Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse
by Mike Robles
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14.000 x 11.000 x 0.100 inches
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Title
Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse
Artist
Mike Robles
Medium
Painting - Watercolor, Gouache And Ink On A Noaa Nautical Chart
Description
Yerba Buena 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.
Yerba Buena Island is located in San Francisco Bay. The island’s lighthouse connection began in 1873 when the Lighthouse Service moved the district's depot from Mare Island to the southeast side of Yerba Buena Island. In 1875 construction was completed on the 25-foot (7.6 m) tower with a fifth order Fresnel lens. In 1886 another fifth order lens replaced the previous one. In 1933, a tunnel was bored through Yerba Buena Island to serve as a link between the east and west sections of the Oakland Bay Bridge. The light was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1958. It is currently an active aid to navigation and not open to the public. Now that the lighthouse is automated, the former keeper’s quarters are now the home of the Coast Guard District Commander.
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April 18th, 2017
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