Pointillism Painting of an Alaskan Cache
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
“Cache” original acrylic painting using pointillism by Gail Niebrugge, Sold. Limited edition prints available.
This high rise cabin serves as a rustic food storage in the Wrangell-St. Elias region of the interior of Alaska. The tall stilt legs make it impossible for predators to eat the contents. Most remote dwellings use portable generators to power freezers and refrigerators today, so caches are used as yard ornaments and symbols of days gone by. When I painted this subject I chose to add blooming fireweed to the foreground, and a snow capped mountain to the background. The original cache stood in a bare dirt parking lot. As an artist I create a scene on the canvas, using photos only for reference.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska wilderness artist
