Gail Niebrugge's Blog
The perennials along the walk to the studio front door are beginning to bloom, wow, it is going to be a riot of color this year! These are three Asiatic Lily plants, I have a total of ten in this flower bed. I’m going to miss some of the bloom while I’m serving as Artist-in-Residence in Denali for 10 days in August.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska flower painter
Gail Niebrugge (Knee-brew-ghe) born and raised in California has pursued art since childhood, winning a poster contest on the Johnny Jet television show at the age of twelve. Gail began her career as an illustrator for the US Navy and Marines in San Diego, and later established the Instructional Media Center for the Grossmont High School District in La Mesa, California. The Niebrugge family fell in love with Alaska while on vacation in 1976 and never returned home, instead they established a residence and studio in the remote interior settlement of Copper Center where the artist painted … [Read More...]
Wikipedia defines pointillism as; "a style of painting in which small distinct points of primary colors create the impression of a wide selection of secondary and intermediate colors." It goes on to say that the mind and the eye mix the color spots into a full range of tones and that it is closely related to Divisionism. Divisionism was practiced by Georges Seurat during the Neo-Impressionism period. He broke his color into basic elements and painted very small and regular dots. His dots are carefully placed as to not touch each other, so the white under painted canvas shows around all of the dots. I call my painting technique pointillism, but technically it is incorrect according to Wikipedia. The difference between my technique and true pointillism is that I use … [Read More...]
Wow that looks great! Beautiful photo as well.
Ron
Hey, thanks! Quite a compliment coming from you
Gorgeous, Mom! Simply gorgeous!!
Hey world travelers, this is what it looks like back home! See you soon.