Gail Niebrugge's Blog
Breakfast at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson. What a change from -22 degrees in Alaska. Yesterday we spent the morning with our old friends at Arizona Lithographers, we’ve been doing business with them for more than 20 years. It was so much fun to reminisce with the owner, John Davis, and put a face [...]
After three days of shredding files my shredder bit the dust, it will only run in reverse spitting wads of confetti sized paper out the top. One of the pitfalls of a home office is that unless we fix broken stuff ourselves, no one else will. The remote phones are not holding a charge, so [...]
Yesterday another blizzard, I watched from the upstairs studio windows only able to discern objects that were close, the distance blurred by white haze. Our chairs at the end of the dock nearly buried, iron sentinels in a white landscape. A good day to catch up clearing out file cabinets, shredding paper, filling five big [...]
All artwork, original or prints, is subject to fading. Many color pigments in artist paint are fugitive and will fade in direct sunlight. Therefore, as a rule of thumb, we advise collectors to never hang artwork where it will be in direct sun. Another consideration is fluorescent bulbs, those that contain high levels of UV [...]
We’ve had some difficulty over the last three weeks with the shopping cart on this website, all is now well and working again. To make a purchase simply click on the image and the shopping instructions will be at the bottom, follow all the prompts and the order will be sent directly to Niebrugge Studio [...]
The time is here to clean, polish, stock, and hang artwork in our booth at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. Most of the buildings have been moved from storage and placed in their designated spaces, ours is on the Red Trail next to the Halibut Hut kitty-corner from Vagabond Blues two spaces from Pioneer [...]
The second day of meetings with the Alaska State Council on the Arts in Juneau, Alaska, was jam-packed. We met in the beautiful Juneau Arts & Humanities Council building and were surrounded by paintings from a recent juried art show, the Alaska State Teacher of the Year, Lorrie Heagy, gave a moving and inspirational presentation [...]
Saturday we attended the opening reception of the new Anchorage VA Outpatient Clinic and did a tour of all of the beautiful Per Cent for Art installed in the building. It is an impressive collection! In the upstairs lobby south wing my painting “Grassy Wetlands” graces the wall. Another painting “Backwater” hangs in the prosthetic [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge for the 2002 Alaska State Fair Poster. Yesterday I had several requests to sign copies of the poster I created for the 2002 fair, titled “Its Bloomin’ Fun”. One booth, the Cornucopia, has a collection of 20-25 posters from past years all framed and hung on the walls and [...]
Here are photos of the seven individual pieces of art to be installed today in the lobby and right hallway of the Palmer Courthouse. The title of the entire work is “Seven Sandhills Soaring”. Crane #4b, 33″x 48″ ©Gail Niebrugge Crane #5b, 46″ x 51″ ©Gail Niebrugge Crane #11c, 32″ x 43″ ©Gail Niebrugge Crane [...]
The painters arrived today at the Palmer Courthouse, ready to paint the upper walls in preparation for installation of my artwork on Thursday, November 11, Veterans Day, while the building is closed. This scissor lift will be used to access the high walls to paint and for the installation. I am anxious to get the [...]
I’m so excited to display a new giclee limited edition print “Fiery Leaves” at our booth during the Mat-Su Holiday Marketplace this weekend, November 6-7, at the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla, Alaska. Bob just finished framing print #2 and it is stunning! Fiery Leaves is 20″x30″ printed on heavy acid free paper with hand [...]
Last Thursday I had the honor to attend the Governor’s Awards for Arts and Humanities in Fairbanks, Alaska, as a member of the board of directors of the Alaska State Council on the Arts. The event was hosted by a partnership between the Alaska State Arts Council, Alaska Humanities Forum, Fairbanks Arts Association and the [...]
I found a few spare hours during the NASAA conference in Austin, Texas, to walk about the beautiful city. I enjoyed hiking several miles around Town Lake in the middle of downtown where a myriad of walking/jogging trails, bridges, and benches are located serving outdoor enthusiasts, dog lovers and those seeking a good work out [...]
During the busy NASAA convention in Austin, Texas, the Texas Commission on the Arts provided special flavors and entertainment breaks with performances by soprano Alicia Gianni, zydeco accordionist Keyun Dickson, musical actors from Austin’s ZACH Theater, we were entertained at lunch by Mariachi Los Gallos, and another luncheon serenade by two incredible violinists sponsored by [...]
I just returned from a wonderful conference, Assembly 2010, hosted by the Texas Commission on the Arts, presented by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, held at the beautiful Omni Hotel in Austin, Texas. The photo above shows the Networking Breakfast Buffet held in the hotel Atrium Lobby. Directors and Council members from 49 [...]
If you have visited the Palmer Courthouse recently you might be wondering about the three big squares of different colored paint on the entry wall. The maintenance department is ready to paint the upper portions of the entry wall and the right hallway in preparation for the Per Cent for Art project that I am [...]
Boy’s and Girl’s Club 2010 Auction Gala at the Sheraton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska, September 18, starting at 5:00PM will feature a canvas giclee of “Wing Dancing” and other items by artist Gail Niebrugge. Bob and I will attend this glittery event, and lend support for the auction. This is a very worthy cause, I look [...]
I’m exhausted from two very intense days of meetings with 20+ leaders in the Alaska arts, culture and humanities who have volunteered to serve on the State Arts Council’s Cultural Trust Taskforce to define, and establish a yet unnamed entity that will eventually help fund future creative endeavors in Alaska communities. One member described our [...]
Ready for opening day at the fair with sunshine and flower pots from our yard gracing the doorway to our booth. Many of my Facebook friends, old neighbors and collectors stopped to visit and purchase art. Here’s hoping this wonderful weather continues. Meanwhile the smells of junk food and sounds of music, bells, whistles, and [...]
Gail Niebrugge (Knee-brew-ghe) born and raised in California has pursued art since childhood, winning a poster contest on the Johnny Jet television show at the age of twelve. Gail began her career as an illustrator for the US Navy and Marines in San Diego, and later established the Instructional Media Center for the Grossmont High School District in La Mesa, California. The Niebrugge family fell in love with Alaska while on vacation in 1976 and never returned home, instead they established a residence and studio in the remote interior settlement of Copper Center where the artist painted … [Read More...]
Wikipedia defines pointillism as; "a style of painting in which small distinct points of primary colors create the impression of a wide selection of secondary and intermediate colors." It goes on to say that the mind and the eye mix the color spots into a full range of tones and that it is closely related to Divisionism. Divisionism was practiced by Georges Seurat during the Neo-Impressionism period. He broke his color into basic elements and painted very small and regular dots. His dots are carefully placed as to not touch each other, so the white under painted canvas shows around all of the dots. I call my painting technique pointillism, but technically it is incorrect according to Wikipedia. The difference between my technique and true pointillism is that I use … [Read More...]