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Completed on the eve of the Civil War, the
163' high Barnegat Lighthouse was built among tall cedars on
nearly a mile and a half of beach with a 22 room keeper's cottage
by its side. The lighthouse was commissioned to operate on January
1, 1859 and was visible for twenty miles out to sea. In the winter
of 1919-1920, the beach washed away, cutting into the very base
of the lighthouse and destroying the lighthouse keeper's home.
Today the lighthouse stands right at the edge of Barnegat Inlet
at Barnegat Light State Park, on the northern end of Long Beach
Island in NJ.
The fall migration of Monarch Butterflies
inspired Sandy to create this painting. "As they fill the
sky and dance on air, they uplift my spirit with them. Butterflies
are symbolic of transformation and joy and remind me to lighten
up and experience the playfulness and delight of my inner child.
Look in the clouds of this watercolor and you'll see imagination
and creativity at play", she said.
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