Painting Atmautluak 19
Monday, March 19th, 2007At home again in my Copper Center, Alaska, studio I studied all the photo research and began sketching ideas for the Atmautluak painting. Several themes emerged; one was the sled dog race with the village in the background and the other was the village at night with northern lights overhead. I settled on the sled dog race because it showed the people at play and represented the entire community. I finally began to relax a little and became excited at the prospect of creating the painting, but I still worried about transporting everything I needed in a small single engine aircraft. More planning is still needed. (more…)
