Another View of the Kennicott
“Coppertown” original acrylic painting by Gail Niebrugge, sold. This painting is published on the cover of “Mountain Wilderness” an illustrated history of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska by William R. Hunt published by Alaska Natural History Association.
The research for this painting was done from the top floor of the store and warehouse during the period when its’ roof and side wall collapsed. Without the side wall and roof, great views of the entire concentration mill at the Kennicott Copper Mine in Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska, and significant buildings of the mill town were easily visible. The long series of exterior stairs and the extensive cribbing of the high grade ore conveyor climbing almost to the top of the concentration mill building appears like it cannot be saved in the stabilization effort. Today only part of the stairs remain, and I’m not sure if they will be still be there when the project is finished. So, this is a painting of contemporary history.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Artist of Alaska
