Alpenglow at Midnight
Blackburn Through the Notch original acrylic painting by Gail Niebrugge. Prints sold out.
The notch is pilot talk and refers to the gap between the mountains at Tebay Lake, a place where a small airplane can navigate when clouds obscure visibility. I’m sure some pilots have used the notch in an emergency, but I always played it safe when piloting my own airplane and waited for the clouds to lift before flying. This painting is inspired by the scene that emerged while we were sitting around the camp fire watching the clouds rise late one evening. Mt. Blackburn in the distant Wrangell Mountains is revealed, bathed in alpen glow from last rays of the summer sun at midnight. It is a sight to behold. Patience has its rewards. This painting was made into a limited edition print simply titled Blackburn, and 900 copies were sold by the Soroptimists of Cook Inlet in 1986 to raise funds for that very worthy organization.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska Artist