Volcanic Summit Up Close and Personal
Drum’s Peak original acrylic painting by Gail Niebrugge. Sold.
Mt. Drum appears to be the tallest peak in the Wrangell mountain range from the vantage point of Copper Center, even though it is only 12,010 feet in height compared its neighbors Mt. Sanford at 16,237 feet, and Mt. Blackburn at 16,390 feet. The summit of Mt. Drum is an inactive glacier-clad volcano and interesting to inspect up close from an aerial perspective. I flew around the peak of Mt. Drum at every opportunity, and after I quit piloting my own plane I’d actively seek a chance to hop a flight on a “space available” status at a moments notice. I love that mountain and have painted it countless times. This painting won the “Purchase Award” at the All Alaska Juried Exhibition, Anchorage Museum of History and Art in 1984, and was acquired by the Valdez Museum, Valdez, Alaska.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge Artist of Alaska
