In the Lens Room
A section of the original first order
Fresnel lens appears
on the left side of
this picture. The
circular opening
originally held ruby
glass so the tower
could send a signal
of red and white
flashes to ships
within a 19 miles
radius of the
lighthouse. The lens
uses concentric
rings of glass
prisms to focus the
light from a small
lamp into a powerful
beam.
Title:
In the Lens Room
Size:
8x10" print in
11x14" mat
/
11x14" print in
16x20" mat
Style:
Mated Water Color
Print
Price:
11x14" $50.00
/
16x20" $65.00
Origin:
USA
Slight variations in
color are normal due
to monitor settings
Keeper Originals: Watercolor Paintings and Prints was formed in 2003 after the artist, Lloyd Childers, left her lighthouse
keeping duties on the
Outer Banks and retired to Hampstead, NC, near Wilmington, to begin painting in earnest. After a career in State Government, she moved to Corolla on the Outer Banks as the lighthouse keeper for Currituck Beach Lighthouse and executive director of
Outer Banks Conservationists, Inc., the nonprofit group that restored the keepers' house, lighthouse and
lighthouse compound in Corolla. Having been a "keeper" for five years and hoping that her paintings would be "keepers" the name Keeper Originals seemed fitting. Lloyd enjoys the watercolor medium for her paintings, which she has professionally reproduced in art prints of various sizes and note cards. The art prints are handsomely matted to fit standard sized frames.
