A Whole Lot of Windows
“Windows, Kennecott” original acrylic painting by Gail Niebrugge, sold.
The first time I walked between the mill building and the leaching plant at the historic Kennicott Copper Mill in the Wrangell-St. Elias mountains of Alaska, and looked up at the sixteen story monolith, I was amazed at all the windows. Windows of every size and shape dominate the west side. Even more incredible is that during the heydays of operation the windows faced glacier ice so high that the mountains on the opposite side were not visible. Today all we see of the glacier from these windows is moraine far below. This painting was completed many years ago and shows a state of decay that has since been stopped and stabilized by combined efforts of Friends of Kennicott, the State of Alaska and the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. I am proud that I am to document the changes to this historic site in paintings, drawings, journal writing, and photographs for more than 30 years.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska Art
