Tree Lights with Star Artwork
“Star Lights” original acrylic and watercolor painting in pointillism by Gail Niebrugge, Sold.
With the cost of electricity the highest in the nation, home owners in the Wrangell-St. Elias wilderness of Alaska conserve energy. Most heat systems are supplemented with wood burning stoves, and at Christmas very few, if any, outdoor decoration lighting is used. But, as an artist I can fantasize and paint the way a place could look if electricity was affordable. Ordinarily this lodge would be dimly lit, a small glow emanating from the windows and the cabins would be dark, boarded up for winter. I brought the whole scene to life using my imagination. It is fun to create and live my own little world. The fantasy life of an artist.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska wilderness art
