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Online Art Gallery #273

Posted on July 5, 2025 | Comments Off

Sure, it’s a holiday weekend.

But our online art gallery is open. In fact, we never close!

Another fact: This feature is open to all. Age, level of experience, subject matter — there are no restrictions. Everyone can contribute.

And as always, 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.

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

John Fernie drew these New Yorkers arriving at Compo Beach for a vacation in the late 1950s, for what his son Bruce — who sent it to us — calls “a long-forgotten magazine.” The original hangs in Bruce’s home, reminding him of “those great childhood beach days on the Sound.”

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

“Wonderful Jazz at the Levitt” (Judith Katz)

Untitled (Roseann Spengler)

“Blooming Flowers”– impasto gold leaf on wood (Dorothy Robertshaw; Available for purchase — click here)

“Dragon Flies” — 28 x 22, acrylic foil on canvas (Brian Whelan — Available for purchase; click here)

“Flowerful Thoughts” (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Beware: Rorschach Ratpor Spotted Above Compo Beach” (Steve Stein)

“Upward Roots” (Jamie Walsh)

“Hat’s On to this Beautiful Peruvian Woman” (Mike Hibbard)

“Summer Time” (Cohl Katz)

(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 #253

Posted on February 15, 2025 | 1 comment

Happy Valentine’s Weekend!

And winter still lingers.

We’re celebrating both in our online art gallery this week. 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.

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

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

“A Burst of Love” — acrylic impasto (Dorothy Robertshaw)

Untitled (Rowene Weems)

Untitled (Duane Cohen)

“Pier-ing Through” (Patricia McMahon)

“Kuhli Moo” — digital illustration (Ken Runkel)

“Cooper, A Beloved Pet” (Roseann Spengler)

“Bull Chasing Bitcoin” — oil on canvas, at Westport River Gallery (Mona)

Mike Hibbard’s caption: “When you have a long, wet tongue, you don’t need a tissue.”

“My Kitchen Drawer” (Jo Ann Davidson)

“Turning Yellow” (Jerry Kuyper)

“Collected Images” (Peter Barlow)

“Automation and AI — Humans Need Not Apply!” — watercolor (Steve Stein)

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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Online Art Gallery #212

Posted on May 4, 2024 | Comments Off

Several different artists tackled spring this week.

All, of course, see the colorful season through different eyes.

That’s the whole idea of art — and “06880”‘s online art gallery.

No matter what your theme or medium — 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 it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Lily” — oil paints with cold wax (Sally VanDevanter)

“Spring Sunshine” — oil/acrylic on canvas (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Central Park Conservancy” (Mary Sikorski)

Photographer Peter Barlow says: “The plants are called lupine. They are more common to Nova Scotia, but are growing in my Connecticut garden. The part I like best is the big round leaf with daisy petals. My garden needs some weeding.”

“Hang Ten” — acrylic abstract wave (Patricia McMahon)

“Sunset Geometry” — digital composition combining photographed elements and Photoshoop manipulation. Ken Runkel calls this “a meditation on the interplay between the natural world and human intervention, inviting the viewer to contemplate the beauty and fragility of our surroundings. It is a visual symphony of minimalism, geometry, and nature, designed to evoke a sense of tranquility and reflection.”

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Chez Pierre” (Kathleen Burke)

Untitled (Roseann Spengler)

Photographer Mike Hibbard writes: “Thailand Airbnb, $4,860,300 per month, internet included. Enjoy the local tribe of monkeys that comes to visit early each morning. Vaccination for rabies required.”

“What’s Next?” (Lawrence Weisman)

“The Hope for Peace!” (Steve Stein)

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Online Art Gallery #208

Posted on April 6, 2024 | 1 comment

A solar eclipse takes place Monday. Our “06880” artists are ready.

Two submissions explore the rare event, from (of course) different artistic lenses. We’ve got some spring-themed works too, and the usual array of intriguing, exciting works in a variety of styles.

Remember: No matter what your theme or medium — 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 it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

Untitled – Dorothy Robertshaw says, “This is cyanotype sun printing art, just in time for the eclipse. You put it between glass you out in the sun, almost like a dark room versus light room. Then you bring it in. You wash it with cold water, then hang dry. This one is paper.”

“The Line of Totality” — acrylic on board (Brian Whelan)

“The Butterfly Effect” — digital illustration (Ken Runkel)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

Untitled (Roseann Spengler)

“Cherry Blossoms Along the Potomac” (Wendy Levy)

“Many Homes Here Now — Once a Factory” (Peter Barlow)

“Drifting Snow in Mountain Green, Morgan County, Utah.” Andy Millard says, “the blowing snow in this wintry scene suggests a painting, but it is a photograph.”

“Stream of Prayers” — weathered prayer flags, dripped in wax and stone (Jerry Kuyper)

“Home of the Pit” (Mike Hibbard)

“Dancers Stretching” (Steve Stein)

“Some Days You Just Can’t Get Out of Bed” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Ellen Wentworth)

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Online Art Gallery #203

Posted on March 2, 2024 | 2 comments

Jude Siegel welcomes March, in a novel way (new for our online art gallery, anyway): with a beautiful calendar.

Other submissions this week look ahead to spring, in a variety of ways.

But no matter what your theme, or medium — and whether you’re a first-timer or oldtimer: We welcome your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, 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 it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Flickers” — watercolor (Jude Siegel)

“Floral Fantasia” (Ken Runkel)

“Green Nature” (Karen Weingarten)

“Palm Tree Trunk” (Tom Doran)

“Step Into Spring” (Ellen Wentworth)

“Not Barbie, But Still a Perennial Favorite” — pencil on paper (Roseann Spengler)

Photographer Andy Millard writes: “In Grand Canyon National Park, this section of rock conglomerate is in the bed of the wash at 220 Mile Canyon. The orange and white striped pebble resembles Nemo the clownfish from the movie ‘Finding Nemo.'”

“Salad Daze.” Photographer Judith Marks-White says: “I whipped up a salad and took a photo. Looks like the head of a sleeping dog by way of a mushroom. An accidental optical illusion.”

“30 Types of Cherries?” Artist Steve Stein writes: “Cherries have a pit (stone) center. Not to be confused with look alike berries: acerola, rambutan, currants or cotoneaster parneyi.”

“Beautiful Faces” (Mike Hibbard)

“Enter!” (Peter Barlow)

“Morning Toilette” (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 #196

Posted on January 13, 2024 | 2 comments

The “06880” online art gallery curator — yours truly — has been away this week.

But the doors are still open.

And, as always, we welcome your work. 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.

“Namaste” (Patricia McMahon)

Untitled (Kathleen Burke)

Untitled — pastel rendering. Artist Roseann Spengler says, “this visitor to my backyard last month shocked but somehow didn’t terrify me. Four feet from where I was standing, I froze but managed to say, ‘hello bear.’ He looked, then went on his way.”

“Rare Highwatt Puffins” (Mike Hibbard)

“One Picture is Worth a Thousand Word — MJ Moonwalker on Broadway” (Steve Stein)

“Impatient at Supermarket Checkout” (Lawrence Weisman)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“The Fall” — acrylic paint (Lis Hisgen)

(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 #187

Posted on November 11, 2023 | 2 comments

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!)

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Online Art Gallery #169

Posted on July 8, 2023 | 2 comments

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.”

(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 #164

Posted on June 3, 2023 | 7 comments

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.