Boca Grande Lighthouse - Gasparilla Island, Florida
by Mitch Spence
Title
Boca Grande Lighthouse - Gasparilla Island, Florida
Artist
Mitch Spence
Medium
Photograph - Digital Pen And Ink
Description
The scene is the Boca Grande lighthouse on Gasparilla Island in southwest Florida.The digitally enhanced image is in pen and ink style and looks across the dunes and sea grasses to the lighthouse itself. The oldest structure on Gasparilla Island and one of the oldest in Lee County is this lighthouse, built in 1890 and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard until 1966. After 20 years of abandonment, and a major renovation, the lighthouse was rededicated in 1986 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state assumed ownership of the property opening it to the public as a state park in 1983.
Featured in the Artistic Aperture group November 2017.
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May 2nd, 2016
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