Tybee Architect

Honeymoon Cottages

2009-09-23T19:34:00.000-07:00

This duplex unit is under construction on Tybee Island near the new walk-over just installed

at the North end of Byers St. just as you enter the island. Built by Keith Gay Jr.

Stonehenge? or Tybee Cottage foundations?

2009-08-07T17:48:00.000-07:00

The smell of fresh concrete just stripped of its forms does it for me. Wet kiln dried 2x4 and plywood formwork in a tropical environment? Does it get any better than that? My Tybee cottages being built by Keith Gay Jr. are coming along nicely. These simple 12"x 16" piers sport some of the best concrete work I have seen. Champhered corners, no air pockets, just a real fine workmanship like job. It's not Stonehenge, but so far so very good!

I have always loved the primitave beauty of post and beam construction. It's something about man's dominion over nature, building things because you can, realizing your visualizations of space.

House Rules

2009-03-06T03:23:00.000-08:00

Today, I will breathe in and breath out, be thankful for my family and all I have. I will keep these House Rules in mind as I go about this beautiful day.

Thanks Kathleen.

Grayson Stadium, Savannah

2009-02-13T03:26:00.000-08:00

Here is the picture of Callahan Pyrch up on historic Grayson Stadium's center field scoreboard in SCAD's game this past Tuesday. He did a great job in his one inning of relief / setup work. This is only the second time in his college career that he has used the sidearm or submarine delivery. He has become a productive contributor to the team, and as coach Wollenburg told him, he is now a viable option for the Bees. Follow the SCAD Bees baseball with live stats and home games on Internet radio at http://www.scadathletics.com/

It has been extra sweet with my new job as Architectural Coordinator with the City of Savannah. One of my many projects is working on some new improvements to Grayson Stadium. My office is in Daffin Park, where Grayson Stadium is located.

Polar Bears

2009-02-01T07:41:00.000-08:00

I am so grateful to Kathleen for giving me the gift of fitness. Her job at the Tybee YMCA has given me a discounted membership. Callahan and Chelsea both work for the Y so their memberships are included. I am taking Zumba and Water Aerobics with Chelsea and Laura, Tone and Burn with Sunny and Bonnie, Spin class with Randi, Core Fitness with James and April, Yoga with Betsy, Will, Susan and Jim.... not to mention Family Fusion Surf Camp with Turner and Alex last summer and all of the other great programs like Skate Night in the gym etc., etc., etc.
The Y's motto: “We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities,” will happen if you take advantage of all the Y has to offer. After a year of working out at the Y, see for yourself the improvements in this picture taken at the Polar Bear Plunge in 2008 and again in 2009.

Since I took the new job with the City of Savannah 2 weeks ago, my challenge will be to stay fit and get my workouts in around that 8-5 schedule. When he gets a break from SCAD classes and baseball, Cal can be spotted in Tybee Y's fitness center. Professional baseball player and former SCAD all-star pitcher Richard Sullivan got a pump in with Cal at the Tybee Y on MLK day (Richard has been working out and coaching with SCAD preparing for spring training). Callahan has generously outlined my workout:

Monday (lower bod)
leg press 3x10lunges 2x10leg curl 3x10leg extension 3x10calf raises 3x10wall sit 1min 30 sec

Tuesday (upper bod)
bench press 3x10 db row 3x10 db incline 3x10 lat pull downs 3x10 shoulder press 3x10 side raises 3x10bi's, tri's 3x10 (superset) ABS: physio ball crunches 3x20 plate twists 2x20

Wednesday (cardio)
Running, biking, swimming, etc.

Thursday (total bod)
incline chest 3x10 leg press 3x10 reverse push ups 3x10 leg curls 3x10 shoulder press 3x10 leg extensions 3x10bi's/tri's 3x10 (superset) Abs: inline sit ups 3x20 bicycles 1x50 leg lifts 1x20 (hold six inches)

Friday (cardio)

Happy New Year

2009-01-06T18:50:00.000-08:00

As usual, I do not make any resolutions, but I would like to post the following list I came across on a blog I follow:

RESOLVED: To be fully awake and aware. To keep this list in mind:

The most destructive habit……..Worry and not being Honest
The greatest joy…….Giving
The greatest loss…….Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work…….Helping others
The ugliest personality trait…..Selfishness
The most endangered species…..Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource…..Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"……Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome……Fear

The most effective sleeping pill……Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease……Excuses
The most powerful force in life……Love

The most dangerous pariah……A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer……The brain
The worst thing to be without……Hope

The deadliest weapon…..The tongue
The two most power-filled words……"I Can"

I am so excited for my second year on Tybee Island....the first one was very good, and I am so looking forward to SCAD Baseball beginning this month at Grayson Stadium, more kayak trips, cool projects to work on, Zumba with Chelsea, Yoga, tone and burn, bike riding everywhere and just being on a beautiful island with my incredible family
See you at the beach.

Tybee Cottages

2009-01-06T17:32:00.000-08:00

my preliminary front elevation without shutters

This is the new Katrina Cottage just built on Tybee, fits in very nicely, (here's to good 'ole red white and blue) love the roof.

I have this really nice new commission. I'm calling them The Tybee Cottages. The project consists of two new single family houses and one new duplex. The duplex is made up of two of the single family houses connected by grade level storage rooms. The three lots will share a private driveway. The big idea for the design came from the Katrina Cottage, a small human scaled house that was born as an alternative to the FEMA trailers that the federal gov't. was sending to house people that lost their home when hurricane Katrina hit a few years ago. Architects and designers like Marianne Cusato (author of Get Your House Right, one of my latest favorite books) came up with good looking small houses with front porches, clapboard siding, good proportions, and even though they are small (300 SF to around 1800 SF) they look and feel like a proper house.

There is a Katrina Cottage on Tybee that was just finished last year. The plans and materials were purchased at Lowe's. My project began as a Lowe's Katrina (google Lowe's Katrina Cottage) Cottage, but the client's program required that the bedroom be bigger, and the bath be more luxurious, and added a deck off the bedroom with a two person hot tub, for those oooh la la Tybee beach getaways. So it is looking like a honeymoon cottage with a huge master bath, a murphy bed and a sleeper sofa in the greatroom with fireplace, and a cool kitchen with farm sink, dishwasher and an island on castors that can be moved out of the way. I can't show the 730 SF floor plan yet, but here is a preliminary front elevation.

Chelsea Pyrch in Savannah Danse Theater's Nutcracker

2008-12-15T08:56:00.000-08:00

Chelsea performed in Savannah Danse Theater's Nutcracker last Saturday night and then we went went to see Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp's Movin' Out on Sunday night. Chelsea was a bright star: very crisp and professional in her roles as the Scarlet O'Hara doll, the Spanish Hot Coco dancer and in the Arabian Night Java piece. The Setting was Savannah, Christmas eve 1945, in the gingerbread house on Bull Street. I was happy for her to have done so well and given the opportunity to excel so quickly after only being here a few months. I liked her performances the most, not only because she is my daughter, but because she was truly flying across the stage! I loved the intimacy of the historic Lucas Theater. Another great part of the evening was having Archie, Peggy and Marcie over for Kathleen's chicken noodle soup and spicy chili dinner before the show. Archie treated to Leopold's Ice cream after! Cal was there as were Billy and Danny. We sat a few rows back from the orchestra pit, and enjoyed the fine sound under the baton of Peter Shannon. Peter also conducted Mozart's Requiem at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist church that we went to last October. Movin' out was awesome in the dancing and live music, but I'll take the calming grace of the Lucas any day over the Johnny Mercer Theatre.

It's my birthday

2008-12-09T16:44:00.000-08:00

Had a fantastic day in Savannah with the family and Chelsea's BF Billy. Ate a huge lunch at Clary's - Moose got to go too. Went to Forsyth Park to throw the football around and watch Moose run like a wild man. Billy took this photo in front of the fountain. Picked out a Christmas tree. Notice my new birthday fur lined crocs!

Chelsea is dancing this Sat in the Nutcracker at the Lucas Theater and had to go to rehearsal at 5:00. Cal went surfing and then Kathleen and Cal went to Yoga and I got to meet with the Mayor of Tybee!

Jason Buelterman is another Ohio transplant, University of Cincinnati undergraduate, and Masters in Secondary Education, Xavier University. He holds "Mayors Night In" once a month and I just wanted the opportunity to officially introduce myself and show him a few samples of my work. Jason is a surfer and just a good natured guy. He will be going on to bigger and better things soon and Tybee is lucky to have him now as Mayor.

Slip the Otter Goes Shopping

2008-10-31T12:16:00.001-07:00

Slip the Otter goes shopping for jet skis at Tybees Lazaretto Dock. I think I like this one.....no this one's better!

This one here smells pretty good.

Wow, a built in slide right here!

Hey! You lookin at me?!

That's enough, I can probably swim faster than these things anyway. Back in the ocean for me, dudes!

Interior Watercolors

2008-10-21T00:41:00.000-07:00

Existing conditions

Interior Watercolor, design by Rumora Associates,

Opposite view

Another Watercolor

2008-10-17T08:17:00.000-07:00

The design drawing

The site photo for proper context

The final presentation watercolor

Pergola design for existing terrace

2008-09-10T07:54:00.000-07:00

This has been a fun project to work on, having a great client, an excellent builder, and a fine traditional Georgian house as a starting point. I will post a final photo when this project is completed.

Great summer

2008-09-02T09:45:00.000-07:00

Had a swell summer with the kids, but my best friend of 15 years died last week. Vincent was truly a great dog and he will be missed, but he is in a much better place. I did this pastel painting of him looking at me ready to run upstairs at a moment's notice from my basement office back in Columbus in 1997. He really was a cool dog.

Cal Pyrch has a new website

2008-07-02T15:34:00.000-07:00

Check it out, very cool:

http://studentpages.scad.edu/~cpyrch20/

Colored pencil, watercolor, and the process

2008-06-21T11:26:00.001-07:00

A screen save of the SketchUp model as I received it from Rumora Assoc. I added the dining room table, the arch, and a few details before selecting the best view from the model. Google SketchUp is a free download, and a very powerful 3D modeling program.

Existing conditions.

Line work, by me: sharpie on bumwad, photographed, printed out ready to color! This view taken from a Google SketchUp model by Anthony Pelino of Rumora Associates Architects L.L.C.

The final interior perspective colored pencil drawing.

Existing conditions. A beautiful rambling, eclectic, country stone house in the historic district of Upper Arlington, Ohio that backs up to the Scioto Country Club golf course.

The Linework. A critical, labor intensive stage of the watercolor process. In this case, I had the great fortune of working with my longtime friend and colleague, Mr. Lee Rumora, AIA, of Rumora Associates Architects L.L.C., of Columbus, Canal Winchester, Ashtabula and Cambridge, Ohio. Lee had Anthony Pelino, his associate, get the massing and perspective right using Google Sketchup.

The final watercolor. This painting was begun by SCAD student Callahan Pyrch and the final touches added by Edward Pyrch, a way cool father son effort.

More watercolors

2008-06-15T05:49:00.000-07:00

Front and rear views of a new house proposal in Columbus Ohio.

SCAD sand art

2008-05-02T18:02:00.000-07:00

College kids on the beach having some serious fun. I just wanted to make my own sand castle! I did get so many good ideas for the next time I'm at the beach. This was a really big event for SCAD and it must be a huge benefit for Tybee. The Budda was my favorite.

Frank Gehry Lecture at SCAD

2008-04-30T15:28:00.000-07:00

Frank stood up to a boisterous standing room only crowd and spoke about his many contorted current projects Monday, April 28, 2008. He comes off as just a regular guy and and lulls you into thinking it is easy. You know he is a star architect because during the first 5 0r 10 minutes of his talk, camera phones were flashing on him nonstop. He even asked the crowd, "are you really taking my picture?"

Frank Gehry, previously known as Francis Goldberg, formerly "doing chain link fences and all that shit" and part of "five bags of shit" at USC, whatever that was, has really made some cool buildings. The thing I like most about the whole deal is that he has taken architects back to the "master builder" concept where we as architects must become builders and constructors. Gehry builds so many study models of these seemingly crazy buildings that are not really crazy at all. They are so well thought out in evey dimension both in his customized CATIA software to a 1" = 10'-0" scale study model of the interior of Disney Hall to work out the acoustics.

Bravo! Great show, Francis, keep up the good shit.......................................................................

SCAD sidewalk ART

2008-04-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

Love the vibrant colors in this Mona Lisa

This Vermeer always reminds me of Chelsea

Cool

Art imitating life

The annual SCAD sidewalk chalk competition was awesome. Callahan didn't enter as he and his roomate Patrick had baseball recruits to usher around, and just as well, because there was a downpour before the artists were finished. Everything was washed out but a few brave souls who threw their bodies over their art with blankets and umbrellas! Forsyth Park was abuzz with activity and so much great art! We had a marvelous day at Starland Farmer's Market, and the 2nd annual Gordonston Art Fair, and the Savannah Market Bazaar. So many things to do, but good to get back to Tybee and take a long walk on the beach.

Tour de Georgia

2008-04-21T08:09:00.000-07:00

The first leg of the Tour de Georgia from my chair at Polk St. and Rt. 80 by Solomons Tree and Gravel Company just around the corner from our place on Laurel. The riders seemed like a single fast moving many legged animal and were on us and past in about ten to twenty seconds. This is at about the two mile point right after the start here on Tybee Island. Beautiful day for a bike ride.

Graphic Design

2008-04-10T08:04:00.000-07:00

I received an interesting call yesterday from Tim Fuller. Tim recently purchased Pack Rat bicycle shop in downtown Tybee, and is changing the name to Fat Tire Bikes, and was in need of a drawing of a bicycle for his new logo. Tim was getting his haircut at crazy Judy's and noticed my business cards in the rack. He called me and asked me if I could help him out with a drawing. Of course, I told him I love to draw. Tim wanted a drawing that an "edgy T-shirt" guy would like. Being an edgy T-shirt guy myself, I had no problem coming up with a sketch. I had to add the classic, only found on Tybee, made from a piece of PVC with cozy, soda can holder to the bike for the final touch. Happy beach cruising!

The drawing is pencil on mylar, 8 1/2" x 11." I will post the final logo as soon as it hits the street, Can't wait to get the T-shirt.

Interior architecture

2008-03-30T08:45:00.000-07:00

Here is the design floor plan combining three cut-up small bedrooms into the new master suite

View of existing bedroom with nice bay window

This small room is where the current master bedroom is located. I made this into the master bathroom and one closet, as you note the basic lack of closet space.

The new proposed master bedroom combines a small hall bath, hall and bedroom into one nice size bedroom with the best view looking out over the Scioto Country Club golf course.

View of the proposed new master bathroom with new twin vanities split by the new closet door.

Master bathroom view looking back towards the master bedroom door.

This beautiful eclectic 1920's stone house located in the historic district of Upper Arlington, Ohio, has many well proportioned rooms on the first floor, but up on the second floor the existing 6 bedrooms are all tiny. So it only makes sense to make it a 4 bedroom house now, and the future plan is to add on a first floor master suite, and then this second floor master becomes the guest or in-law suite. This has been a fun project for me to work on here at my Tybee studio. I really enjoy creating interior perspectives, by accurately building the spaces in the computer, and then rendering them in colored pencil in this case or pen and ink and watercolor.

Mercer Williams House

2008-03-28T20:50:00.000-07:00

Pen, ink and watercolor of Mercer Williams House
11”x8” by Ed Pyrch

Made famous by the book and movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Jim Williams purchased this vacant house in 1969 for $55,000. Designed by architect John S. Norris for General Hugh Mercer, great grandfather of Johnny Mercer, it was begun in 1860, interrupted by the Civil War, and completed for John Wilder by 1868. Dorothy Kingery, sister of the late Jim Williams, now resides in the house. According to Chatham Counnty, the house is valued at $2,444,000. This Italianate house and carriage house takes up an entire block.

When I was on site working on this drawing I noticed that the trademark wisteria vine that hung over the frontispiece was missing. I don't know if it was removed permanently or just for painting or what, but I left it off this rendition. Chelsea, Kathleen and I took the tour of the first floor and I really enjoyed walking through these well proportioned spaces.

I sold a 4"x5" mini water color of this painting today at the Gallery by the Sea to a nice young couple from Texas here on their anniversary. I have two more 4"x5" framed and matted mini watercolors left at $30.00 each. I can create any size watercolor desired because I have a digital photo of the line work before I added the watercolor to the original, so I just print out the line work on watercolor paper. The original pen and ink and watercolor is on illustration board and has a beautiful traditional gold leaf decorative frame and double matt. It will go home to the first collector with $600.00 plus shipping. Email me at epyrch@gmail.com for prices on a custom size original watercolor. Also, these make great gifts, and remember that I can do a custom house portrait of your home. For more info on this house go to http://www.mercerhouse.com/

Now Showing: Ed Pyrch at "Gallery by the Sea"

2008-03-16T20:04:00.000-07:00

There is a neat little art gallery around the corner from us here at Tybee called Gallery by the Sea. It is run by John and Mildred Hill (grandma and grampa Pyrch were Mildred and John!). They were nice enough to take 3 of my paintings and note cards to put up for sale. The gallery is located at 1207-A Hwy 80 East. It is right next door to a little shop called Seaside Sister's, a cool little antique / boutique shop that gets a lot of traffic. On the other side is a garden store. I am really excited to have my work in a gallery again. The last gallery was Quarters in Harbor Springs, MI. Gallery by the Sea is having a little open house and artist exhibition on Saturday March 29th for all their artists. Author Mary Kay Andrews is having a book signing next door at Seaside Sister's the same day, so it will be a busy day.

Art Crawl was good

2008-03-10T16:59:00.000-07:00

I didn't sell any paintings but did meet many people. We had nearly 200 or so people come through the show and so many great complements and potential leads on architecture jobs. I also did this pen, ink and watercolor of Forsyth Park Fountain (in Savannah). I took a digital photo of the original sharpie on cresent board drawing, made several prints on water color paper, and individually hand watercolored each prints. I'm asking $75.00 for a 4"x6" painted print in an 8"x10" matted frame, and $125.00 for a 6"x9" painted print in an 11"x14" matted frame under glass. Maybe people didn't realized they were original watercolors and felt that $75.00 was too much? Shipping would be extra. If you are interested send me an email at epyrch@gmail.com. The original is 11-1/2"wide x 17" tall, has a 3-1/2" matt with pencil drawn borders. The art is under glass and has a wonderfull ornate antique frame that I picked up at an auction about 10 years ago in Columbus. This piece is going for $600.00. Notecards with envelopes are also available.

I am very grateful to Nancy Maine and John L'moure, the owner and builder of 1403 Solomon Ave (the house where the artwork is displayed) for making the show possible. The cool thing is that the artwork is still up and can be seen by private appointment.

Tybee Art Crawl March 9, 2008 from 2-6 p.m

2008-03-02T10:26:00.000-08:00

Rainbow Row 24"x16" pastel 500.00

Tybee Island Light 24"x20" acrylic 500.00

On Sunday March 9Th I will be displaying about 15 original paintings with two other artists, Nancy Maine and Ted Strezpek in a speculative house nearing completion at 1403 Solomon Avenue on Tybee Island. My son, Callahan Pyrch, A freshman at SCAD will have 3 nicely framed watercolors for sale as well. Hope to see many art collectors in attendance!

Tybee Version of a Savannah Square

2008-02-13T09:35:00.000-08:00

Some existing views of the freshwater wetland, with just a little cleanup and some cool walk bridges this becomes a great place to be!

Existing view standing at Polk and Solomon looking Northwest

A view from Polk Street looking Southwest at the townhouses and gateway to the wetland park

A classic older Tybee raised cottage

A newer Tybee Raised Cottage

Proposed site plan sketch (assume North to be up) Existing site plan sketch

A Savannah Square in Tybee? It would probably involve water and nature, because that's what is abundant out here. I love Savannah Squares, they are great little parks, about 200'x200' curb to curb, not including the streets or walks and small yards in front of buildings. The squares are well defined or negative space created by the positive facades of buildings, townhouses and other public buildings.

There is a very nice piece of land on Tybee Island just around the corner from where I live that is currently platted for more single family homes. It has a fresh water wetland in the center of it and the developer needs a variance to put about 2-4 feet of fill dirt in to rid the land of what I thought I heard the hardship to be, mosquitoes. (no shortage of those pesky little bugs on Tybee) A salt water marsh is bordering the South of the property, Polk Street to the East separates the property from a city run campground where all the coolest RV's gather in one of the nicest, most clean parks I have seen. Here is the plat of the existing, and a few photos of the property.

Rau Residence Kitchen Design

2008-02-11T17:20:00.000-08:00

This was a highly detailed kitchen design in a 1930's house in the historic district of Upper Arlington, Ohio. Sara and Dr. Rau did not want to change the footprint of this small kitchen, so we used every square inch of space to the maximum. Custom inset flat panel cabinets with leaded glass uppers go well with Sara's desire to keep the existing stainless steel countertop at the sink. New countertops were also stainless. Toe kick drawers add storage below the base cabinets. This project won a regional COTY (contractor of the year) award for kitchen designs under $60,000.00. All after Photographs courtesy Michael Houghton.

More great press from Tybee Breeze!

2008-02-04T08:02:00.000-08:00

Check out page 14 in the Tybee Breeze at http://www.tybeebreeze.com/

2605 North Star

2008-01-25T07:18:00.000-08:00

Not many architects get to be their own client. In the early 1990's, Kathleen and I were living in an 800 S.F. post war cape style house in Upper Arlington, Ohio. While we were looking at a 60 year old farm house for sale on North Star Road, we discovered that the adjacent corner lot was for sale. We put our home on the market, and bought the lot. Next we moved in with Kathleen's Mom, Jean Scully for one year. Callahan and Chelsea loved living with Grandma, and I am forever grateful to my mother-in-law. I miss her and think about her generosity, her music, and the way she loved to live life everyday. I sketched up the design in one sitting. It took 6 months to get financing, line up subcontractors, and get the drawings and permits filed. Six months was the exact amount of time it took from digging the hole, to move in date. It's kind of like the house in the movie, It's a Wonderful Life. The idea was to make it look like it had been on that corner forever. It was a great place for our kids to grow up in, with sidewalks, shopping, schools, park, and pool all within walking distance. I had a great experience being my own architect and builder, and I look forward to finding the right place or project for me here on Tybee Island.

Watercolors

2008-01-25T06:32:00.000-08:00

I did a series of three watercolor house portraits for Christmas gifts to clients of Michael Matrka (http://www.matrka.com/), my former employer in Columbus, OH. It was great to be able to work from photographs and do the work in my new studio here on Tybee Island. These three watercolors are all 11"x17". These watercolors make excellent heirloom gifts, please contact me at epyrch@gmail.com for ordering one today.

Concept Axonometrics

2008-01-23T16:50:00.000-08:00

I did these two concept sketch idea drawings for a nice property in New Albany Ohio back in 1996. The project was on High St. right across from a newly restored 1940's classical middle school building. These colored pencil studies are great to show clients a quick view of the concept.

Tybee turtle

2008-01-23T10:39:00.000-08:00

Kathleen saw this rare diamond back turtle on her walk. It was trying to cross the road over by the campground entry. She called me and I ran over with the camera and after a brief photo op, I put the turtle back in the tidal creek to hopefully live another day.

Tybee News article

2008-01-21T08:39:00.000-08:00

This article just hit the streets of Tybee last week, there was a picture of my rendering at the bottom of the article, but I cropped it off since you can see a color version in my earlier post. I am very grateful for the excellent press and exposure.

Some of my Georgian architecture designs

2008-01-17T17:08:00.000-08:00

New Albany, Ohio 1992 Parade of Homes

New Albany, Ohio, Fenway 1993

New Albany, Ohio Fenway, 1994

Westerville, Ohio 1994 Parade of Homes

New Albany Rendering - pencil on mylar

New Albany Rendering - acrylic on canvas

New Albany, Ohio 1995

Fresh Air Home

2008-01-17T12:15:00.000-08:00

This is an amazing building on Tybee. It was built in 1929, and it provides kids a 2 weeks vacation who otherwise couldn't afford to take one. I'm hoping either of my kids can be a counselor this summer. The ratio is approximately 3 kids to each counselor. This Beautiful brick Georgian style building is even more amazing that for its age, and location so close to the beach, I could not detect any settling cracks. It has wonderful spaces filled with light, and a great stair / entry hall. It reminds me of some of the Georgian style homes I designed for the New Albany country club back in Ohio.

Tybee Post Theater

2008-01-16T11:43:00.000-08:00

Here is my rendering I did for the Friends of the Tybee Theater with a current "before" picture above. They will be selling signed limited edition prints for fund raising efforts to restore the theater and help Tybee become a year round destination. The original artwork is a whimsical 18"x24" pencil, pastel, and colored pencil rendering. The Friends have stabilized the building with a new roof. Check out their website at http://www.tybeetheater.com/