Gail Niebrugge's Blog
Fireweed Giclee – Vintage Valley Original acrylic painting 13″ x 18″ commissioned for Teeland Middle School Library, Wasilla, Alaska 9” x 12.5″ Giclee print 200 Edition $140.00 14” x 19″ Giclee print 200 Edition $240.00 This beautiful original painting by Gail Niebrugge “Vintage Valley,” featuring the wildflower fireweed against a weathered historic wooden wagon wheel [...]
Print of Painting – Creek Street Creek Street 5.5”x 7.5” Mini Giclee Art Print on Paper Open Edition Signed $30.00 US Original 11″ x 15″ watercolor/acrylic painting “Creek Street” SOLD. In Ketchikan, Alaska, Creek Street is not a street at all but a boardwalk perched on pilings over the water serving as access to a [...]
Kennicott Art – Kennicott Stabilized 9” x 12” Fine Art Print 600 Edition s/n $60.00 Original acrylic painting 36″ x 47″ SOLD The historic Kennicott Copper Mine is situated along side the moraine of the Kennicott Glacier in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Listening to the glacier calve or hiking on the glacier ice [...]
Kantishna Cabin Print – Summer Place 10” x 14” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition s/n $60.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x20″ SOLD Established as a mining camp in 1905, Kantishna is located at the end of the road in Denali National Park, Alaska. This charming print of the Kantishna cabin registrars office can be yours today by [...]
Pen & Ink Giclee – Salty Dawg Saloon 8″ x 10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $25.00 Original pen and ink drawing 6.5″ x 8.5″ framed 11.5″x13.5″ SOLD. This historic Alaska landmark, the Salty Dawg Saloon, is located near the tip of the Homer Spit and is famous as a raucous, wild, crazy bar. This [...]
Pen & Ink Print – Cafe Cups 8″ x 10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $25.00 Original pen and ink drawing 6.5″ x 8.5″ framed 11.5″x13.5″ SOLD. Cafe cups is a charming, eclectic restaurant in Homer, Alaska. Gail used the techniques of crosshatch and stipple to create the shapes and values in this pen and [...]
Historic Fine Art – Nugget Creek Truck 8×10 Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $25.00 US Original pen and ink drawing 10″ x 14″ framed 18″ x 22″ Call for price and availability Another vintage truck from my research in the Copper River Basin, Alaska, found during a week exploring the Nugget Creek Trail in the [...]
Historic Fine Art – Wasilla Tractor 8×10 Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $25.00 US Original pen and ink drawing 10″ x 14″ framed 18″ x 22″ Call for price and availability I didn’t have to forage through Alaska’s wilderness to find this rusty treasure, this antique tractor is parked at the Alaska Museum of Transportation [...]
Historic Fine Art – Coupe at Chitina 8×10 Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $25.00 US Original pen and ink drawing 10″ x 14″ framed 18″ x 22″ Call for price and availability During one of my expeditions along the boackroads of the Wrangell-St. Elias region of Alaska, I found this relic stashed in the willows [...]
Historic Fine Art – Napier Car 8×10 Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $25.00 US Original pen and ink drawing 10″ x 14″ framed 18″ x 22″ Call for price and availability Touring New Zealand I found the enchanting art deco town of Napier home to many lovingly restored classic vehicles. Something about old cars has [...]
Historic Fine Art – Truck Near Strelna 8×10 Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $25.00 US Original pen and ink drawing 10″ x 14″ framed 18″ x 22″ Call for price and availability I found this old truck tucked away in the willows just off the road to McCarthy near the tiny settlement of Strelna in [...]
Print – “Mascot Saloon” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic painting 18″x24″, framed matted under glass 32″x 37″ call for availability and price. The Mascot Saloon has been restored to its 1905-1916 appearance by the National Park Service as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Skagway, [...]
Matted Art Print – Kennicott, Stabilized 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic painting 36″x47″ SOLD For more than thirty years Gail has been researching, studying and painting the historic Kennicott Copper Mine located in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. The once crumbling structures are undergoing stabilization for the [...]
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...]