Point Atkinson Lighthouse

$125 plus framing

 #190

Watercolour and Ink
Carole Villeneuve
April 2023

8.5" x 22"

Point Atkinson Lighthouse is a National Historic Site located in Lighthouse Park, across the Burrard Inlet from Vancouver, British Columbia.

 Point Atkinson was named by Captain George Vancouver in 1792 when he was exploring the Pacific Northwest in the ship Discovery.  

The first wooden lighthouse went into service in 1875.  

The present lighthouse was built in 1914 on granite boulders

jutting out into the Burrard Inlet.  It is now automated and still in use.

The Point Atkinson Lighthouse may be reached by

hiking the Valley Trail in Lighthouse Park.

Stormy Waters

$150 plus framing

 #183

Watercolour
Carole Villeneuve
May 2021

14" x 21"

Storm on the water,

Crashing waves washing the lake,

Sail tomorrow not today!

Watch Hill Lighthouse Rhode Island

$150 plus framing

#182

Watercolour
Carole Villeneuve
May 2021

14" x 21"

Watch Hill in Westerly, Rhode Island,

 has had a nautical beacon since 1745. 

The original wooden lighthouse was built in 1808. 

The granite lighthouse that can be seen behind

 the white buildings was opened in 1856  

and automated in 1986.  

Summer at the Lighthouse

 $100 plus framing

                                                                   #180

Watercolour
Carole Villeneuve
March 2021

10" x 14"

This painting celebrates a  summer view of the  Sylvan Lake Lighthouse,

 built to replace the original lighthouse which was demolished during the winter of 2012/2013.

  The original lighthouse stood for close to 25 years and served as an iconic landmark 

for the town of Sylvan Lake.  

This new lighthouse was built through 2015/2016.

Mystic Seaport Light

$100 plus framing

#171

Watercolour
Carole Villeneuve
August 2019

10.5" x 14" or 14" x 22"

Mystic Seaport Light, located in Mystic, Connecticut,
 is a replica of the Brant Point Lighthouse on Nantucket Island.

Lighthouse on Cayuga Lake

 $150 plus framing

#169

Watercolour
Carole Villeneuve
June 2019

14" x 22"

Cayuga Lake is the longest of New York's eleven glacial Finger Lakes, 
and is the second largest in surface area and second largest in volume. 
There are three lighthouses on Cayuga Lake.
Myers Point Light is located in Myers Park in Lansing, 
ten miles north of Ithaca, New York.
This lighthouse was built primarily by volunteers in 1998 
with over 3000 bricks, 
each individually cut and donated.  A functional strobe light, 
with a range of 7-10 miles, was added in 2002.

Cape Spear

$75 plus framing

#164
Watercolour
Carole Villeneuve

October 2018

8" x 10"

Cape Spear Lighthouse is located on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland.  It is the most easterly point in Canada. It was first named "Cabo da Esperança" (Cape of Hope) by the Portuguese, later became "Cap d'Espoir" (Cape of Hope) by the French and finally "Cape Spear".

Sylvan Lake Lighthouse

$75 plus framing

#151
Watercolour 

Carole Villeneuve

May 2016

8" x 10"

This painting celebrates a  winter view of the new Sylvan Lake Lighthouse,

 built to replace the original lighthouse which was demolished during the winter of 2012/2013.

  The original lighthouse stood for close to 25 years and served as an iconic landmark 

for the town of Sylvan Lake.  

The new lighthouse was built through 2015/2016 and as this painting is posted, 

the lighthouse is complete except for landscaping and a few final details.

Lime Kiln Lighthouse

$100 plus framing

#76

Watercolour

Carole Villeneuve

March 2011

10" x 14"

The Lime Kiln Lighthouse is on San Juan Island which is the largest island of the archipelago of the San Juan Islands.  These islands  are found in the northwest corner of Washington State, U.S.A.  The lighthouse gets its name by the limekilns built nearby in the 1860s.  Beginning operations in 1914, it was the last major lighthouse established in Washington State.