Rust in Peace
“Yellow Door” original acrylic/watercolor painting by Gail Niebrugge. Original painting Sold, prints available.
Back to the series about my life as an artist living and painting in the Wrangell-St. Elias region of Alaska. This rusty old skeleton of a Model A rests in a field in the ghost town of Chitina, along with several other parts and metal bodies from the same era of the Kennicott Copper mining days. This tiny town marks the start of a 69 mile dirt road over the abandoned historic railroad bed to the terminus at Mc Carthy. Chitina is a great place to access the Copper River and is a favorite spot to dipnet for salmon. I find many subjects to paint in and around this area, it is one of my favorite haunts.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Artist of Alaska
