Gail Niebrugge's Blog
We made a whirlwind trip to Kenai to deliver artwork for the upcoming Celebration of Wildlife 2012 Exhibition that opens June 1 at the Kenai Convention and Visitor Center. While we were there we managed to watch birds until the sun set, then sat up until 1:30AM visiting with our wonderful hosts Kathy and David [...]
The motley crew of old-time Glennallen, Alaska friends enjoyed the atmosphere, beer, and hospitality of the locals in Oatman, Arizona. Bob and Dave Bruno spoiled the wild Burros in Oatman with carrots and barley. I love the burros and the historic town of Oatman. Great painting subject matter. Gail Niebrugge, Alaska artist
“Sweet Repast” original acrylic painting by Gail Niebrugge. Original sold, artist proof prints available. Here is an example where staying flexible and making lemon aid out of lemons paid off very well for me. The Mc Carthy Road is famous for flat tires, it is a rare trip without getting at least one, sometimes two, [...]
“Trumpeters with Young” original acrylic painting by Gail Niebrugge. Original painting sold. After hours of hiding in the brush watching Trumpeter Swan on Chitina Town Lake, and crawling on my belly with tripod and camera, I finally got a few shots of the swans and their young before they hastily swam to the opposite shore. [...]
What a joy and a privilege it is to watch the brown bears feed and cavort in the salt marshes during the spring in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. Our time there was too short, I’m planning to return when my schedule allows. One of our best experiences was watching a sow and her two [...]
During our brown bear/seabird research trip along the coastline of Cook Inlet, Alaska, in Lake Clark National Park, we hiked to an alpine lake to explore in canoes. Pictured is Bob and our expert guide, Jen, negotiating away from an unexpected view of a black bear cub. We could not locate the mother, so thought [...]
We spent two days viewing brown bears along the Cook Inlet, Alaska, shoreline in Lake Clark National Park. It was a new experience to observe these massive animals digging for clams at low tide, foraging for food in the tall grasses and interact with each other as the mating season began. Our first day we [...]
We had a fabulous trip to view brown bears and watch the early nest building of seabirds, Murres and Puffins, at an island rookery in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The photo above shows me climbing over rocks to gain a closer view of the birds. This area was an incredible natural rock garden with early blooming [...]
“Green Aurora” original acrylic painting in pointillism by Gail Niebrugge. Original sold, limited edition prints sold out, a few Artist Proofs are available. On a clear night during winter the green aurora borealis can be found dancing in the sky somewhere. One has only to watch and wait and this beautiful phenomena will appear. Unfortunately [...]
Continued…. The final day of our stay at Nugget Creek in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, in 1994, we packed up our gear and loaded the ATV’s for the 20 mile drive back to our trailer and van at Strelna Creek. Nugget Creek was flowing high and fast, we watched and waited but saw [...]
Continued….. More from my journal notes from a trip to a cabin near Nugget Creek in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, in 1994. Every day we drove to a spot along the trail where we were pretty sure we could view Mt. Blackburn, the highest peak in the Wrangell mountains. I remember seeing a [...]
“Red Aurora” original acrylic painting in pointillism by Gail Niebrugge, original sold, limited edition prints sold out, some Artists Proofs available. If you haven’t had the pleasure to witness a red aurora borealis, you have missed a spectacular, wondrous event. The red-colored northern lights are like nothing else, even the very best man-made artificial laser [...]
“Night Light” original acrylic painting in pointillism by Gail Niebrugge. Original painting sold, limited edition prints available. My goal is to paint the northern lights in a unique way to show how truly awesome they are. I want my paintings to stand out from the usual colored-sky-silhouette-tree approach that are quickly banged out on gold [...]
Continued….. While on a trip to Nugget Creek in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in 1994, we found the ruins of an old copper mine on the hillside not far from our cabin. Prospectors began searching the Kuskulana River region during 1899, and mined the Nugget Creek property for nearly a decade with little positive [...]
Continued….. Our 1994 trip to Nugget Creek in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park was a great opportunity to explore the surrounding area. We motored our ATV’s along the gravel bars of the Kuskulana River and headed east toward the head waters and the terminus of the Kuskulana Glacier. Every day during our stay it rained, [...]
Continued……. Excepts from my journal of a trip in 1994 to a remote cabin above Nugget Creek in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. We settled into an interesting schedule during our five days at the cabin, exploring the area on our ATV’s, scoping the river and canyon walls with binoculars to observe wild game, [...]
“Mile 60 Richardson” original acrylic and watercolor painting by Gail Niebrugge, sold. I become frenzied as I try to gather as much research as I can during fall in Alaska’s interior, the season is short and brilliant lasting about two and a half weeks. I grow even more frantic as it begins to peak, I [...]
Continued…… From my journal of a 1994 trip in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, to a private cabin deep in the remote wilderness above Nugget Creek in the Wrangell mountains. The minute we unlocked the cabin door and peered inside we were again struck dumb and unable to speak. Not only was the location [...]
“The Woodshed” ink drawing 4.5″ x 6″ ©Gail Niebrugge, collection of the artist. Continued…… The continuing story from my 1994 journal/sketch book of our trip in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, to a cabin above Nugget Creek in the Wrangell Mountains. The woodshed/outhouse duo was tucked against the canyon wall about 30′ before the [...]
Continued……. We continued riding our ATV’s up the ridge that followed Nugget Creek in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park on a 1994 research trip, searching for the trail that led to the private cabin where we planned to stay. A sparsely traveled track appeared to the left leading to a steep sided peninsula jutting into [...]
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...]