Point Arena Lighthouse on a NOAA Nautical Chart
by Mike Robles
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14.000 x 11.000 x 0.200 inches
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Title
Point Arena Lighthouse on a NOAA Nautical Chart
Artist
Mike Robles
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Wc Paper
Description
Point Arena Lighthouse is an original watercolor and ink painting by Mike Robles. It was painted on a Strathmore Aquarius II WC paper print of a NOAA Nautical Chart portion of the California Coast. The Location of the lighthouse is marked on the chart. Only archival paints, inks and materials were used.
Point Arena Light is a lighthouse in Mendocino County, California. It is located approximately 130 miles (210 km) north of San Francisco.
The original 1870 lighthouse, a brick & mortar tower, was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. The company chosen to rebuild the lighthouse normally built factory smokestacks, which accounts for the final design featuring steel reinforcement rods encased in concrete. This was the first lighthouse built this way. The new lighthouse began operation in 1908, nearly 18 months after the quake. It stands 115 feet (35 m) tall, and featured a 1st Order Fresnel Lens, over six feet in diameter and weighing more than six tons. The lens was made up of 666 hand-ground glass prisms all focused toward three sets of double bulls eyes. It was these bulls eyes that gave the Point Arena Lighthouse its unique "light signature" of two flashes every six seconds. This incredible optic, that held an appraised value of over $3.5 million, was set in solid brass framework, and was built in France
With the advent of electricity, this massive light hs been replaced by a 40-pound modern rotating light that incorporates the Fresnel principles for the efficient projection of light.
The lighthouse features a small museum and giftshop. Guided tours of the light station as well as self-guided tours of the grounds are available daily.
This background information was obtained from Wikipedia.
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December 2nd, 2016
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