Original Painting of Fun in the Snow
“Fun Day” original watercolor/ink painting by Gail Niebrugge, Sold.
It is not dark all winter in Alaska, just during the six weeks around the solstice in December and January. Once the daylight grows longer, temperatures warm slightly and the winter fun begins. People emerge from everywhere, like ants crawling from under rocks, and use any and all means to slide, ride, skate, ski, and move about on the snow. Fun Day in Copper Center is when all the neighbors gather at the top of a small hill and “tube”, careening every which way at out of control speeds on truck tire inner tubes. Here, I’ve painted a moment in time capturing a record breaking number of people on one tube. Unfortunately the load was so heavy, the tube hardly moved! Another day in the Wrangell-St. Elias wilderness.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska Artist
