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8.00" x 6.50"
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8.00" x 6.50"
Rockland Breakwater Light Wood Print
by Mike Robles
Product Details
Rockland Breakwater Light wood print by Mike Robles. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and added depth of a wood print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 3/4" thick maple wood. There are D-clips on the back of the print for mounting it to your wall using mounting hooks and nails (included).
Design Details
This painting of was done with artist quality acrylic paints on Dura-lar transparent film. The chart behind the film is a photocopied section of a... more
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Artist's Description
This painting of was done with artist quality acrylic paints on Dura-lar transparent film. The chart behind the film is a photocopied section of a NOAA Nautical Chart of the Maine Coast. This was printed on Epson Ultra Presentation Matte paper and shows the actual location of the lighthouse, on the Breakwater extending from the North side of Rockland Harbor. The painting was finished with several coats of acrylic varnish. The Dura-lar� film protects the NOAA chart and acrylic paint is waterproof; thus, this painting does not need to be glazed!
In 1902 the lighthouse was built at the end of a mile long breakwater that protects Rockland Harbor. The lighthouse consisted of a wood frame keeper's house attached to a brick fog signal building surmounted by a 25 foot brick tower. The lantern was lighted for the first time on October 30, 1902. This was a "stag" station meaning the keeper's families did not live at the lighthouse. The keepers traveled by boat to and from Rockland...
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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Andee Photography
Congrats on your sale Mike!
Bill Cannon
Congrats on your sale Mike!!
Basant Soni
Fabulous idea for expression ... Congrats for sale....of print....