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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)

(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 #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)

(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 #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.

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)

(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 #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)

(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 #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.

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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Online Art Gallery #224

Posted on July 27, 2024 | 1 comment

Animals abound this week.

Specifically, our online art gallery features 2 dogs, lions, and pieces titled “Big Fish” and “Bull.”

Go figure.

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.

“Many Lines!” (Ellen Wentworth)

“Compo July 17 Storm Warning” — pastel (Werner Liepolt)

“Happy Dog on a Boat” (Peter Barlow)

“Mom, Where Are We Going?” — oil on canvas (Mary Madelyn Attanasio)

“Big Fish” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Bull” (Amy Schneider)

“Majesty” (Tom Doran)

“Translucence” (Ken Runkel)

“A Cottage in the Woods” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Hazy, Hot and Humid — crayon and watercolor (Steve Stein)

“By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (Patricia McMahon)

(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 #222

Posted on July 13, 2024 | 3 comments

Two different beach scenes, and art from as far as England, make up today’s online gallery.

As always, no matter what color (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 it to 06880blog@gmail.com. Please include the medium you’re working in — art lovers want to know.

“Old Mill” (Duane Cohen)

“Burying Hill Lifeguards, July 10” — pastel (Werner Liepolt)

“Sea and Salt” — acrylic on canvas (Jodi Wallace)

Untitled — watercolor and pencil (Kathleen Burke)

“Richie’s Ready to Play” (Eric Bosch)

“Reflections” (Ken Runkel)

“In Full Bloom” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (Ellen Wentworth)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Whisper” — torn paper and acrylic collage (Amy Schneider)

“Bridport, Dorset, England” (Bruce Borner)

“Cruiser Rose With a Model of Herself On Her Afterdeck” (Peter Barlow)

“Best Friends” (Nancy Marcus)

“The Problem is in Their Programming” (Steve Stein)

“Relaxing” (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 #211

Posted on April 27, 2024 | 1 comment

Talented and popular 12-year-old Aerin Lichtman is joined today by an even younger artist: 10-year-old Ben Gionfriddo.

We welcome too a couple of full-time, gallery-showing professionals: Brian Whelan, and newcomer Dorie.

That’s the whole point of “06880”‘s online art feature: 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.

“‘The Aviana’: Luxury Bird Condos” — oil on cavas. Mary Madelyn Attanasio explains: “A friend of mine created several birdhouses for the Birdhouse Fundraiser. This painting was sold at a juried show.”

“Green Heron” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke)

“The Raven” — encaustic wax (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Textured Art on Wood Panels” — Anne Bernier

“Alien” — watercolors, ink, colored pencils and oil pastels on paper (Ben Gionfriddo, 10 years old)

Untitled (Tom Doran)

“Beached” — pastels (Werner Liepolt)

“Compo Beach” (Cohl Katz)

“Moving Upstream” — Lynn Wilson says, “Herring are running at Stoney Brook Mill in Brewster, Massachusetts.”

“Lavender Field Retreat, Provence” — oil on canvas. Artist Dorie is showing this now at Westport River Gallery.

“Autumn Blaze Red Maple” (Aerin Lichtman, 12 years old)

“Ornament at Eleven O’Clock” — Photographer Peter Barlow explains: “The title refers to when the shadow is straight. Most of the time there is no shadow.“

“POP! No muscles moved?” — Maasai warrior jump dancing, Tanzania — Mike Hibbard

“The Tribe of Dan” — Artist Steve Stein says: “One of Chagall’s 12 windows representing the sons of Jacob. ‘Dan’ in Hebrew means’ judge.’ The tribe is associated with law, order, the scales of justice and its most famous member, Samson.”

“Working Remotely” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Shakespeare” — in honor of his birthday; acrylic and foil on canvas (Brian Whelan)

(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 #209

Posted on April 13, 2024 | Comments Off

Thanks to all who offered their work this rainy, cool week. You keep us hoping for a warm and wonderful spring.

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.

“Luminous Tulip Blossoms” — digital photography using the ICM technique, then stacked and blended in Photoshop. (Ken Runkel)

“Quince in Blue Bottle” — oil on paper (Werner Liepolt)

“Windows in Women’s Slave Quarters in Mt. Vernon” (Wendy Levy)

“Wild Flowers” — original watercolor on left; computer colorizations on right (Steve Stein)

“Watching the Parade” (Lawrence Weisman)

“Remembering and Honoring Ancestors” — A room in a Peruvian home. Photographer Mike Hibbard says, “Skulls are decorated with flowers, coca leaves and candles. Observers of this tradition believe the skulls of the dead will protect the living, and bring them luck. Skulls are often adorned with sunglasses, flowers and cigarettes. Many believers bring precise wishes and hopes to the skulls.”

“Stairs” (Karen Weingarten)

Photographer Peter Barlow explains, “I like seeing a squirrel running along the tips of a picket fence or high up on a telephone wire, but this is a different view.”

(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 #207

Posted on March 30, 2024 | 2 comments

Two Easter-themed works, and 2 by artists not yet in their teens highlight this week’s online gallery.

Which reminds us: 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.

Noli Me Tangere (Brian Whelan)

“Happy Easter” (Dorothy Robertshaw)

“Blue Flame” — spray paint on clipboard (Frazer Benton, age 10)

“You Gotta Have Heart” (Aerin Stein, 12 years old). Aerin’s grandfather Steve Stein writes: “Apropos of the AI digital art discussion in last week’s art gallery, on the left is Aerin’s original pencil sketch on brown paper. On the right is the computer colorization of the heart and background.”