This is a pencil drawing that I created of the Junipero Serra Museum which is located in Presidio Park above Old Town State Historic Park, this striking mission-style building was constructed in 1929 to commemorate the site where Father Junipero Serra and Captain Gaspar de Portola established the first mission and fortified settlement in present-day California. The museum showcases artifacts such as housewares, period clothing, furniture, tools and a cannon and cannonballs from the Native American, Spanish and Mexican periods through 1848. This is that White building dominating the landscape near the intersection of I-5 and I-8 in San Diego. This is often referred to as the Plymouth Rock of California because this is the first settlement (July 16, 1769) in California. Friar Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcala on this site but in 1774 was moved to its present site 6 miles inland near Qualcomm Stadium.

The Junipero Serra Museum image is printed landscape on a 20”x 13” sheet of off white heavy paper stock in a dark sepia ink. The actual image size is 8”x 11” centered landscape on the heavy stock.