Original Art, Prints and Cards
Gail in 1990 sketching between downpours of rain at the remote site of the historic Chittitu Mine, in the Wrangell/St. Elias region of interior Alaska. An Anchorage Times reporter accompanied Gail on this three-day excursion and wrote a long, detailed article about her work that was published in the Sunday Arts section of the Anchorage [...]
Original Painting by Alaska Artist Gail Niebrugge “Downtown Chisana 1989″ Original Painting 22″ x 30″ watercolor and acrylic on rag paper To purchase call for price and availability. Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge served as Artist-in-Residence for the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park after its establishment in 1980 for nearly a decade. One of her favorite settlements [...]
Original Painting by Alaska Artist Gail Niebrugge “Above the Wrangells” Original Painting 18″ x 24″ acrylic on Masonite Panel To purchase call for price and availability. The research for the painting “Above the Wrangells” was done during a flight in a small single engine airplane over the Wrangell Mountains to a remote bush settlement of [...]
“Rail Car” original acrylic/watercolor painting by Gail Niebrugge. To purchase this original painting, call for price and availability. This old Chitina lawn ornament has always puzzled me, the wheels look like they were designed to run on railroad track. I am fascinated by the shapes and shadows of broken parts, and how the wooden spokes [...]
Alaska Artist Gail Niebrugge “Floating Leaves” 22×30 watercolor/acrylic on rag paper, framed 32×40 under glass Original Painting SOLD This painting has an interesting history, the image below is the original version painted in 1986. Niebrugge submitted it with an article she had written for an artists magazine and was shocked when she saw that it [...]
Original Painting by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original Painting “Mt. Drum; North Face” acrylic original painting by Gail Niebrugge. Original painting SOLD. This painting has been part of the private collection of Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge, and was the first painting from Alaska to be accepted in the top 100 Arts for the Parks exhibit in [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge “Copper River Country” original painting 18″ x 24″ acrylic on Masonite panel SOLD Limited edition print SOLD OUT, mini art print available In 1976 Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge, her children and husband lived in a nice home one acre in the rural community of Lakeside, San Diego, California. Niebrugge [...]
Original Painting by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original Painting “Sweet Repast” acrylic on rag paper 19″ x 30″, matted and framed under glass Original SOLD, “Sweet Repast” is available as a small print, the large limited edition print is SOLD OUT. Here is an example where staying flexible and making lemon aid out of lemons paid [...]
Original Painting by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original painting “Spirit of Flight” Acrylic painting 26″ x 48″ on Sintra panel Original painting SOLD, limited edition prints available One day while sorting through her Trumpeter Swan research file, it occurred to Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge that she had been given a gift that she was not acknowledging. [...]
Original Painting by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original Painting “Trumpeters with Young” acrylic on rag board 10″ x 12″, matted and framed under glass Original painting SOLD, available as a mini print After hours of hiding in the brush watching Trumpeter Swan on Chitina Town Lake, and crawling on her belly with tripod and camera, Alaska artist [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge “Ornamental Ice” original painting Acrylic on rag paper 18″ x 24″ matted and framed under glass SOLD Time to continue to the series about Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge’s living and painting in the wilderness of Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska. Above is an original painting of the lower section of the [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge “Ultima Thule Experience” original painting Acrylic on rag board 13″ x 31.5″ matted and framed under glass SOLD. Many years ago Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge became friends with a young couple, Paul & Donna Claus, who operate an adventure guide service and lodge, Ultima Thule Outfitters, in a very [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge “Paper Birch” original painting watercolor/acrylic on rag paper 15″ x 22″ matted and framed under glass SOLD Limited edition prints small size SOLD OUT, larger sized limited edition prints available This is the view from the window of Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge’s art studio during fall when she lived [...]
Original Painting by Alaska Artist Gail Niebrugge “Last Light” 22″ x 30″ watercolor/acrylic © Sold. Driving along the Edgerton Road near Kenny Lake, Alaska, late one summer evening the road curved and aligned itself perfectly with the setting sun, instantly blinding me. Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge slowly pulled onto the shoulder and stopped the engine [...]
Original painting by Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge “Bountiful Earth” original painting Acrylic on Sintra panel 36″ x 40″ SOLD Limited edition prints SOLD OUT From Copper Center, Mt. Drum is the most prominent peak in the Wrangell Mountains. During summer it is often obscured by clouds of its own making, clearing finally just before sunset [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge “50 Below Copper Center” original painting acrylic on canvas 30″ x 40″ SOLD Unless you grew up in Southern California like Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge did, you would not understand her fascination with changes in the landscape during the extreme winter temperatures along the Copper River, Alaska. Aside from [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge “River Gold” original painting acrylic/watercolor on rag paper 22″ x 30″ matted and framed under glass 32″ 40″ SOLD Limited edition prints SOLD OUT As fall approaches in Alaska the temperatures drop and slow down the melting of glaciers. Glacier fed rivers no longer rage with muddy water bank [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge “Fishwheel” original painting acrylic on canvas 16″ x 20″ SOLD After a year of renting strange and poorly insulated mobile homes the Niebrugge family built a solid frame home of their own on an acre near the Copper River. During summer Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge walks the trail through [...]
Original painting by artist Gail Niebrugge “Rhubarb” original painting Acrylic/watercolor 22″ x 30″ matted and framed under glass 32″ x 40″ SOLD This painting won the Knickerbocker Award for Transparent Watercolor at the Knickerbocker Artists 36th Annual Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, in 1986. Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge painted it from her neighbors garden [...]
Original Painting by Alaska Artist Gail Niebrugge “Flags Up” 12″ x 16″ watercolor painting ©1985 Sold. Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge’s last post showed an acrylic painting of caribou in the Nabesna Road region of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, this work is from research in the same area but completed about ten years earlier when [...]
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...]