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Online Art Gallery #301

Posted on January 17, 2026 | 1 comment

The winter weather has kept many artists indoors, creating seasonal art.

And it’s sent photographers outdoors, to do their thing there.

That’s the magic of our weekly online art gallery. Whether you’re looking at this with your morning coffee, or on a phone during a walk: Enjoy!

And — of course — please show us your own work.

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.

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

Here’s looking at you!

Untitled — mixed media collage (June Rose Whittaker — Available for purchase; click here)

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

“Full Moon ~ Deep Snow” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)

“As Twilight Approaches Willowbrook Cemetery” (Tomoko Meth)

“Litchfield” (Dayle Brownstein)

“High Hopes” (Daniel Anastasio — 8th grade; One River Art student)

“Evening Bliss — Sherwood mill Pond” (Tom Kretsch — Available for purchase; click here)

“Aspetuck Land Trust — Water Lilies” — acrylic painting on canvas (Eric Bosch)

Untitled (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)

“Wilted” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)

“Pottery & Fire” (John Maloney)

“Thousands of Bulbs! It Must be the NY Botanical Garden” (Mike Hibbard)

“Burying Hill Rising Moon Swimming Beyond Eternal Freedoms” (Megan Grace Greenlee)

Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)

“Hog Wild” — digital composition (Ken Runkel — Available for purchase — click here)

Untitled (Martin Ripchick — Available for purchase; click here)

“Riverside From Imperial: A Scene in Panoramic Technicolor” (Steve Stein)

“Good Morning World” (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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Reflections: Tom Kretsch

Posted on December 16, 2012 | 2 comments

Tom Kretsch is a Westport photographer and soccer referee. He retired a few years ago, after a long career as an educator in Norwalk.

Tom grew up in Newtown. Last June, he and his high school classmates celebrated their 50th reunion. With approximately 80 graduates, they were a small class. But they’ve kept close through the years.

Their joyful reunion included a slide show. Tom took all the photos of places in town that meant so much to them growing up — places like Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Today, on behalf of his reunion committee, Tom sent these thoughts to his classmates:

On a crisp December morning, as the spirit of the holidays flowed through the streets of our small New England town, an act of unfathomable horror swept through the doors of what once was the school for many of our classmates.

In a place where people send their children to be safe, warm and secure, unspeakable acts of violence were perpetrated upon them. And our town, a sleepy quiet place where community and care are ubiquitous, has become a worldwide centerpiece for one of the worst terrorist acts in our nation’s history.

Tom Kretsch's photo of Sandy Hook Elementary School was part of Newtown High School's 50th reunion celebration last June.

Tom Kretsch’s photo of Sandy Hook Elementary School was part of Newtown High School’s 50th reunion celebration last June.

Flags around the country are at half-mast, our president is in tears, and there are few words of comfort to share at this time.  But we wanted to reach out to all our classmates. For we all share this love for our town and what it has meant to us.

As we gathered with such joy last June to relive old memories and reacquaint ourselves after a 50-year hiatus, there was this wonderful aura of friendship and togetherness. The laughter, stories, shared bonds and spirit was so contagious. The love of this town was ever-present.

In this somber moment we are united in our grief for our community. As a class we offer our prayers for a healing process to begin for all the families of this great tragedy and the town. It will be a long and arduous process, and the wounds for some may never heal. But we care and we know you do

Walk in peace.

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