Original Art, Prints and Cards
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original Ink/Watercolor “Old Bulldozer Kennicott” Watercolor/ink 13″ x 16″ on rag board, framed 18″ x 20″ Call for price and availability. Part of Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge collection of drawings of historic relics and equipment associated with history in rural Alaska, is this bulldozer that resides at the Kennicott [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original Drawing “St. Peters Episcopal” Ink drawing on rag board 13 x 17″, framed under glass 20″ x 24″ Call for price and availability. Built in 1906 this beautiful historic church is located on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Adams Street, the rectory alongside was built in 1918. [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge “Tidewater” original ink drawing Pen and Ink drawing on Bristol paper 10″ x 14″, framed under glass Call for price and availability. What Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge loves about waterfront buildings in the small coastal towns of Southeast Alaska is that they stand high above ground on pilings to [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge “McCarthy Road” original drawing ink on Bristol Paper 13″ x 16″, framed under glass 17″ x 23″ Call for price and availability This 1992 ink drawing by Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge is a montage of sights seen along the unique 60 mile gravel road from Chitina to McCarthy, Alaska. [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original drawing “Kitty’s House” ink on Bristol paper 11″ x 15″, framed under glass 18″ x 24″ Call for price and availability Another ink drawing in Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge’s series of historic buildings, the Kitty Hensley House is located in the former Alaskaland, now called Pioneer Park, Fairbanks. [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original Drawing “Copper Center Lodge” Pen and ink drawing on Bristol board 16″x20″, framed under glass 24″x30″ Call for price and availability. This is the original pen and ink drawing by Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge for the sold-out limited edition print published in 1985, and brings back many memories. [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original ink drawing “Kodiak Harbor” Pen and ink on Bristol paper 10.5″ x 11″, framed under glass 15″ x 15″ Call for price and availability. Kodiak, Alaska, is is know as Alaska’s emerald island and certainly lived up to its name during Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge’s visits. Lush with [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original ink drawing “Rika’s Roadhouse” Pen and ink drawing on Bristol paper 11″ x 15″, framed under glass 17″ x 21″ Call for price and availability. Rika’s Roadhouse is the centerpiece of the Big Delta State Historical Park, Delta, and another in Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge’s drawings of historic [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original ink drawing “Tisha’s House” Pen and ink drawing on Bristol paper 11″ x 15″, framed under glass 17″ x 21″ Call for price and availability. This is a pen and ink drawing by Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge of the old school house of a young teacher, Anne Hobbs, [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original drawing “Johnny Busia’s Cabin” Pen and ink drawing on Bristol paper 11″ x 15″ unframed Call for price and availability. Several years ago Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge was the featured artist at Kantishna Roadhouse, in Denali National Park, giving slide shows and informal talks during the evenings for [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original drawing “Rose Building” Pen and ink drawing on Bristol paper 11″ x 15″ unframed Call for price and availability. During Gail Niebrugge’s time as an artist living in rural Alaska she sought out and sketched many historic buildings and equipment. Her very first prints were ink drawings of [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original drawing “Dredge at Flat” Pen and ink drawing on Bristol paper 11″ x 15″ unframed Call for price and availability. Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge is always on the lookout for historic places and relics, she loves drawing and painting these subjects, and was amazed to discover a treasure [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original drawing “Yellow Dreyas and Pot” Ink/watercolor on rag board 10″ x 14″, framed under glass 16″ x 20″ Call for price and availability. Fluffy, fuzzy white cottony heads of the yellow Dreyas glowing when back lit by the sun, are found along rocky river shorelines and washes in [...]
Original Drawing by Artist Gail Niebrugge Original Drawing “Bishops Beach” Ink and watercolor drawing by Gail Niebrugge, To purchase original call for price and availability. Another drawing from Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge’s sketchbook during her recent visit to Homer, Alaska. Bishops Beach is strewn with piles of driftwood, huge tree trunks scattered along the high [...]
Original drawing by artist Gail Niebrugge Original drawing “The Office; Kennicott” ink/watercolor 12″ x 16″ on rag board, matted and framed under glass SOLD Back to the series on Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge’s early days living and painting the Wrangell-St. Elias. One of the artists favorite buildings at historic Kennicott Copper Mine in the Wrangell-St. [...]
“Napier Car” ink drawing 10″x 14″ ©Gail Niebrugge Here is the finished drawing. Unfortunately I have no idea the make and model of this classic. While doing research for paintings I’m looking for shape, light and shadow, and interesting lines and I become absorbed in these details. This vehicle at this angle had it all. [...]
Multiple layers of crosshatch ink lines have created the significant values in this drawing of the classic car I found in the Art Deco city of Napier, New Zealand. I’m going to darken the darkest values with yet another layer of parallel lines to finish the drawing. Gail Niebrugge, pen and ink drawing
A pleasing pattern is emerging by concentrating my ink crosshatch build-up in areas of shadow and using the dark value as a background. The above sketch shows the beginning of the third layer of parallel lines on the upper right background behind the vehicle. To reach the darkest dark I may need five or six [...]
With my passion for old cars I was thrilled to see a display of fully restored vintage vehicles while on our trip last year to New Zealand. In the sketch above I found this classic parked at the dock in the Art Deco city of Napier. I went crazy in Napier, the Art Deco style [...]
Here is the finished drawing of “Wasilla Tractor” ink 10″ x 14″ ©Gail Niebrugge. This gem is located at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry, Wasilla, Alaska, that is open to the public in the summer. A worthwhile place to visit. Below is a detail of part of the drawing. It took 5-6 layers [...]
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...]