Point Arena Lighthouse on a NOAA Nautical Chart Metal Print
by Mike Robles
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Point Arena Lighthouse on a NOAA Nautical Chart metal print by Mike Robles. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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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... more
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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...
About Mike Robles
About the Artist, Mike Robles I am a senior artist and a native Californian. I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Carlmont High School, Belmont in 1958. I graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1963 with a BS in Physical Sciences. One week after graduating, I married Jane and this year we’ll be celebrating our 50th anniversary. My career as an analytical chemist for GE Nuclear Energy started in 1963 at the Hanford Engineering Works in Eastern Washington. In 1969, my family (wife and two sons) and I moved back to California and settled in Livermore. I continued working for GE for most of my 40 year career. I was exposed to art at a young age by my extremely gifted artist mother and step-father. But, I...
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