I love it when the art booth is so busy that I have to stand outside in the aisle.  This photo is taken Saturday at the IABA Home Show at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska, during the middle of the day the aisles were jammed with people.  I think a combination of nice weather [...]

The show opens at 2:00PM, Friday March 25, in the Carlson Center, Fairbanks, and looks wonderful!  Of course, 40º+ weather helps, water is running down the streets from giant piles of melting snow stockpiled along the edges and in parking lots.  The sun is blinding as it reflects off the melting, glassy white crystals, and [...]

We arrived in Alaska, after long flight delays in Maui, in the middle of the night, fortunately our shuttle to the valley waited patiently for us.  The wind is still blowing out here, nothing has changed in the last six weeks, the lake is still frozen, snow is drifted in areas where the wind can’t [...]

We are having a great show at the Dena’ina Convention Center, the Arts and Crafts Emporium.  One more day to go today, Sunday November 21.  Great people, good atmosphere, yummy food, and my wonderful friends and collectors.  Thank you, hope to see you today! Gail Niebrugge, Alaska painter

The cargo trailer is nearly loaded for our last show of the season, the Christmas Arts & Crafts Emporium this Saturday and Sunday, November 20 & 21, at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center downtown Anchorage, Alaska.  We will set up the booth most of the day on Friday.  It always amazes me that it [...]

Wow, the end of a whirlwind twelve days in the art booth at the Palmer Alaska State Fair.  It is amazing how fast the fairgrounds clear out afterward.  Semis, loaders, vans, trucks, and trailers line the empty trails, the sounds of hammers and clanging pipes fill the air as structures are dismantled and packed.  Our [...]

I am blessed with of the best collectors and friends, Vicki and Warren Enyeart are among them.  They always stop to visit our booth and share great stories and information.  Warren has taken his photography quite seriously as of late and sent this photo that he took in my booth last night.  I love the [...]

In between periods of warm sun at the state fair, occasional thunder showers drench the crowd and send everyone scurrying for cover.  During cloud bursts our art booth quickly fills up with wet, dripping folks smelling of damp wool.  Crowded walkways are suddenly empty and the booth across from us removes the sun glasses display [...]

At the Alaska state fairgrounds in Palmer we have enough room behind our booth to park our camper.  Having our rig close by makes our time at the fair comfortable and convenient, and offers a place to take a quick nap or grab a bite to eat.  The kitchen table gives us a space (out [...]

Sunday and Monday were sunny and warm at the fair, our booth faces west and is flooded with wonderful afternoon and evening sunlight.  I love standing in the doorway and feeling the warmth, something I’ve missed this summer.  The week days are a great time to attend, crowds are less and the pace is comfortable.  [...]

Saturday it rained buckets at the Palmer Fairgrounds, literal lakes formed along the walkways and flooded the unfortunate booths in tents without floors.  We are so thankful for our soundly built booth with a good roof and floor that keeps us high and dry.  Our booth was packed almost all day with friends, collectors and [...]

Occasional drizzle and scattered showers during the Alaska State Fair on Friday brought out a colorful array of umbrellas.  My creative mind took over and dominated my sensibility during my spare time, I began photographing the umbrella parade from the doors of our art booth.  People watching at the fair is fun, the face paint, [...]

The Art Shop Gallery, Homer, Alaska, has a beautiful upstairs display room where the first Friday celebrations take place.  We had a lively, busy, entertaining evening chatting with friends, customers and tourists during the show.  Of particular interest was that several of my Facebook “friends” stopped in to introduce themselves.  I greatly appreciate the efforts [...]

Bob is busily working to put the finishing touches on our booth at the Carlson Center, in Fairbanks.  We have a fabulous location right by the front doors with beautiful lighting, the walls are loaded with art.  We are featuring our new canvas giclee print of the Sandhill Cranes titled “Wing Dancing”.  We are enjoying [...]

I will be signing prints and books at the Town Square Gallery in Wasilla from 1-4PM today. The gallery is located in the Carrs mall next to Radio Shack just off the Parks Highway, Wasilla, Alaska. I look forward to visiting with customers in this beautiful gallery. Janet, the owner, has stocked the shop with [...]

Tearing down our booth Sunday night at the Denai’na Center, Anchorage, Alaska, was a joy and a breeze. We are treated like spoiled kids by Bill Webb and the staff of the Anchorage Markets and Festivals, the show promoter. Since we are one of the slowest to pack-up, the huge building is nearly empty when [...]

Our booth was ready to go by mid-afternoon Friday, the set-up is really easy at the Denai’na Convention Center in downtown Anchorage. About 50% of the booths were built by the time we left and when we return in the morning the place will be packed and busy, ready to open at 10:00AM. This Arts [...]