"Autumn Tundra Color"-pencil drawing by Rachel

The tundra surrounding St. Mary's in the Fall is brilliant. Rachel's drawing has captured a small part of it as it really is.

"My Life, My Pride"-pencil drawing by Nathan

Nathan is a seer, a rare teenager here who observes his environment with delight (sometimes) and who is beginning to take pride in creating visual images of it with his art. It is clear, in the works of his that can be seen on these pages, that he is on his way to developing a unique style to express the beauty and energy of this place.

"Cool Rack"-linoleum print by Nathan

"My Moose, My Mountains"-pencil drawing by Nathan

"Eagle"-pencil drawing by Nathan

"My Mountains"-colored pencil and tempera, by Nathan

Nathan puts himself into his work--literally. Those mountains spell out his name!

"What are you looking at?"-ink drawing by Ryan

"Lynx"-pencil drawing by Mariah

Untitled-acrylic on canvas board, by Amber

Untitled-acrylic on canvas board by Tatianna

Untitled-acrylic and oil pastel by Isiah

The Mission-acrylic on canvas board, by Rory

"Seal" -linoleum print, by TJ

untitled-acrylic on canvas board, by Alyssa

"Angles on the Tundra-St. Mary's"-Acrylic on canvas board, by Ben Seymour

Winter Landscape Photos by Nathan

'The Andreafski River from St. Joseph's Hill"- Photo by Sarah Subelka

"Ice Bush"-linoleum print, by William

"Snow on Willows"- acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, by Susan Lince

"Andreafski River Valley"-colored pencil and ink drawing, by William

"Between the Trees"-acrylic on canvas, by Elisabeth Seymour

"Yukon River Driftwood"-oil on canvas, by John Richard Hopkins

"View from St. Joseph's Hill"-ink and colored pencil drawing, by Nathan

"Willow Buds, March"-by Susan Lince- acrylic and oil pastel on cedar

The willows have more faith than I do

that Spring will come.

I have great reverence 

for their fuzzy expression of hope. 

"Willows, Snow, and Sky"-acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, by Susan Lince

Painting from a photograph becomes necessary at times in this climate. A  "plein air" painting would have required setting up an easel in the deep snow, and maintaining control of paint consistency and fingers in below zero temperatures.