FINE ART & ILLUSTRATION

  This treasured historic landmark, also known for generations as the Glass Church, has been a familiar sight rising majestically above the pine trees overlooking Abalone Cove and the Pacific Ocean below.

  All that remains as I drive past are the trees and a lonely space where the Chapel once stood against the hills and the sky above.  

  It's fate, still undetermined, has been upended by recent land movement within an ancient slide area that has plagued the surrounding hillsides for centuries.  For nearly 75 years, the chapel has wrestled with its unstable ground, adjusting in any way possible until finally, the only way to save it was to dismantle it before the glass and the beams broke and the structure went down.  

   Wayfarers was designed by Lloyd Wright, son of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Narsissa Cox Vanderlip donated the land and the grounds for the Chapel and the groundbreaking was dedicated in 1949.  Three years later in 1951, Wayfarers Chapel opened its doors.

  

     My fine art illustration is a celebration of the Chapel's delicate beauty until Wayfarers find a new home!​​