Kennicott; Pre-stabilization acrylic painting
“Kennicott;Pre-Restoration” original acrylic on Sintra painting by Gail Niebrugge. Part of the permanent collection of Fountainhead Hotels, Sophie Station, Fairbanks, Alaska.
This very large acrylic painting of the Kennicott Copper Mill is shown from the vantage point of the road bed just before the bridge over National Creek. This bridge washed out during the flash floods in the fall of 2006 and is slated to be rebuilt. The assay office was nearly totally destroyed in the same flood. I am beginning to see the importance of the body of work that I have produced in the Wrangell-St. Elias during the last three decades, these paintings and drawings are a significant part of the contemporary history of the region. And the best part is that I have enjoyed every minute of my work.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Wrangell-St. Elias artist
