Coupeville Wharf at Sunset #101
Original Acrylic 36 x 48: $3,500
Gallery Wrapped Canvas Artist Print Replica: $800
Canvas and Velvet Paper Prints sizes available: 36 x 48 24 x 32 18 x 24: 12 X 16 9 x 12 6 x 8
Built in 1905, the Coupeville Wharf was once a bustling hub of steamship commerce, allowing farmers and merchants to move goods and people regardless of the tides. Today, it hums more softly - home to local shops, a small museum, boaters, and fishermen - and stands as a beloved symbol of Whidbey Island’s coastal life. Visitors linger over coffee and leave with pieces of the island in hand: local art, food, and maritime treasures.
FUN TIPS ABOUT THIS PAINTING:
If you can read the posted signs, you will see they are a “Welcome to the Island” notice, explaining that the island has been home to many people and visitors. The signs explain that Whidbey Island was historically called Tsch-kole-chy by the Samish People (a Coast Salish people) whose territory included Northern Whidbey Island. In 1792 European explorers changed the name to Whidbey Island after officer Joseph Whidbey.
The name of the rowboat? “Sunny” - the artist’s little girl.
