Gail Niebrugge's Blog
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 [...]
Alaska Mountain – “Pioneer Peak” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic painting, four panels, each 18″x46″ SOLD The Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Alaska, is surrounded by glorious landscape; glaciers, rivers and mountains. The most recognized mountain, “Pioneer Peak” shown in the early fall is an acrylic painting by Gail Niebrugge, now [...]
Denali Mini Print – “Perennial Favorites” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 22″x30″ SOLD On a clear day in Denali National Park, Alaska, Mt. McKinley dominates the scene flanked by patches of hot pink Fireweed. During July and August this superabundant wildflower adorns the tundra throughout the state. [...]
Denali Art Print – “Mirror Image” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 15″x22″ SOLD At an elevation of 20,320 feet, Mt. McKinley is the highest mountain on the North American continent. Because the mountain creates its own weather, visitors to Alaska’s Denali National Park rarely see this impressive [...]
Fishing Boat Print – Buddies Fishing Boat Print 4”x 6” image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 US Original acrylic painting SOLD. Another favorite from my Valdez, Alaska, research is the boat harbor home to every possible type of sea craft used for fishing. These old wooden vessels have stories to tell. Framed [...]
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, [...]
Giclee Print – “Showy Iris” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting “Showy Iris”, 14″x20″ SOLD The wild Iris grows in large areas the size of football fields in the Eklutna Flats along the Glenn Highway near the Knick River bridge between Peters Creek and Palmer, Alaska. In the [...]
Christmas Wishing Well – Wishing Well 4”x 6” image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 US Original acrylic/watercolor painting 10″ x 14″ Wishing Well SOLD. This charming structure of a wishing well is decorated with colorful lights for the Christmas season. I found it one night during a snow storm and as the [...]
Mini Giclee Matted – Bountiful Earth 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic painting 30″x40″ SOLD One of Gail’s favorite views in Alaska is looking at the Klutina River as it flows toward the Wangell Mountains and joins the Copper River. The artist featured Mt. Drum, a centerpiece in the [...]
Fine Art Print – “Discovery” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 10.75″x15″ SOLD The road through Portage valley to Whittier, Alaska, is gilded with glaciers. The artist, Gail Niebrugge, hiked the foot path near Portage Glacier to the Byron Glacier to find this stunning scene to paint. This [...]
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 [...]
Miniature Giclee – “Icy Calm” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x20″ framed 21″x 27″ SOLD. “Icy Calm” original painting of Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, surrounded by the colors of October, tamed and docile readying itself to rest under a blanket of snow, waiting to come alive again [...]
Digital Print – “Lunch Break” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original watercolor/acrylic painting 10″x14″ SOLD The Sea Otter lives in shallow water areas along Alaska’s shores and usually do not migrate and are members of the weasel family. They are gregarious and may become concentrated in an area, in rafts [...]
Brown Bear Mini Print – Itchy Bear Brown Bear Mini Print 4”x 6” image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 US Original acrylic painting SOLD. Appearing agitated this brown bear was insatiable as he wrapped his body around Denali’s Toklat River bridge sign in every conceivable contortion, writhing and twisting, leaning and scraping. [...]
Brown Bear Painting – Pushy Bear 4”x 6” image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 US Original acrylic painting SOLD. One evening at Toklat River bridge in Denali National Park, Alaska, a brown bear appeared and immediately began to push and paw the sign nearly tearing it from the ground. As we watch [...]
Fine Art Print – “Steller Quartet” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x20″, framed 21″x 27″ call for availability and price. The Steller Sea Lion in Alaska is listed under the Endangered Species Act, although the populations have been on the increase since 1980. They can be found [...]
Digital Watercolor Print – “Acappella” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x20″ framed matted under glass 21″x27″ Call for price and availability. The Steller Sea Lion in Alaska, summer on exposed rocky outcroppings in traditional rookeries to breed and pup, and migrate to spend winters in protected areas. [...]
Mini Giclee Print – “Iris, Forget-me-not & Fireweed” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 16″x18″ SOLD Artist Gail Niebrugge incorporated this design using Wild Iris, the wildflower Fireweed, and Alaska’s state flower Forget-me-not, into a large outdoor mural, 32 long by 8 high, located in Kawabe Park downtown [...]
Mini Print – “Iris & Forget-me-not” 4″x6″ image matted 8″x10″ Giclee Print Open Edition Signed $30.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x18″, framed 20″x24″ SOLD Artist Gail Niebrugge incorporated this design, using Wild Iris and Alaska’s state flower Forget-me-not, into a large outdoor mural, 32′ long by 8′ high, located in Kawabe Park downtown Seward, Alaska. More [...]
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...]