Gail Niebrugge's Blog
Slogging through the rain soaked yard I found dozens of wild mushrooms of different varieties emerging through the soil. I call this one the “orange shroom” due to my ignorance of these fungus fruits.
I’ve named these “prickly mushrooms”.
“Domed shrooms”, I’m sure someone will set me straight and tell me if they are poisonous. They quickly get old and mushy and are a nuisance in the garden and the lawn.
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...]
Just catching up on your blog from that gorgeous fall sunset painting. There is something about that painting that stirs my adrenalin.
We’ve been noting the weather in the Anchorage area and, as you’ve mentioned, it seems to be raining every day. At least you have a great mushroom crop.
Three men from our church are heading up to Lake Clark for ten days to help with construction of buildings in a Bible camp there under the auspices of Samaritan’s Purse. Two of the men are in their twenties and are very excited about the adventure. They work as custodians for the church and are very much “family”. They hope it won’t be rainy.
I’m thinking Lake Clark for 10 days in August will be hard to find days without rain. We all still go about having fun in Alaska in the rain, just dress for the elements. Good to hear from you!
A good friend gave me the answers to the mushroom identification questions;
1. The “orange shroom” is Amanita and deadly poisonous.
2. The “Prickly mushrooms” are Puff Balls, when they dry up can be used for medicine.
3. The “domed shrooms” are called Shaggy Mane, my group is a sad looking one they are better just before they pop above soil level and are good eating.