Where did my winter go?
Last month the lawn was under snow, now it is turning green again. The lake is still frozen. Fairbanks just had a record snow. Very strange weather indeed!
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Where did my winter go?
Last month the lawn was under snow, now it is turning green again. The lake is still frozen. Fairbanks just had a record snow. Very strange weather indeed!
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 the … [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 all … [Read More...]
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While we in Western Australia have had the hottest 3 months of Spring on record! It’s been like summer, only warm to hot – and dry. We have broken several records for maxima throughout this time too!
We still have five months of summer ahead!
Not good Noella. Especially the dry part.