The Artwork of Debbie Adams

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse at Sunset

By Charcoal and Graphite Artist Debbie Adams

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse located in Buxton, North Carolina know as the Outer Banks is the tallest lighthoue in North America and a symbol of North Carolina. The lighthouse site houses a visitors center that is open throughout the year and houses displays on the island's maritime history. The beacon from the light can be seen some 20-miles out to sea and has warned sailors for more than 100 years of the treacherous Diamond Shoals, the shallow sandbars which extend some 14 miles out into the ocean off Cape Hatteras.

This charcoal drawing with the use of some graphite captures the lighthouse at sunset at the lighthouses original locations before it was moved a short distance from the beach in 1999 in order to protect the lighthouse from the rough waters found in the area.