PIRATE TOWER

2024

vector hyperrealism

The Linework

37 073 hand-drawn elements
(visible elements after trimming: 82 288)

location: 33.520506, -117.764533

a Laguna Beach Pirate Tower art piece by Cal, the Artist, where crashing waves meet a stormy sky, as an osprey watches over the mysterious pirate tower.

this work was privately commissioned by an art collector.

The Details

Original sketches

The SPOTLIGHT

2025: Exhibition @ BYOD² in Tokyo, Japan

as I explored the area near the Pirate Tower, gathering reference shots for my commissioned art piece, an osprey suddenly plunged into the ocean waves like a falling stone. moments later, it emerged, a fish clutched tightly in its talons.

THE OSPREY

in the southern part of the scenic town of Laguna Beach in Orange County, California, hidden among the rugged cliffs of countless coves, stands a unique landmark known to locals as the Pirate Tower.

the Pirate Tower is one of my favorite hidden gems in Southern California, so it was a great pleasure to have an art collector commission it for a piece in my signature vector hyperrealism style.

watching a bird of prey strike was a wild, raw moment — especially as I was searching for inspiration in such a fascinating place. it felt only right to immortalize that sea hawk in my art.