“Termination Dust” 10″ x 24″ acrylic painting © Sold.
Another in my Denali Highway series, “Termination Dust” was painted in 1992 using pointillism and was made into a limited edition print that is now sold out. A few artist proofs are still available. The scene depicts the last vestige of fall when colors are deep rust, red and umber fading quickly and the first significant snowfall on the Alaska range. Alaskans call this event termination dust because it causes tourists to pause and then scatter quickly to the lower 48 states, as if running for their lives. In actuality, we have often seen fabulous warm weather in October, often referred to as an indian summer, but it is not something to be counted on. It can be 20º below just a quick as 60º above at this time of year. During the early 1990′s my pointillism consisted of very, very tiny dots, my work was tight and oriented to perfection. Today I’m loose, loose, and looser and let the painting speak for itself. It is interesting to study the evolution of an artists style, and fun to analyze my own.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska wilderness painter
