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!)
“Are You Coming or Going in This Hectic World?” (June Rose Whittaker)
“It’s All in The Eye of the Beholder!” — watercolor. 12-year-old artist Aerin Stein’s grandfather Steve Stein explains, “It is a hidden personal typography. The trick is to find their hidden name.”
“Espresso #2” — oil on panel (Werner Liepolt)
“Shadow in the Frame” — photograph (Sandy Rothenberg)
“Beach Bricks, Cousin of Beach Glass” (Jerry Kuyper)
“Schooner Columbia, 141 Feet” — Photographer Peter Barlow says, “This is an exact replica of the schooner that represented the US competing with Canada’s Bluenose in the fishing boat races of the1920s and ’30s.”
“Jackal Pups Trying to Hyde” — Tanzania (Mike Hibbard)
“Yoga. OK, So You Can Do This. But Why?” (Lawrence Weisman)
Untitled — Photographer Bonnie Scott Connolly says, “On a cold, rainy late fall day, pine needles make a random artistic design.”
“Last Color at Earthplace” (Rowene Weems)
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
From pencil and crayon drawing and pouring oil/acrylic mix, to a digital creation in photorealistic style, this week’s online art gallery showcases many genres.
We always 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.
“Hole Card” — pencil and crayon drawing (Ann Chernow)
“Sunset Bay” — digital creation in a photorealistic style (Ken Runkel)
“Sailing at Dusk” (Tom Doran)
“Dogs Are Colored Blind” (Spanky Giddings III)
“Please Don’t Bite My Head Off” — Norway (Lauri Weiser)
“Oiled, Bound, Rubbed, and Smoked — One of the 50 Shades of Chicken” (Mike Hibbard)
“Aging Factory, Afternoon Sun” (Peter Barlow)
Untitled (Cohl Katz)
“Longshore” (Rowene Weems)
“Itch” (Lawrence Weisman)
“Ye Olde Sherwood Island Environs Map” (Steve Stein)
Untitled — Photographer Amy Unikewicz writes: :I snapped these pictures just as the rain stopped, while managing produce donations at the Westport Community Gardens. Walking through the garden paths felt like walking on a sponge. With every step, my boots sunk into the wood chipped pathways after the site absorbed several inches of rainfall.”
(Entrance is free to our online art gallery. But please consider a donation! Just click here — and thank you!)
Many of today’s online art gallery submissions are photos.
They’re (as always) gorgeous. As always too, they circle the globe.
But let’s not slack off, all of you who work in other mediums!
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.
“Poppy” (Ken Runkel)
“Sailing in My Dreams” (Tom Doran)
“The Whaleship Charles W. Morgan Returns Home” (Peter Barlow)
“Sunflower in a Sunflower” (Linda Doyle)
“Bee All That You Can Be!” Photographer Bonnie Scott Connolly took this image of a cone flower (echinacea) at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Untitled (June Rose Whittaker)
“Wyoming” (Rowene Weems)
“It Is So Hot The Trees Are Melting” — western US (Mike Hibbard)
Untitled — swan family on the Lieutenant River estuary, Old Lyme (Susan Lloyd)
“The Hat” (Karen Weingarten)
Untitled — artist Eric Bosch explains, “Every 5 years, the Babson side of my family (200+) gathera at the Babson museum in Rockport, Massachusetts. The organizers requested art, so I did this painting for the occasion earlier this month. The Babsons got off the Mayflower and built a stone cooperage to make oak barrels. The center portion of my painting remains to this day.”
“A Brown Sheep.” Artist Steve Stein explains, “Sheep can be domestic or wild. Their colors range from pure white to spotted, piebald and dark chocolate, depending on a gene that controls melanin.”
“Flat Out” (Lawrence Weisman)
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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)
(If you enjoy our weekly online art gallery, please drop a few coins into our contribution box. Click here — and thank you!)
Fig Linens and Home — a small woman-owned business in Westport since 2003 — has your Mothers Day covered.
Their advice (whether you shop at their 66 Post Road East store or not) is:
The perfect Mothers Day gift is different for every mom. Finding the perfect pick is dependent on choosing what your mom loves.
Some questions to ask yourself to pick the ideal Mother’s Day present include:
Do any gifts align with her interests?Think of the things your mother loves most, and the things she does every day. Making a list of her hobbies and activities can help you brainstorm gift ideas.
Is it something you can see her using? Traditional gifts include things flowers, spa treatments and chocolate. If you never see your mom utilizing any of those, it’s time to re-evaluate. We often recommend gifts like luxury robes, silk slippers and relaxing candles, because they are usable every single day.
Would she buy it for herself? The best Mothers Day gift strikes a balance between being something she’ll want and use, while being something she probably wouldn’t splurge on herself. If your mom gets a massage every week, a massage gift card probably isn’t the best gift. Think instead of items you don’t think she would purchase, but that she would love.
PS: Mothers Day is a week from Sunday: May 14. Don’t forget!
Westport Police made 4 custodial arrests between April 26 and May 3.
One was for burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, larceny and criminal mischief, following a break-in at Riverside Sunoco of $3,600 worth of cigarettes and vaping devices.
Another arrest was for criminal attempt to commit larceny and forgery, after an attempt to cash a fraudulent business check for $18,500 at TD Bank.
A third was for criminal attempt to commit larceny, breach of peace and threatening, following mail theft by the neighbor of a Westport resident.
The fourth arrest was for failure to appear in court, after a September motor vehicle accident.
Police also issued the following citations:
Traffic control signal violations: 6
Traveling unreasonably fast: 5
Failure to comply with state traffic regulations: 4
Operating a motor vehicle without minimum insurance: 3
Distracted driving (not cellphone): 2
Traveling unreasonably fast: 2
Operating a motor vehicle without a license: 2
Failure to obey stop sign: 2
Improper use of markers: 1
Assault 3rd degree, physical injury: 1
Speeding: 1
Operating a motor vehicle while texting: 1
Operating a motor vehicle under suspension: 1
Operating an unregistered motor vehicle: 1
Failure to renew registration: 1
Failure to register a commercial vehicle: 1
Unreadable license plate: 1
An arrest was made after a break-in yielded $3600 worth of cigarettes and vaping devices.
The Westport Book Shop’s Artist of the Month is an “06880” favorite: Rowene Weems.
The photographer will display “Wish You Were Here: Postcards from Westport.” The 16 photos depicting scenes around town are part of a larger series of “love notes” to Westport.
Rowene moved to Westport from Wyoming 4 years ago. She says, “The beauty of Westport’s waterside landscape is such a lush contrast to my Rocky Mountain home. I find it a continuing source of inspiration.”
Rowene’s photography will exhibited at the Book Shop on Jesup Road through May 31. All pieces are available for purchase.
Rowene Weems with her photos, at the Westport Book Shop.
The former site of State Cleaners — the near-70-year business that closed this winter, at the rear of 180 Post Road East — will soon have a new tenant.
It will fill a gaping need in Westport. It’s just what we need! Check it out below:
As we enter the 4th year of our online art gallery, we set a record.
There are 16 pieces this week — the most ever.
They range from underwater, to the mountains of Nepal and a village in Cambodia.
Plus, of course, pieces depicting our home town.
Thanks to every artist who helped us set this new mark. The numbers are high; the quality, as high as ever.
Remember: 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.)
“Poulet de la Mer” — acrylic abstract (Patricia McMahon)
“In the Aquarium Gumbo Limbo” (Sandy Rothenberg)
Untitled (Luis Castro)
“Gray Horse” — acrylic (Laurie Sorensen)
“Fun Bunch, Ready for Lunch” — Easter Sunday 2023, Upper West Side (Elena Nasereddin)
This week — as we near our 150th online art gallery — our “06880” artist/readers set a new record.
With 16 submissions, this is the most number of works we’ve run since the feature began. (It started early in the pandemic, as an outlet for everyone stuck at home.)
Thanks to all who participated this week — regulars and newcomers.
Remember: 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!
“Happy Hearts Day” (Rowene Weems
“Neurographic Heart” (Amy Schneider)
“Foggy Compo Companionship” (Andrew Colabella)
“Hugs to Westport” (Mona Brown)
Fairfield Furniture Store — now National Hall, 1970s (Diane Van Gelder, Staples High School Class of 1970)
“The Black Pearl” — mixed media (Peter Barlow)
Untitled — taken from a boat off the Napali Coast on Kauai, Hawaii (Robert Augustyn)
“Clouds or Waves?” (Pam Kesselman)
“Is This Seat Taken?” Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “This friendly spirit rides the train between Cusco, Peru and Machu Picchu.”
“06880” readers love Rowene Weems’ photos. She has a keen eye for the beauty of our town. Flowers, sunsets, the Levitt Pavilion— her camera and composition make those scenes come alive in special and compelling ways.
Rowene also has a great eye for people. As she travels around town, she captures some of the men and women who work — mostly unseen — to make Westport what it is.
She does not know their back stories. She tries not to interrupt too much. A woman once chastised Rowene for taking photos of workers on her property. “Time is money!” she said.
Last spring, “06880” featured some of those images. They’re part of a book she’s creating about workers everywhere, from her travels around the US and world.
It’s time for another look, at more of the men and women who make our town all that it is. Today, let’s appreciate them anew.
Anthony, in his truck …
… and digging a gas line.
Janine, a delightful server at La Plage.
Wood working on Jesup Road.
A friendly, efficient team of Optimum workers …
… starting a job …
… with plenty of cable …
… and time for a quick break …
,,, before finishing up (All photos/Rowene Weems)
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