Armadillo and lighthouse
by AnnaJo Vahle
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30.000 x 40.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Armadillo and lighthouse
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This is a 30 inch wide by 40 inch tall heavy duty gallery wrapped canvas painting. I used acrylic paints. This is the view of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse as seen from the north side. A nine banded armadillo is snuffling around the the foreground grass. I saw many armadillos around the lighthouse. They are common to the area.
I have been dealing with a lot of major changes in life. Something about the changing sky and the stalwart old lighthouse seemed to call to me. Even the little armadillo seemed important as a symbol of things changing in the world and yet...not. This large painting was therapeutic for me.
On May 21, 1838, Florida territorial delegate, Charles Downing, requested a lighthouse be built on Cape Canaveral. The first lighthouse completed in January 1848 stood 65 feet tall. It had a 55 foot tower and a 10 foot tower and a keeper's home cost under $13,00.00 dollars. Nathaniel Scoble oversaw construction. He appointed the first keeper. With the advent of the Civil War, S. Mallory, Confederate Navy Secretary, ordered Florida east coast lighthouses �extinguished.�
Keeper, Mills Burnham, removed the lamp and buried it in his orange grove. A state-of-the-art, 151 foot iron tower was erected in 1868. It was topped with a first Order Fresnel lens. The tower's living quarters were used for storage and a weather station. In 1871, a storm surge washed over the lighthouse area spoiling lamp oil and drinking water. This shoreline erosion caused the lighthouse to be moved.
This and shoreline erosion caused the lighthouse to be moved. From October 1893 to July 1894 the tower was dismantled, moved by tram one mile inland and re-erected. The first and second assistant's was moved to it's present location. In 1949, the Coast Guard took ownership. In 2000 stewardship was transferred to the 45th Space Wing, Patrick Air Force Base.
This is a Florida Heritage Site sponsored by the Brevard County Historical Commission, the Brevard County Tourist Development Council, and the Florida Department of State.
6/25/22...1st place in LIGHTHOUSE PAINTING
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June 9th, 2016
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Comments (31)
Carolyn LeGrand
I love lighthouses and this one you created AnnaJo is outstanding and the background sky is fantastic. Great painting!!!
Linaji Creating
Would LOVE your Sailing/nautical/ocean shots in our group... Here is our latest gallery: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/boating--the-sea-and-nautical-images.html?showmessage=true&messageid=5966421
Laurel Adams
Voted AnnaJo...this is such a magnificent twilight capture...the FEEL...the colours! Magic!
Laurel Adams
Annajo, the twilight is closing in and the sky is luminous with the transition...Beautiful, simply beautiful!
Donna Kennedy
Love the detail, color and composition in this marvelous painting AnnaJo, excellent work of art!!!...F/L