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​Night Settles over Fenwick
The sun sets over the Fenwick Island Lighthouse in southeastern coastal Delaware

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 Night Settles over Fenwick by Ellen Rice
24" x 18" oil on canvas (sold).


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Vertical crop available in print Aug. 20th, 2022
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'Night Settles over Fenwick'
​by Ellen Rice

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Fenwick Island Lighthouse first shined its protective beacon across the Atlantic, warning navigators away from the treacherous Fenwick Shoals just offshore, on August 1, 1859, after more than a century of political wrangling over boundaries.

​There is a large white carved stone marker dated 1751 that bears the arms of Lord Baltimore on the south side and William Penn on the north. It is the first stone set up in connection with the Mason and Dixon line survey, and it is the only remaining of a series of stones laid every five miles to mark the line between what is now Delaware and Maryland and the division between north and south during the Civil War. 


Congress authorized the erection of a lighthouse on the barrier island of Fenwick, Delaware's most southern coastal town, in 1856. By 1857, the site for the lighthouse had been selected and marked and the tower was completed early in 1859. The total cost was $23,748.96. In 1932, a strip of land 60 ft. wide, extending east and west across the site, was deeded to the State of Delaware for roadway purposes (Rt. 54), and in 1940, about three-fourths of the site was sold, including the northern wooded half and 2.71 acres of the southern half - land former lighthouse keepers and their families once hunted and farmed. 

The tower is 83 feet above water and the top of the lantern 87 feet above ground. A 25,000-candlepower Fresnel light flashes white every 3 seconds and is visible 15 miles out to sea. Fenwick Lighthouse is still in operation, thanks to Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse and the State of Delaware. 

My painting shows Fenwick Island Lighthouse from the vantage of the parking lot of Nick's House of Ribs in Ocean City, Maryland, at sunset. A century ago, that same vantage point would be in the ocean.

The lighthouse has NOT ever been moved, contrary to what some people think, though the beaches' contours have changed over the years. Fenwick is a shifting barrier island, its sands like the skies above ever moving.

Enjoy. 

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  • Home
  • Original Paintings
    • Original oils and pastels
    • Portraits & Other Commissions
  • Strength of Women Series
    • About the Series
    • Standing on the Rock Vol I
    • The Journey Vol II
    • No Way Out Vol III
    • Freedom Vol IV
    • The Narrow path Vol V
    • Reflection Vol VI
    • In God's Hands Vol VII
    • Whatsoever things are lovely Vol VIII
  • Prints
    • About Ellen Rice Prints
    • Indian River Inlet
    • Seascapes and Beach
    • Bay Scenes
    • Maps & Treasure Coast History
    • Lighthouses, Coast Guard Stations & Delaware's Watchtowers
    • Paintings Created to Uplift
    • Children's Prints and Portraits
    • Dog Portraits & Prints
    • Pony & Horse Portraits & Prints
    • Trees, Nature & Wildlife Landscapes
    • Nature and Wildlife
    • Pen, Ink, Watercolor & Pencil Drawings
  • Studio Notes
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    • Ellen's Small Gifts
    • LEAF LEATHER by CL Whiting >
      • Card Cases & Other Small Accessories
      • Classic Handbags
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      • Leather-Edged Bags
      • Small Bags
      • Totes
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    • American Hand Made >
      • CERAMICS, POTTERY and RAKU >
        • J. Davis Raku InnerSpirit Rattles & Ornaments
      • CLOCKS & TOYS by Laughing Moon
      • GLASS ART >
        • Chiara Reading Stained Glass
        • Justin Cavagnaro Glass Art
        • Luke Adams Blown Glass
      • JEWELRY BY THE SHORE >
        • Austin Cake's Sun Sea Sand Sea Glass Jewelry
        • Meg's Prism Sea Glass Jewelry
        • Diane Page Beach Glass Jewelry Designs
        • Kim Doughty-Cavagnaro
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        • Steve Baldwin Wooden Toys
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