Original Art, Prints and Cards
Rainbow Art – “Rainbow7” x 9.75” Art Print
600 Edition SOLD OUT
Original acrylic/watercolor painting 18″x 25.5″ SOLD
A rainbow after a storm along the Copper River by Alaska impressionist artist Gail Niebrugge. The artist is emotional about both art and rainbows. “I believe rainbows are God’s promise and that a pot of gold waits at the end of each one.” Niebrugge said. “Rainbow” art print is now SOLD OUT.
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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