Gail Niebrugge's Blog
As I walked through the yard checking for chores to be completed before the first snow I noticed the reflection of bare trees in a puddle surrounded by fallen leaves. Yes, winter is on the way, but this season has a beauty all its own. I’m glad I took the time to check out the yard and observe fall from the ground up.
Gail Niebrugge, landscape artist
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...]
That is a really cool photo!
Thanks Ron! I got the new Lumix DMC-ZS3 today, wow it is too amazing to even understand. I can’t wait to try it out.
AWESOME! It turned out well.
Thanks, good to hear from you.