Major Commissions - Gail Niebrugge, Alaska Artist

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Federal-Art-in-Architecture Commission
U.S. Customs Building, Skagway, Alaska


Artist Gail Niebrugge in her studio painting one of ten panels.	Niebrugge finishing final art on the prospector panel.	Workers using scaffold to install the ten panel multi-dimensional commissioned painting.


Niebrugge sitting on top of the light panel under the newly installed commissioned painting.	The multi-paneled commission is installed on a diagonal wall 27' high inside the building.

The Prospectors Trail" acrylic painting on Sintra, a ten panel multi-dimensional artwork 12' wide and 9' tall. The painting commemorates the rugged terrain of the historic Chilkoot Trail used by prospectors during the 1897-1898 stampede from Skagway, Alaska, to Canada's Klondike gold fields. The technique of pointillism employed on Niebrugge's smaller works is modified for this major commission: larger dots are used so that they are visible from a distance.

Commissioned painting for the private home of Brad and Kristan Cole, Wasilla, Alaska.

"Pioneer Peak" acrylic painting on Sintra, four panels each 18" wide by 46" high. Pictured from left to right; Bob Niebrugge, artist Gail Niebrugge, Kristan Cole, and Brad Cole. The four narrow panels were designed to fit a curved wall above the entry stairway. Niebrugge Studio produced a limited edition print of this beautiful art "Pioneer Peak", using the process of digital stitching to join the four panels together into one image.

Alaska Per Cent for art Commissioned painting for the Juneau Pioneer Home.

Basin Road" acrylic painting on canvas 54" x 72" for the lobby of the Juneau Pioneer Home, Alaska.

The art selection committee asked for a fall scene of Juneau, Alaska. Artist Niebrugge scouted the few back roads and historic sites in this tiny community, choosing to paint a location that was different from the familiar view of the city along the waterfront. Gail was attracted to this spot on Basin Road by the patterns of light and shadows. As the painting neared completion, the artist was not satisfied by the feeling of loneliness given by the empty road, and wanted to add life and vitality to the scene. The children walking and biking with their mom were added to give the painting scale, warmth and happiness.

Alaska Per Cent for Art Commission for the Lower Kuskowim School District, Atmautluak School.

Read about artist Gail Niebrugge's experiences in the Yupic village of Atmautluak while painting this artwork in her Blog entries titled Atmautluak Commission.


Gail's painting space in the school library.	The commissioned art installed above the coat rack in the school library.


Left panel of painting titled "Atmautluak Village"	Center Panel	Right Panel

"Atmautluak Village" acrylic painting on three panels joined together 2' x 8'

This scene shows race day in the village, and event that all the residents participate either as entrants in the race, spectators or race coordinators. The Yupic eskimos use the frozen river for recreation during winter, and for fishing and transportation in the summer.

State of Alaska Per Cent for Art Commission for Seward Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC), Alaska

Artist Gail Niebrugge installing the eight panel commissioned acrylic painting "Panorama of Seward's Four Seasons", each panel 18" x48", in the entry rotunda of the Seward AVTEC building in 1981.

This painting captures the massive mountain range of the Kenai Fjords National Park rising behind the small city of Seward, Alaska, showing the dramatic seasonal changes.