Cape D'Or 3 Acrylic Print

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The Cape D'Or lighthouse: The first light, a square wooden tower, painted white, standing on a red wooden trestle, was built in 1922. This light was a typical small "pepper pot." The current keeper's bungalows were built in 1958/59, and the concrete lighthouse in 1965. Ernie Morris was the last keeper. The Cape D'Or lighthouse was automated and de-staffed in 1989. Today, one is the Lightkeeper's Kitchen and the other a Guesthouse. This is the only light station in Nova Scotia where you can stay in a keeper's house. Part of the Fundy Shore Ecotour. Cape D'Or was the last verified nesting site in Nova Scotia for the rare Peregrine Falcon. When attempts to re-establish the birds began in 1982 it became a falcon release site.

For over forty years I have wandered the world with a camera close at hand, always searching for that "just right" moment to capture. Naturally, this WEB site only reflects a small portion of the images I have collected in a lifetime of the visual hunt. As time progresses, there will be many more. My formal education is in Fine Arts and I originally began taking photographs more as a convenient sketchbook for potential artwork studies than for finished photographic art. To this day I find it an invaluable tool in the study of light and its interaction with nature. The art of seeing requires in-depth scrutiny before understanding is obtainable; and understanding is a prerequisite for anyone attempting to master the visual arts. I am and...