The Pelican is one of Ocean Drive's most distinctive Art Deco hotels. The green one, tucked between the others. Using her signature multi layer photographic technique, Charlotte builds the artwork from her own photographs of the hotel and what was happening around it. The mint green façade fills the frame. Its long bands of windows and small stone panels hold the building's Streamline Moderne rhythm, and above the roofline, a close view of the upper windows drifts up into the sky. Green runs through everything. The palms on either side, the umbrellas on the rooftop, the plants spilling over the terrace, all echoing the color of the hotel itself. In the foreground, the daily life of Ocean Drive thickens into layers, parasols, loungers, figures, until the scene almost dissolves into texture. The hotel's name appears twice. Once small above the awning, where it lives on the building. Once again across the foreground, large and ghosted, the way a name stays with you after you have walked past it enough times. Look longer and the artwork keeps giving. Figures half-hidden in the layers, windows floating in the sky, details that only surface on a second or third look. The result is not a photograph of The Pelican. It is The Pelican on a green Miami afternoon. This work is part of The Structural Series, Charlotte's ongoing exploration of Miami Beach's iconic Art Deco hotels, each piece built from many walks down Ocean Drive. Each image in the composition is personally photographed by Charlotte, ensuring a genuine and unique piece. Signed, numbered, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Limited edition. Only 5 to 20 prints per size exist in the world.
