Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Speaker Events

 

With Meredith Laura Lynn at the Bad Outdoorsmen Exhibiton

With Queen by Laura Mongiovi at the Lightner Museum

Monday, April 14, 2025

Water Fountain

Water Fountain, cardboard and duct tape, approximately 37in x 9.5in x 18in






In Process








Cardboard Artists















 

Monday, March 24, 2025

Historic Architecture

 Building 1- Castillo de San Marcos









Description

The Castillo de San Marco has sloping walls with battlements at the top. It's a square shaped structure with an open center and has smaller squares jutting out at the outer corners, with turrets at the edge of those corners.

History

  • Construction started in 1672
  • Built to guard the San Agustín settlement and hold the Spanish colony La Florida
  • Construction began under Governor Manuel Cendoya
  • Built out of coquina

Building 2- Ancient City Baptist Church







Description

The yellow brick church has some cylindrical towers with cone roofs along with your classic rectangular style homey buildings. There are multiple doors along the sides, all with rounded tops and short staircases leading up. The building is also covered in windows in a variety of shapes.

History

  • Organized in 1887
  • Built in 1896
  • Land for the church was donated by Henry Flagler

Sketch 1


Sketch 2


Building 3- The Governors House







Descrption

The two story building is covered in balconies and rectangular windows. The main entrance is a large rectangular double door with an ornate metal half circle above it. The building has a tall chimney, is covered in exposed brick, and surrounded by a short brick fence.

History

  • A government building has stood at this site since 1598
  • Served as a courthouse from 1821-1937
  • Previously had a five story tower that was removed in 1836
  • Remodeled in 1937 to be used as a post office and customs house
  • Became a public monument in 1966 

Building 4- Trinity Parish Church







Description

The building is particularly long and covered in pointed arches, both the doorways and tall windows. A circular window sits above the main entrance. There are multiple crosses on the rooftops of the building, most notably above the main entrance and on top of the brick spire.
 

History

  • Founded in 1821
  • Oldest Protestant church in Florida
  • Location for the current property was granted in 1827
  • The entire church was practically rebuilt in the early 1900s due to the growing congregation

Sketch 3



Sketch 4







Speaker Events

  With Meredith Laura Lynn at the Bad Outdoorsmen Exhibiton With Queen by Laura Mongiovi at the Lightner Museum