” (Steve Stein)

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Online Art Gallery #237

Posted on October 26, 2024 | 1 comment

Fall and floral fun continues, in our online art gallery.

But no matter what 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Decorative Gourds” (Werner Liepolt)

“Fallen Leaves” (Karen Weingarten)

“Tulip” (Ulla Hehenberger)

“Meditation” — Photographer Mike Hibbard calls this “peaceful beauty a perfect visual for Beethoven’s ‘Midnight Sonata.'”

“The Poppy Field” — impasto; oil paint on aluminum (DorothyRobertshaw)

“Underground” (Tom Doran)

Needlepoint pillow (Ginny Gallagher)

“Birdhouse” (Peter Barlow)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

“Body Parts” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Sounding the Shofar — And Down Went the Walls of Jericho” — pencil and watercolor (Steve Stein)

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Online Art Gallery #236

Posted on October 19, 2024 | 4 comments

It’s a fall festival, here in our weekly online art gallery.

But no matter what 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Autumn Leaves” (Duane Cohen)

“Life is Gourd” (Patricia McMahon)

“Morning Walk” — Photoshop-enhanced and composited digital photograph (Ken Runkel)

“A Lot of Susans” (Peter Barlow)

“End of Summer” — acrylic pouring on canvas, manipulated by blowing through a straw (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled — on view at Westport River Gallery (S. Guccione)

“It’s Always Fun Hanging Out With Pals” — collage (Maj Kalfus)

“Islands in the Sea” — Newport, Rhode Island (Bruce Borner)

“Roar Lion Roar!” — charcoal with computer colorization (Aerin Lichtman, age 12)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“The Tree of Knowledge: Pomegranate?” — watercolor. Artist Steve Stein writes, “In Exodus, the Tree of Knowledge fruit represents the mixing of good and evil together. The Forbidden Fruit was probably not apple — indigenous to Asia. Possibilities are thought to include pomegranate, fig, pear, quince, carob, etrog, apricot and tamarind — all indigenous to the Middle East.”

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

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Online Art Gallery #235

Posted on October 12, 2024 | 2 comments

Two “eyes” — one literal, the other metaphorical — lead off this week’s edition of our online art gallery.

Other submissions are a bit more seasonal. Some pay homage to autumn; others, to the Jewish New Year.

But no matter what 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“The Eye” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Three Corners of a Coin” — compounding of photos by Teslariu Mihai (Tom Doran)

“Harvest Commons” — watercolor (Jo Ann Davidson)

“A Lone Rose” (Ellen Wentworth)

“Fallen Branches” (Karen Weingarten)

“Wolf with Crescent Moon and Violin” (Brian Whelan)

“Quattro Amici” (Patricia McMahon)

 

“Dunes Behind Jennings Beach, Fairfield” (Kathleen Burke)

“Beach View” (Duane Cohen)

“Hauling Time — Sloop SAWA” (Peter Barlow)

“Prayer at the Kotel (Wailing/Western Wall) — Yom Kippur in Jerusalem” — collage and watercolor. Artist Steve Stein says: “This is all that remains of the first Hebrew Temple (built in 10th century BCE, later destroyed by the Babylonians) and second Hebrew Temple (built in 6th centruy BCE, destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE). The largest stones are 44 feet long and weigh over 570 tons. It remains a place of prayer and pilgrimage.”

“To the New Year” — pastel (Werner Liepolt)

Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)

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Online Art Gallery #234

Posted on October 5, 2024 | 1 comment

Happy autumn! Happy Jewish New Year! Happy Saturday, and another edition of our online art gallery.

No matter what 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Cornetto Ischitano — Fatto a Mano” — pastel (Werner Liepolt)

Untitled — oil on aluminum impasto style (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Towards Compo Cove” — part of artist Jason Pritchard’s current solo exhibition “Riverbanks to Shorelines: The Art of Waters’ Path” at the Green’s Farms Congregational Church gallery.

Untitled — watercolor on paper (Kathleen Burke)

“Elysian Light of Autumn” — digital painting (Ken Runkel)

“The Art of Determination” — Photographer Linda Doyle says, “This sunflower grew out of the brick chimney off our front porch. It’s still there!”

“Just the World” (Tom Doran)

“Simple Abstraction with Reality” (Peter Barlow)

“Crispy Critters (Guinea Pigs)” — popular street food in Cusco, Peru (Mike Hibbard)

“Praying for a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year —  Rosh Hashanah 5785” (Steve Stein)

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Online Art Gallery #233

Posted on September 28, 2024 | 1 comment

This week’s online art gallery ping-pongs between 2 seasons: the summer that just passed, and the autumn we now look forward to.

But no matter what 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Seasonal Transformation” — collage assemblage (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Watch Hill Lighthouse” — oil on canvas, at Westport River Gallery (L Miceli)

“Palm Leaf Skyline” (Tom Doran)

“Concert Confusion” (Les Dinkin)

Untitled — Compo Beach, South Beach (Cindy Nigro)

Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)

“Flotsam Art” — found at Compo Beach, weathered at home for about 10 years (Jerry Kuyper)

“Four Outboards, Nicely Designed, Get You Home!” (Peter Barlow)

“Psss! Wake Up! Chilean Fire Brigade Celebration!” (Mike Hibbard)

“40 Winks” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Autumn — When the Lollypop Trees Are Made!” — pencil and watercolor (Steve Stein)

“Harvest Moon” — last week’s full moon, Lake Dupuis, Quebec (Scott Brodie)

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Online Art Gallery #231

Posted on September 14, 2024 | 5 comments

As summer fades, submissions to our online art gallery pick up once again.

Of course, the wide of range of subjects and styles continues.

No matter what 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled — paper collage (Tom Doran)

“Compo Baby Shoes” (Scott Smith)

“The End of Summer: Black-Eyed Susies” — impasto/acrylic (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Sealia” (Patricia McMahon)

Untitled (Kathleen Burke)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Misty Morning, Lake Placid, New York” (Laurie Sorensen)

“Everything for a Purpose” (Peter Barlow)

“Fallen Branches” (Karen Weingarten)

“Raucous Red Blabbermouth and Sky Blue Peekaboo” (Mike Hibbard)

“A Eurasian Blue Tit” — pencil and watercolor. Artist Steve Stein explains, “This tiny songbird weighs about 1/2 an ounce, with a wing span of less than 2 inches!”

“Reclining Nude” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick)

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Online Art Gallery #230

Posted on September 7, 2024 | 1 comment

From boats on the water to a bathroom on the beach, half of this week’s artwork has a nautical theme.

But no matter what 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.

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

Email a jpeg to 06880blog@gmail.com. And remember: Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Sailing for Enjoyment” — Photographer Peter Barlow notes, “the best of the sailing season (September into October) is now.”

“Behind Overton’s” (Kathleen Burke)

“Alaska’s Inner Passage, Glacier Bay” (Mike Hibbard)

Untitled — Photographer Jerry Kuyper says, “Japanese maples create wonderful shadows. I have walked by this area in our yard hundreds of time, and never saw this show.”

“Pickled Peppers” — oil on panel (Werner Liepolt)

“On the Sideline” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Sunset, 9/10/2001” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

Untitled (JD Dworkow)

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