Painted Southeast Lighthouse Block Island Ri

by Skip Willits

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Painted Southeast Lighthouse Block Island Ri

Artist

Skip Willits

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Photograph - Epson Lustre Paper

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This digitally painted accent piece will please any collector or anyone with an eye for color and texture. The oil paint processing technique lends additional tone and texture to the image and is best seen enlarged. Hold your cursor over the image until the square box is presented then click to enlarge the spot.

BLOCK ISLAND SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE
Block Island, Rhode Island
Atlantic Ocean

This image of the Southeast Light on Block Island was taken prior to 1993, when it was moved inland some 300 feet. As can be seen the erosion of the cliff in front of the light was a monumental problem. However, the setting at that time was definitely spectacular. The light was built in 1875 and although the tower is only 67 feet tall, the cliffs place it a huge 260 feet above sea level. Moving the two thousand-ton lighthouse not only shared a common identity with the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, which was moved in 1999, but also shared another outer banks story. The light in current use at this tower is the same one that once graced the Cape Lookout Light in North Carolina.

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July 30th, 2018

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