Piece description from the artist
Route 66 – Santa Monica Pier
The Santa Monica Pier forms at the end of Colorado Ave and serves as the western terminus of the famed US Route 66, also known as Will Rogers Memorial Highway. Most signs have been modernized, but this has been preserved as the most used historical style.
The first documented instance of a pier in Santa Monica is in 1875, but the first iteration of today's structure opened as Municipal Pier in September of 1909, which served as conduit for sewage. There was a pleasure pier just to the south which was independently owned and completed in 1916 which was acquired by the city in 1974.
Ashland grew up in Southeast Virginia surrounded by lush rural landscapes, great protected swamp lands, national & state parks, the Chesapeake Bay, the Eastern Shore, the breathtaking Skyline Drive & Blue Ridge Mountains, and the inlets & oceans of Virginia & North Carolina.
It was this constant variation in natural beauty that first drew his eye to the camera; that, and the constant joy of capturing life's candid moments on film. Although no particular subject is banned from the lens of Ashland's camera, it is landscapes, cityscapes, wildlife, and nature that truly captures his heart.
"There's always more to see, more to learn, more to be wowed about-I just hope you enjoy what I see in the world."
A constant staple on the likes of Instagram, Flickr, and Facebook, Ashland currently resides in Chicago, Illinois, and looks forward to many more years of development, collaboration, creativity, world travel, and art.
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