My tools of the trade for drawing with pen and ink
This goes with my post on producing pen and ink drawings. I’ve been asked what kind of pens I use, and I thought I would show all the tools I use. This first photo...
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Jean Lester’s “Faces of 84” paintings worth seeing at Fairbanks City Hall
Bessie was one of the last Salchaket speakers and is buried in the Salcha Native cemetery In 1984, Ester artist and writer, Jean Lester, embarked on a project to paint portraits of 25 average...
Marge Gull painting of Clark’s Roadhouse, 36 miles from Fairbanks
This is a painting by Marge of Clark’s Roadhouse, about 36 mils from Fairbanks. Clark’s was evidently a short-lived establishment. According to the book, “The Trail, the Story of the Historic Valdez-Fairbanks Trail,” the...
Fat-tire biking at Graehl Landing in Fairbanks on a sunny March day
I snapped this photo of a fat-tire biker and his dogs yesterday. It was a sunny day and I stopped at the Graehl Landing Park near the Wendell Street Bridge for a few minutes....
The launch party for my book, Interior Sketches II, will be at Gulliver’s Books in Fairbanks on April 5th
Mark your calendars. The launch party for my new book, “Interior Sketches II, more ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites,” will be held at Gulliver’s Books on Tuesday, April 5th from 5:00 to 7:00...
Tok, Alaska–a community built for the open road
1962 Kenworth truck with Holmes model 750 25-ton wrecker seen in Tok in 2011 Tok, with 1300 residents, is the largest community in the Upper Tanana Valley in Eastern Interior Alaska. Athabascan Indians have...
Producing a pen & ink drawing – start to finish
Every pen and ink drawing I produce is actually three or four drawings. Ideally, the first step is a pencil sketch, worked out on site, or from a photograph. I usually use B or...
Old Main School drawing on display at Fairbanks City Hall
A couple years ago I produced a pen and ink drawing of Old Main School, which is now Fairbanks City Hall. The City purchased the drawing and it is now on display outside the...
Wheelmen pedaled winter trails during Yukon and Alaska gold rushes
Drawing of gold rush-era wheelman based on photo from Selid-Bassoc collection, University of Alaska Fairbanks Archives Many people view winter biking as a recent phenomenon. However, bicycles came north with gold-seekers over 100 years...
The changing fortune of Old Chatanika, Alaska
Old Chatanika cabin in 1994 In 1902 Felix Pedro washed gold out of Cleary Creek about 25 miles northeast of Fairbanks. Relatively few miners worked the creeks near Fairbanks in 1902, and it wasn’t...
