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Rainbow Art – Rainbow 7” x 9.75” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $40.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 18″x25.5″ SOLD A rainbow after a storm along the Copper River by Alaska impressionist artist Gail Niebrugge. She is emotional about both art and rainbows. “I believe rainbows are God’s promise and that a pot of [...]
Wildflower Art Print – Bloom 5.12”x 11” Offset Lithograph Open Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $25.00 Original acrylic painting 8″x17″ Not for Sale Abundant throughout Alaska, this lush and colorful wildflower Fireweed grows up to five feet in height and is known for its quick revegetation in burn areas. Two companion art prints, Transition and [...]
Wildflower Art Print -Transition 18.5” x 11” Offset Lithograph Open Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $75.00 Original acrylic painting 29″x17″ Not for Sale Abundant throughout Alaska, this lush and colorful wildflower Fireweed grows up to five feet in height and is known for its quick revegetation in burn areas. Transition portrays the complete cycle of [...]
Wildflower Art Print – Seed 5.12”x 11” Offset Lithograph Open Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $25.00 Original acrylic painting 8″x17″ Not for Sale Seed shows the wildflower Fireweed at the end of the season with its red flame colored leaves and smoke white fluffy seed tops. Two companion art prints, Bloom and Transition, may be [...]
Wildflower Art Print – Monkshood 10” x 14.5” Offset Lithograph 350 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $55.00 Original painting “Monkshood” watercolor/acrylic 14″x 20″ on rag board framed under glass 22″ x 27″, call for price and availability. How could the Monkshood blossom be called anything else? The resemblance is undeniable. Beautiful but toxic, do not [...]
Wildflower Art Print – Crocus Cluster 17” x 23” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Issue Price $110.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 22″x30″ SOLD Wildflower Crocus are the first color of Spring in Alaska. This cluster of Crocus is offered in a large, stunning fine art print.
Wildflower Art Print – Prickly Rose 10” x 14” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $55.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x 20″ SOLD Surrounding the studio of artist Gail Niebrugge, wild roses are abundant in the garden. Also known as Prickly Rose, this wildflower fine art print is now SOLD OUT.
Wildflower Art Print – Lupine 10” x 14” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $55.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 14″x20″ SOLD The splashy wildflower Lupine, often known as Blue Bonnet, is at home in fields, roadsides, mountain slopes and meadows of Alaska and is found throughout the United States. Fine art prints of the [...]
Glacier Limited Edition Print – Discovery 7” x 9.75” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $40.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 10.75″x15″ SOLD The road to Whittier, Alaska, is gilded with glaciers as it winds through Portage valley. Artist Gail Niebrugge hiked the foot path to Byron glacier and found it hidden by clouds, as [...]
Grizzly Bear Art – Playful Springs 7” x 9.75” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $40.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 10″x14″ SOLD During an art research visit to Denali National Park Gail observed a Grizzly bear sow and spring cub. While the Grizzly bear sow hunted continuously for food and watched for danger, the [...]
Poster – Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 10.5” x 27” Poster SOLD OUT Current Value $30.00 From the view at Willow Lake along the Richardson Highway in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park, the configuration of the Wrangell Mountains from left to right are; Mt. Drum, Mt. Sanford and Mt. Wrangell. Mt. Drum looks the tallest, [...]
Northern Lights Print – Night Light 21” x 22” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $140.00 US Original acrylic/watercolor painting 28.5″x30″ SOLD Dot painting, or pointillism, is the perfect technique to capture the northern lights according to artist Gail Niebrugge. The stunning print Night Light shows the northern lights in a rare coloration, [...]
Limited Edition Print – Waterfront Dawn 12” x 16” Offset Lithograph 600 Edition SOLD OUT Current Value $70.00 Issued 1995 Original acrylic painting 18″ x 25″ SOLD An Alaskan boat harbor on a clear, calm morning where the promise of a great catch, or the pleasure of watching sea life beckons. These charming wooden boats [...]
Art Print – Bountiful Earth 21.5” x 23.75” Giclee Print Limited Edition 80 SOLD OUT 8 Artist Proofs SOLD OUT Current Value $800.00 One of Gail’s favorite places in Alaska is this view of the Klutina River as it flows toward the Wrangell Mountains and joins the Copper River. Bountiful Earth fine art print is [...]
Spirit of Flight 20.75″ x 39″ Giclee Print 50 Edition 5 Artist Proofs – Sold Out Issued 2001 Original acrylic painting 25.5″x48″ SOLD Wings thrashing water, a trio of Trumpeter swans depart in the rosy glow of dawn. Sounding overhead during migration or serenely feeding on quiet water, Gail is in awe of the Trumpeter [...]
Fine Art Print – Ewe with Lambs 9″ x 13″ Offset Lithograph 600 Limited Edition SOLD OUT 60 Artist Proofs SOLD OUT Current Value $60.00 To purchase Original please call for price and availability. Hiking Alaska’s high country artist Niebrugge saw abundant wildlife, watched Dall’s sheep graze, and saw incredible vistas in dry, rocky, alpine [...]
Fine Art Print – Moose Amongus 11.25″ x 34″ Offset Lithograph 800 Limited Edition SOLD OUT 80 Artist Proofs SOLD OUT Current Value $350.00 Alaska’s urban wildlife have become habituated and sightings of moose are frequent. But, as common as these wildlife viewings are, it is always exciting to see the magnificent huge moose living [...]
Landscape Watercolor – Midday Moon 7.25” x 10” Offset Lithograph 350 Limited Edition SOLD OUT 35 Artist Proofs SOLD OUT $80.00 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 10″x14″ SOLD Alaskan watercolor painter Gail Niebrugge created this winter landscape showing the full moon midday moon casting shadows on the snow. Art prints of the watercolor Midday Moon are SOLD [...]
Limited Edition Print – Whiskers 8” x 11.25” Offset Lithograph 350 Limited Edition SOLD OUT 35 Artist Proofs SOLD OUT Issued 1998 Current Value $85.00 Protected in Alaska, the defenseless sea otter was once hunted for its fur of rare beauty and nearly exterminated. Gail’s painting of the sea otter Whiskers, limited edition print is [...]
River Gold 21” x 28” Giclee Print 40 Edition 4 Artist Proofs – Sold Out Issued 1998 Original acrylic/watercolor painting 22″x30″ SOLD
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...]