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907-563-2787 • 3555 Arctic Boulevard • Anchorage 99503
At Georgia Blue Gallery
Pick of the Collection
A selection of very fine art work from many different categories.
At South Restaurant
Lynn Brautigam Boots
Artist Statement
Out and About 2025
From Hawaii, to Cordova, to Whidbey Island and places around Anchorage, 2025 has been a busy year. I like to paint paintings of places that I have been. These paintings are reflections of my feelings about the area, many of which were painted plein air or on site. I hope that you enjoy my experiences through my eyes and get the feeling of “being there.”
About the Artist
Lynn Brautigam Boots was born in Alaska and has always been inspired to reflect the beauty of her home. She employs a classic impressionist technique, stretching the color and letting your eye fill in the details. Her favorite place to be is painting en plein air in front of an incredible vista.
In high school, Lynn was fortunate to visit with Fred Machetanz at his home near Palmer and observe his process. She took design, painting and illustration classes at Oregon State University, did a year-long intensive study with master plein air painter Kevin MacPherson, and as well, took workshops with Rod Weagant, Lois Griffel, Director of the Cape Cod School of Art, Norman Lowell, Ralph Oberg, Warwick Fuller in Australia, Matt Smith, and Kyle Ma. She is a member of the Plein Air Painters of Alaska and associate member of the Oil Painters of America as well as past Trustee of the Alaska State Council on the Arts.
At Snow City Cafe
Cole Askevold
Conversations About Place
Drawn to concepts relating to a sense of place, Cole Askevold works with what is reclaimed, what has been discarded and what has caught on fire. Building on conversations and connections with the community, she is able to visually share a dialog that is reflected in the work.
Her sculptures bring to the foreground the history of the materials as she constructs rustic landscapes within the framework. Her work becomes a web of conversation only after the layers of veneer, paint, ash, and rust have been altered on the original surface.
Robbins graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2012 with an MFA in Studio Art and an MA in History and Theory of Contemporary Art. She graduated with a B.A. in Art in 2005 from the University of Alaska Anchorage. From 2012 – 2015 she returned to Alaska as an adjunct professor in the Department of Art.
At Crush Bistro
Diann Haist
Vistas I have Known
“I am not afraid of color and my brushwork has been described as bold and confident — this is what I want viewers of my work to see, that there is some passion there, no apologies, nothing timid. What I strive for is portraying the life force of my subjects as well as my work being aesthetically pleasing to the eye. In this way, I truly enjoy exploring my life as an artist.”
“The inspiration for my art comes from a combination of extensive travels, with much outdoor painting and sketching from life, as well as a passion for music. I have learned much from my favorite artists, Degas, Monet, Emile Gruppe, Edgar Payne, Nicolai Feschin, Lawren Harris, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent, Wassily Kandinsky, Anders Zorn, as well as some 19th century Scandinavian Impressionists.”
Haist received her formal classical art training in Canada. She grew up in a small town where some members of the legendary Group of Seven artists often came to paint and in her art-formative years she learned much from them.
Over her career of forty plus years, Diann Haist had many successful solo exhibitions that have garnered her an enviable core of collectors. Haist’s paintings are part of numerous major corporate and prestigious private collections in Canada, the United States, Japan, and Argentina, as well as in Europe. Her versatility as an artist allowed her to explore a variety of themes.
Diann’s works have appeared in numerous movies and television productions. Many of her paintings have been published as fine art posters and have been on best seller lists in over 40 countries.
In 1999 Diann Haist moved to Alaska where she resided until her passing in 2021, painting the landscape and culture, never-ending sources of inspiration. She was a passionate teacher, sharing her knowledge and skills with many other artists.
