The Trees Along our Road
“Paper Birch” original painting watercolor/acrylic with pointillism by Gail Niebrugge.
This is the view from the window of my art studio during fall when we lived in Copper Center. Each day my walk down the dirt road to the Copper River is greatly enhanced by the incredible intensity of color of the changing leaves of the season.
Growing up in Southern California did not prepare me for the unbelievable beauty of changing seasons. In that semi-arid climate, spring is green and then everything turns brown. By mid-summer the grass is dormant, fields are yellow-brown, tan colored sage brush and tumbleweeds dominate the backcountry, only the trees stay green.
Even today, after three decades in Alaska, I still stand in awe of fall.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaskas Artist
