We’ve got 2 works that show familiar Westport scenes. Two focusing on wooden structures. Two with “Waiting” in the title. Two watercolors; 2 acrylics; 2 collages. And (well, it was close) 3 artists showing their works here for the first time.
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.
“The Aqua Entry” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“Big Changes in Society Affect the Window Glass We See Through” (Eric Bosch)
“Victory” (Rowene Weems — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“Lady in Waiting” — watercolor (Lucy Johnson)
“Spiderman” — screen print canvas with acrylic paint, 32″ x 32″, #35 of 35, also signed by Stan Lee (Steve Kaufman — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled — acrylic and pastels, 36″ x 36″ (Melissa Benedek)
“African Mixup” — digital collage (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled — collaged landscape (Amelia Kessler — age 9, One River Art student)
“Waiting” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Fog Comes on Little Cat Feet” — watercolor (Steve Stein)
Untitled (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)
“Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” (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!)
Last week’s art gallery opened with a political statement.
This week it’s an environmental one.
Of course, art can be many things. As always, “06880” showcases it all. Our online artists’ community is broad, creative, and very, very talented.
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.
“Earth is a Dumpster” (Amy Schneider)
“Beach Daze” (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“Send in the Clouds” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“Awakening III” — photograph (Rowene Weems — Available for purchase; click here)
“Light Play” (Jordan Kuyper, acrylic painting; Jerry Kuyper, photo)
“Spring Has Sprung” — jewelry — encaustic wax collage embellished with birch tree, bark and beautifully dried tree (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Hershil Island” — 11″ x 14″ oil pastel (Angelina Wu)
“This and That” — collage (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)
“Swimming” (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled — watercolor (Lucy Johnson)
“The Owl” (James Shorten — age 9, One River Art student)
“Beautiful Mother and her Sweet Baby — Peace and Love!” (Mike Hibbard)
“Brinn” — 10″ x 7″ mixed media (Werner Liepolt)
“Taking a Break” (Lawrence Weisman)
“Zulu” (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)
“Our Very Colorful Town” (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!)
As usual, our online art gallery features a wide mix of mediums, styles and themes.
And as always, we invite you to be part of next week’s exhibition. No matter your age; the 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, 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 — art lovers want to know.
“Hattie” — pencil on paper (Bill Fellah)
“Frozen River” (Rowene Weems — Available for purchase. click here)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“Forgotten” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)
“Globalization” (Mark Yurkiw — Available for purchase — click here)
“Bren Playing, Sunshine of Your Love” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)
“Don’t Complain and Don’t Explain” — photo with computer enhancements (Evan Stein)
“Ponytail” (Cohl Katz — Available for purchase; click here)
“Arctic Breath” — acrylic resin on canvas (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (John Maloney)
“Still Life Blueberries” (Miranda Cameron — Grade 8, One River Art student)
Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
“Flipping Out About the Snake in His Clothes!” (Mike Hibbard)
“Dream the Impossible Dream” — pencil and crayon (Steve Stein)
Untitled (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)
“At Ease” (Lawrence Weisman)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
In other blizzard news: The Westport Library will open today (Tuesday) at 12 noon. That will give them (and their employees) a little more time to dig out.
The works are very creative, wildly eclectic, and always thought-provoking. The energy level is high. The artists are eager to chat. And the food and drink is free.
The next one is next Tuesday (March 3, 6 to 8 p.m., Sheffer Barn at the Westport Country Playhouse). Broadway music conductor and composer Caren Cole will play.
The gallery is then open March 4-8 (noon to 4 p.m.). An artist talk (on inspiration, medium, process and more) is set for March 8 (4 p.m.).
This show features works by members who recently joined the Collective:
Laura Appelman, Peggy Dembicer, Tim Eaton, Ira Hara, Julie Hicks, Tom Kretsch, Shelly Lowenstein, Paula Morgan, Erwin Ong, Butch Quick,
Jodi Rabinowitz, Elizabeth Hiltz Thomas, Michael Tomashefsky and Rowene Weems. (Some of those names are familiar to “06880” readers, for their wonderful photos.)
Pianist Ted Rosenthal has performed worldwide as a soloist, with his trio, and with greats including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, and James Moody.
He joins a quintet — bassist Martin Wind, drummer Tim Horner, trumpeter Alex Norris and saxophonist Greg “The Jazz Rabbi” Wall — this Thursday, for Jazz at the Post (February 26; shows at 7:30 and 8:45 p.m.; dinner at 7; VFW Post 399). Click here for tickets, and more information.
With all the snow, we need a bird photo to remind us that spring is not far away.
At least, we hope not.
Outstanding wildlife photographer Lou Weinberg snapped this mourning dove, for today’s “Westport … Naturally” feature.
(And yes, it’s “mourning” — not “morning.” The name comes comes from its melancholy coos. But it’s not a sound of grief — it’s a courtship call from the male.)
Posted onNovember 1, 2025|Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #290
There is only 1 Halloween-themed submissions this week — perhaps other artists were busy creating costumes — but we do have 3 related to Westport’s flag displays on the Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge.
Plus of course our usual array of seasonal works, some sketches, and much more.
As always, no matter how young (or old) you are; 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, mixed media, 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.
“Flags on Bridge” (Amy Schneider)
Untitled (Rowene Weems)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Golden Hour” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“October” — oil painting with cold wax on canvas (Available for purchase — click here)
“Angles” (Nancy Breakstone)
“Bodiam (Moated) Castle, Sussex, England” — oil on board, 12×12 (S. Hawkins — Available for purchase; click here)
“The Calm Before the Storm” — acrylic oil on aluminum, 21×21 (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
“Dream Passage” — digital compound (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
In the 5-plus years of curating this online art gallery, I don’t think we’ve ever featured a weaving.
This week, we’ve got 2.
That’s the magic of this feature. Like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates, you never know what you’ll get when you open it up.
It is, after all, your gallery. We rely entirely on “06880” readers’ submissions.
So no matter how young (or old) you are; 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, mixed media, 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.
“The Life and Death struggle with Mr. Lizard, Chew Toy” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke — Available for purchase; click here)
“Summer Flowers from Trader Joe’s” — acrylic painting (Prill Boyle)
“Psychic Urge” — digital print (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled — painting on a woven grass cloth with a golden weave (Dorothy Robertshaw)
Untitled — weaving (Julia Wray; Available for purchase; click here)
Posted onMay 31, 2025|Comments Off on Online Art Gallery #268
If you missed last week’s Fine Arts Festival — no problem!
As always, kick off your Saturday with “06880”‘s online gallery.
And as always, we invite readers to submit art. 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 can contribute.
Please email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.
“Blooming” (Karen Weingarten)
“Quiet Spring” (Rowene Weems — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Duane Cohen — Available for purchase; click here)
“Bulldog” (Mary Treschitta — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Karen Schlansky — Available for purchase; click here)
“Smooch” (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
Untitled (Joan Micale — Available for purchase; click here)
“Spotty Rain” (Jerry Kuyper)
“Just Planted and Too Close Together” (Peter Barlow)
“Very Bad Boy!” (Mike Hibbard)
“The Kissing Chalice from a Palace” — ink and watercolor (Steve Stein)
“Tickled” (Lawrence Weisman)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
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!)
Many of our online gallery’s favorite artists return. They offer their usual — but always new and fresh — works, to entertain “06880” readers on a cold winter morning.
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.
Untitled (Tom Doran)
“The Winter Waterscape” — encaustic wax (Dorothy Robertshaw)
“Ludlow Dreaming” (Rowene Weems)
“Credit Card Collage” (June Rose Whittaker)
“Georgia on my Mind” (Michael Tomashefsky)
“Dew Drops Off of Hillspoint by Schlaet’s Point” (Matt Murray)
“Herreshoff S-boat ‘Tonic’ — oil on Masonite (Peter Barlow)
“Yankee Baseball” — at Westport River Gallery (Fazzino)
“Happy Hour” (Lawrence Weisman)
“A Polar Bear Scene at Compo” — pencil and charcoal (Steve Stein)
Untitled (Duane Cohen)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
Several artists stuck close to home for inspiration, in today’s online art gallery.
They offer familiar scenes.
Of course, other artists roamed further afield.
As always, 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 it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.
“Eric Self-Portrait” — watercolor (Eric Bosch)
“Ned Dimes Marina” (Kathleen Burke)
“The Mill Pond” — impasto acrylic (Dorothy Robertshaw)
“Riverwalk Westport” (Duane Cohen)
“June Flowers” — oil with cold wax (Sally VanDevanter)
Untitled (Tom Doran)
“The Swimmers” — original resin on board work, at Westport River Gallery (John Fatse). Gallery owner/curator Ken Warren challenges: “Find the swimmers?”
“Beach Sand Patterns After Rainstorm” (Les Dinkin)
“Greens Alone and All Together?” Photographer Peter Barlow says,“I don’t think many people would take this picture, or see anything in the view. I see a lot of shapes and shades, and everything is living.”
“Poppies, Poppies” (Rowene Weems)
“Kim’s Umbrellas” — crayons (Steve Stein)
“Grooming” (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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