Painting Atmautluak 9
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Outboard motor engine cover sleds photo.
I shot a lot of film of the Atmautluak village Yupic eskimo children using outboard motor covers as sleds. My subject matter search for the commissioned original painting for the school is leading me toward showing children at play. The older residents are not outdoors much during the day. They come to the school almost every night for different activities, the most popular is watching basketball games between neighboring villages. Somehow, I’m not too excited about painting a basketball game. I want to show more of the total village environment, the homes, the landscape, and the way of life for the community outdoors. Be patient, I keep telling myself, keep searching.
More tomorrow.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaskan Artist
