Comments on: Moving to the Copper River Valley, Alaska http://niebruggestudio.com/blog/moving-to-the-copper-river-valley-alaska Gail Niebrugge's Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:35:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: gail http://niebruggestudio.com/blog/moving-to-the-copper-river-valley-alaska#comment-7546 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:41:12 +0000 http://niebruggestudio.com/blog/moving-to-the-copper-river-valley-alaska#comment-7546 Noella; Oh my, you have had an interesting life as well. I enjoy your comments so much. sometimes it feels like I'm alone in this fantasy world that I've created in paint. It is nice to get feedback. Gail Noella;

Oh my, you have had an interesting life as well. I enjoy your comments so much. sometimes it feels like I’m alone in this fantasy world that I’ve created in paint. It is nice to get feedback.

Gail

]]> by: Noella Ross http://niebruggestudio.com/blog/moving-to-the-copper-river-valley-alaska#comment-7542 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:05:52 +0000 http://niebruggestudio.com/blog/moving-to-the-copper-river-valley-alaska#comment-7542 How wonderful, Gail! I will eagerly look forward each day to your paintings and your stories of your earlier days in Alaska. In 1968 I moved, with my parents, 3000 miles across Australia, from Melbourne in the East to settle in Perth on the West coast. I was 19 years old, and the single 'highway' connecting Perth with the rest of Australia still had over 700 miles of corrugated limestone and deep potholes of red bulldust (very fine, red sand). What an adventure! I love this painting, with its wonderful depth that draws me right into it. I think the lines of the mountains and lines of the the billabong formed by the river are so rewarding after being led deeply into the scene by the river, and the light reflected on the water makes it so alive and interesting. I look at the painting - and I want to be there, right in it! Love the colours too. How wonderful, Gail! I will eagerly look forward each day to your paintings and your stories of your earlier days in Alaska.

In 1968 I moved, with my parents, 3000 miles across Australia, from Melbourne in the East to settle in Perth on the West coast. I was 19 years old, and the single ‘highway’ connecting Perth with the rest of Australia still had over 700 miles of corrugated limestone and deep potholes of red bulldust (very fine, red sand). What an adventure!

I love this painting, with its wonderful depth that draws me right into it. I think the lines of the mountains and lines of the the billabong formed by the river are so rewarding after being led deeply into the scene by the river, and the light reflected on the water makes it so alive and interesting. I look at the painting - and I want to be there, right in it! Love the colours too.

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