Original Artwork
Dimension 42' x 58', oil on canvas, by Daniel Austin. This painting was created in 2007 after a trip to Puerto Rico. Austin shows a panoramic view of the "Castillo San Felipe Del Morro of Puerto Rico". This Fortress was built during the 18th century by Juan de Tejada and Juan Bautista Antonelli, which was based on the then firmly established Spanish military fortification principles of the time. In 1961, the United States Army officially retired from El Morro. The fort became a part of the National Park Service to be preserved as museums. In 1983, the Castillo and the city walls were declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations. In honor of the Quincentennial of the voyages of Columbus in 1992 the exterior esplanade was cleared of palm trees that had been planted by the U.S. Army in the Fort Brooke era, and restored to the open appearance this "field-of-fire" for El Morro's cannon would have had in colonial Spanish times. This historic landmark is one of Austin very few realistic works. (Possibility for negotiation.)
