#13 • Jon Van Zyle "Dawn Sortie" Original Painting

Part of June 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $950.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

An original acrylic painting on masonite, c.1996, by Alaska artist Jon Van Zyle (b.1942), a lifelong painter who, in 2025 celebrated his forty-ninth, and final, year as the Official Artist of the Iditarod. The subject of two art books and a public television video, the artist showcases his superb talent for capturing iconic Alaskan landscapes with this painting entitled "Dawn Sortie." Even with the iridescent hues of a fireweed flower and the radiant, electric hues of an Alaskan dawn as found in nature, Van Zyle shows painterly restraint and keeps a potential explosion of color in complete, balanced harmony. A small cabin on the lake horizon establishes dramatic scale contrasts in the composition between the extreme close-up of the fireweed and the distant mountain range. Signed and dated lower right by the artist, the piece is further titled, signed, and dated in the artist’s hand en verso, with note reserving all reproduction rights as held by the artist. Housed within the original frame measuring approximately 15.5" x 18.5" overall with a sight view of 9" x 12".