Gail Niebrugge's Blog
We are beginning the job of hanging original paintings and fine art prints on every available wall for the Niebrugge Studio Open House. No wall is off limits, the stairway walls, the pony wall to the art studio loft, and the second story wall in the living room are used to display artwork. The open house is a two day event, October 21-22 from 11-4 each day. Call for directions 907-746-3256.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska 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...]
Wish I could have been at your Open House…hope the crowds were unmanageable. Hope to meet you one day when I come to Anchorage to visit my son. We will drive up to your new studio. Cheers, Barbara Bockman
Barbara;
The Open House was a huge success, sorry you couldn’t be here! We look forward to your visit in the future.
Hugs, Gail