THE CEMENT SHIP BEFORE THE STORMS


THE CEMENT SHIP BEFORE THE STORMS

The Palo Alto is a real landmark. Every winter, a little more crumbles off. Now when the waves come in, the underwater compartments build up pressure and blow seawater out of a decktop hatch in a plume like a passing whale. Many locals remember their parents happy times aboard this ship.

 A WW I ship originally designed to be manufactured out of poured concrete which would actually float (!) but luckily wasn’t needed and was sold to the highest bidders, a Nevada company that remarkably got permission to float it in, sink it and secure it, and refit it with an arcade, dining room, dance hall, a swimming pool and a Casino!
That’s the great thing about human beings, they always try to turn lead into gold. Give one a stick, and they invent a fishing pole and Major League Baseball.

This scene was captured in French acrylics before the monster storms that finally broke it apart and took the pier with it.

This 4 x 12 inch painting by local artguy Vern Scharf, is on 8 ounce cotton duck gallery wrap stretched canvas. Coated with multiple coats of varnish, so in a way, preserving a landmark that can never be replaced.


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