Banyan Tree Motel - St Petersburg, FL; Oil on Canvas; 30"x30"
The Banyan Tree Motel is in St. Petersburg, Florida... just down the street from the beautiful Sunken Gardens - still a tourist attraction and wedding venue. The Banyan has seen better days but in it's hay days was part of the St Pete's Hotel/Motel tourist attraction scene. I love the old faded glory of the neon and textures of the crumbling painted banyan tree. To me it's the essence of nostalgia for that period. And still fantastic design incorporating the snazz of neon and the truly Florida feel of the weeping banyan tree. The little yellow chickadees I added reminded me of happy little 1950's snowbirds coming down to sunny St Pete!
The Banyan Tree Motel is in St. Petersburg, Florida... just down the street from the beautiful Sunken Gardens - still a tourist attraction and wedding venue. The Banyan has seen better days but in it's hay days was part of the St Pete's Hotel/Motel tourist attraction scene. I love the old faded glory of the neon and textures of the crumbling painted banyan tree. To me it's the essence of nostalgia for that period. And still fantastic design incorporating the snazz of neon and the truly Florida feel of the weeping banyan tree. The little yellow chickadees I added reminded me of happy little 1950's snowbirds coming down to sunny St Pete!
The Banyan Tree Motel is in St. Petersburg, Florida... just down the street from the beautiful Sunken Gardens - still a tourist attraction and wedding venue. The Banyan has seen better days but in it's hay days was part of the St Pete's Hotel/Motel tourist attraction scene. I love the old faded glory of the neon and textures of the crumbling painted banyan tree. To me it's the essence of nostalgia for that period. And still fantastic design incorporating the snazz of neon and the truly Florida feel of the weeping banyan tree. The little yellow chickadees I added reminded me of happy little 1950's snowbirds coming down to sunny St Pete!