Gail Niebrugge's Blog
Denali Fall Print -Tundra Bull 20.5” x 27.5″ Giclee print 40 Edition, 4 Artist Proofs $450.00 SOLD OUT 14” x 19″ Giclee print 120 Edition, 12 Artist Proofs $225.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 22″x30″ SOLD Each fall Gail spends as much time in Denali National Park park as she can, observing moose during the rut and [...]
Moose Fine Art – Cow with Calf Original acrylic painting 18″ x 27″ commissioned for Teeland Middle School Library, Wasilla, Alaska 5.25″ x 8″ Mini offset lithograph Open Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $22.00 Thousands of moose roam in the wild near the studio of Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge. The new fine art Giclee print [...]
Wildlife Art Prints – Cotton Grass Bear 9” x 13” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $48.00 60 Artist Proofs $80.00 Available Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x18″ SOLD Absorbed in photographing cotton grass, the artist was unaware that a Grizzly bear approached. As she raised her head her eyes locked into the eyes of [...]
Fine Art Print – Caribou Country 9” x 13” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $48.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x 20″ SOLD Large patches of yellow flowers share the rocky slopes with caribou in Denali National Park. With Mt. McKinley in the background, this is truly Caribou Country. Fine art prints are SOLD [...]
Kennicott Print – Frozen Copper 9” x 14.5” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT 60 Artist Proofs Current Value $100.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 18″x29″ SOLD The historic Kennicott copper mine, located deep in the heart of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, is a favorite subject for artist Gail Niebrugge. This beautiful art print of Frozen [...]
Limited Edition Print – Co Habitants 10.5” x 13.5” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $55.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x18″ SOLD A curious bear circled and sniffed for food around this Alaska wilderness cabin, but was effectively deterred by the installation of rusty saw blades mounted across the windows. Humans and bears live [...]
Watercolor Print – Pioneers 15” x 19” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $85.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 21″x27″ SOLD The mountain Pioneer Peak dominates the view in Palmer, Alaska. Pioneers, a watercolor painting, is available as a fine art print is now SOLD OUT.
Historic Cache Print – Cache 7.5” x 11” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $40.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 12″x18″ SOLD This historic cache is used by frontier Alaskans to keep food and provisions out of the reach of hungry bears and other wildlife. The fine art print Cache is SOLD OUT.
Northern Lights Print – Christmas Cabin 9” x 11.5” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $48.00 US Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x18″ SOLD Christmas tree lights in rural Alaska are enhanced by a spectacular display of northern lights dancing across the night sky. This exquisite watercolor as a fine art print is now SOLD [...]
Miniature Print – Pond Lily Swans 5.5” x 7.25“ Mini Art Print Open Edition SOLD OUT $22.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 12″ x 16″ SOLD This original painting of Trumpeter Swans was painted as a specific commission for a collector who has accumulated an amazing number of swan originals. Gail was happy to accept the commission [...]
Art Prints – Red Fox & Barn Original acrylic painting 18″ x 24″ commissioned for Teeland Middle School Library, Wasilla, Alaska 5.25” x 8″ Mini Art Print Open Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $22.00 One day as Gail was working nearby, a curious red fox kit approached and watched her curiously for over an hour [...]
Fine Art Print -Skating 5.5” x 8.25” Mini Art Print Open Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $19.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 13.5″x20″ SOLD Skating is a fine art print of the Gakona Lodge in Alaska. Legend decrees this lodge to be haunted, inhabited by a “good” ghost. Gakona lodge is one of the few remaining, functioning [...]
Artist Painting – Gardening 6” x 8” Mini Art Print Open Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $19.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 12″x16″ SOLD This log home with a garden of vegetables and flowers is enriched by the continuous summer daylight of Alaska. Gardening, a painting by artist Gail Niebrugge is available as an artist print now [...]
Boat Print – Seining 5.5” x 7.75“ Mini Art Print Open Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $22.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 10″ x 14″ SOLD Seining boats can be found working everywhere along the Alaska coastline during the season. This beautiful miniature art print “Seining”, printed from an original painting by Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge.
Pioneer Peak Print – Pioneers 15” x 19” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Original acrylic/watercolor painting 21″x27″ SOLD The artist can see this view of Pioneer Peak from her studio in Palmer, Alaska. In the landscape foreground is one of the many farms established by the colonists in the early 1930’s. Pioneers can be [...]
Matanuska River Print – Fall of Snow 10” x 14” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition s/n SOLD OUT Current Value $55.00 U.S. Original acrylic/watercolor painting 20″x28″ SOLD Alaska artist Gail Niebrugge lives near the magnificent Matanuska River and enjoys painting the seasonal changes. This beautiful fine art print Fall of Snow is now SOLD OUT.
Mt. McKinley Painting – Perennial Favorites 12.5” x 17” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition s/n SOLD OUT 60 Artist Proofs Current Value $150.00 U.S. Original acrylic/watercolor painting 22″x30″ SOLD On a clear day in Denali National Park, Alaska, Mt. McKinley dominates the landscape flanked by patches of hot pink Fireweed. This painting by artist Gail Niebrugge [...]
Denali Art Prints – Mirror Image 10.5” x 15.5” Offset Lithograph 350 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $60.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 15″x22″ SOLD At an elevation of 20,320 feet, Denali is the highest mountain on the North American continent and is the center of Denali National Park, Alaska. Art prints of Mirror Image clearly show [...]
McKinley Limited Editions – Alaska’s Legacy 8” x 11” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $45.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 22″x30″ SOLD During a wildlife viewing hike in Denali National Park the artist observed the mountain, McKinley, from this unique point of view. Limited editions of Alaska’s Legacy are SOLD OUT.
Landscape Art Print – Sleeping Lady 12″ x 17″ Offset Lithograph 600 Edition s/n SOLD OUT $75.00 U.S. Original acrylic painting 14.25″x20″ SOLD Spectacular sunsets over Alaska’s Mt. Susitna, better known as Sleeping Lady, are a regular occurrence. Sunset landscape Sleeping Lady fine art print is now SOLD OUT.
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...]