Alcatraz Lighthouse
by Mike Robles
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14.000 x 11.000 x 0.100 inches
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Title
Alcatraz Lighthouse
Artist
Mike Robles
Medium
Painting - Watercolor, Gouache And Ink On Noaa Nautical Chart
Description
“Alcatraz Island Lighthouse” is an original watercolor, gouache and ink painting by Mike Robles.
A section of a NOAA nautical chart was printed on Strathmore Aquarius II watercolor paper, after masking an area for the lighthouse. The lighthouse was then painted using artist quality paints and ink. The location of the lighthouse is shown with a small red & white striped LH on the chart.
Alcatraz got its name in 1775 when Juan de Ayala, a Spaniard was engaged to survey the harbor and the San Francisco Bay. Since he observed pelicans in large numbers on the island he named the island as "Isla de los Alcatraces” meaning the “Island of Pelicans”.
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse was the first one built on the U.S. West Coast – located on Alcatraz Island in California's San Francisco Bay. It is located at the southern end of the island near the entrance to the prison. The first light house on the island was completed in 1854, and served the bay during its time as a Citadel and military prison. It was replaced by a taller 95 feet (29 m above mean sea level) concrete tower built in 1909 to the south of the original one which was demolished after it was damaged due to earthquake in 1906. The automation of the lighthouse with a modern beacon took place in 1963, the year Alcatraz closed as the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Although when viewed from afar it easily looks the tallest structure on Alcatraz, it is actually shorter than the Alcatraz Water Tower, but as it lies on higher ground it looks much taller.
1. This note was obtained from Wikipedia.
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April 18th, 2017
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