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Gallery presents group show of large format works

Sunset River Gallery in Calabash, NC will present a group show titled Setting the Mood, opening Saturday, April 1 and running through Saturday, May 13. The exhibition will feature large format art pieces ranging from 30 by 30 inches to 48 by 60 inches.

Gallery director Samantha Spalti said, “We’ve had a growing number of clients asking for large pieces to help them set the mood for a room, so this show is in direct response to that. A large painting is often a centerpiece – above a sofa, over a dining room table, anchoring a gallery wall. Indeed, it sets the mood. And with our 10,000 square foot space of fine regional art, Sunset River Gallery is in a unique position to showcase that art. The selection in this show offers a range of both media and style, all to help our clients ‘set the mood.’”

Featured in the show are works by fine regional oil painters, Betty Anglin Smith, Connie Winters, Pat Puckett, Ruth Cox, Rich Flanagan, Nancy McClure, Bayou Gray, Mary Welch Austin, Nancy Hughes Miller, Carol Iglesias; and acrylic artists, Ginny Lassiter, Cristiana Rioli, Roberta Rotunda, and Sterling Edwards.

Spalti adds, “The artists in the show represent a wonderful mix of style and genre – representational to abstract, traditional to contemporary. We think visitors will love this exhibit.”

About Sunset River Marketplace

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by over 100 fine North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery, and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

A selection of 20th century art features investment-grade fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract. Artists represented include Wolf Kahn, Emile Gruppè, Angel Botello, Raimonds Staprans, Ed Mell, Vladimir Cora, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Tadashi Asoma, Hunt Slonem, Ida Kohlmeyer, Rolph Scarlett, Jean Xceron, folk artist Mose Tolliver, and sculptors Glenna Goodacre and Milton Hebald.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis. Current class listings are on the gallery website, with frequent updates on the gallery Facebook page.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at sunsetrivergallery.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call master framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

 

Upcoming Events

Call 910.575.5999 for details.

Exhibition: Setting the Mood

Group show

Saturday, April 1 – Saturday, May 13

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Free

 

Paint & Party – Colorful Cat (Sorry, full)

Wednesday, April 12

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

$35

 

Coffee With the Authors

Thursday, Apr. 13

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Johnny McWilliams (Intersection)

Free

 

Paint & Party – Impressionistic Floral (Sorry, full)

Wednesday, April 19

5:30-7:30 p.m.

$35

 

Third Thursday Jazz Night

April 20

5-7 p.m.

Free

 

Waterway Art Association Spring Show

Monday, April 24 – Saturday, April 29

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Free

 

Watercolor Batik Workshop (limited to nine participants)

Instructor Ryan Fox

May 6 – 8

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

$300

 

Coffee With the Authors

Thursday, May 11

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Sean Keefer (The Code)

Free

 

Paint & Party (Happy Dog)

Wednesday, May 17

5:30 – 7:30

$35

 

 

Third Thursday Jazz Night

May 18

5 – 7 p.m.

Free

 

Hearts & Arts

Fundraiser for Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

With Jazz by AfterHours Band & silent auction

Friday, June 2

5 – 7 p.m.

$20

 

Coffee With the Authors

Thursday, June 8

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Nick Vance (The Lone Stranger: Revisiting the Myth of the Voodoo Healer)

Free

 

Third Thursday Jazz Night

June 15

5 – 7 p.m.

Free

 

Coffee With the Authors

Thursday, July 13

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Caleb Wygal (Death on the Golden Mile)

Free

 

Coffee With the Authors

Thursday, August 10

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Denny Hamann

Cryin’s For Hungry Babies

Free

 

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Sunset River celebrates local artists with ‘Local Talent’ exhibition

Sunset River Gallery in Calabash, NC will feature an exhibit of works by artists who all reside locally in Brunswick County and New Hanover Counties in North Carolina and Horry County in South Carolina. The award-winning group of artists invited to participate includes Roseann Bellinger, Ortrud Tyler, Georgia Dalzell, Linda Young, Tonda Jeffcoat, Nancy Brennand, Judi Moore, Lou Aliotta, Ginny Lassiter, Rachel Sunnell, Vicki Neilon, Nancy Guiry, Linda Karaskevicus, Richard Staat, Linda Hester, Kathleen Durstewitz, Beryl Kirkpatrick, Betsy Parker, Jan Igoe, Barbara Karkut, Kim Kirk, Gary Baird, Jan, Igoe, Carole Stabile, Donn McCrary, Linda Hester, Pat White, and Adrienne Johnston. The show, titled “Local Talent,” opens Monday, Feb. 20 and runs through Saturday, March 25. An Open House to meet the artist will be held Saturday, March 4 from 2 – 5 p.m. The public is invited and there is no charge.

The gallery’s artistic director, Samantha Spalti said, “We have so many really talented local artists who show in the gallery, we wanted to celebrate them. In this show, you’ll see two-dimensional paintings in acrylic, watercolor and oil as well as 3D clay sculptures and pottery. I’m excited for our visitors to see and enjoy them as I do.”

About Sunset River Gallery

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery, and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis.

A recent 20th Century Art installation features rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract. Artists represented include Wolf Kahn, Emile Gruppè, Angel Botello, Raimonds Staprans, Ed Mell, Vladimir Cora, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Tadashi Asoma, Hunt Slonem, Ida Kohlmeyer, Rolph Scarlett, Jean Xceron, folk artist Mose Tolliver, and sculptor Glenna Goodacre.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

Image IDs:

Artist Ginny Lassiter, Oversseer of theSea, acrylic, 20×24

Artist Betsy Parker, Clay Sculpture Trio

Upcoming Events

Call 910.575.5999 for details.

Friday, Jan. 6 – Feb. 11, 2023

New Voices, Different Directions

5 – 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 1

5:30 – 7:30

Paint & Party

Gullah Gal

Thursday, Feb. 9

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Thomas Kelso (Stability Island)

Wednesday, Feb. 15

Paint & Party

5:30 – 7:30

Coffee Cup on Wood Block

Thursday, Feb. 16

Jazz Night

5 – 7 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 9

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Carole O’Neill (The Silent Victims)

Saturday, Mar. 11

Abstract Collage Workshop

10 a.m. – 4 p m.

Instructor Christiana Rioli

Thursday, Mar. 17

Jazz Night

5 – 7 p.m.

AfterHours Band

Thursday, Apr. 13

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Johnny McWilliams (Intersection)

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Tom Kelso at Coffee With the Authors Feb. 9

Thomas Kelso will speak at Sunset River Gallery on Thursday, Feb. 9 from 11 a.m. to 12 noon as part of its monthly Coffee With the Authors program. The event is free, but seating is limited so the gallery requests reservations. Coffee, tea, and breakfast treats will be served.

Kelso is a practicing local orthopedic physician who is also well known for his thrillers, which are based on current innovations in medicine and science. His current novel is Stability Island, third in his Mark Thurman series. It’s an ordinary day in the ER for orthopedic surgeon Thurman until he finds a mysterious sphere that defies gravity. Excitement and danger build in a race against time as Thurman once again joins forces with his former Naval Special Warfare Development Group to prevent one of modern history’s most significant scientific discoveries from falling into the wrong hands.

Previous medical thrillers in the Mark Furman books include Fractured and Hyperion’s Fracture. All three are available at the gallery for book-signing.

About Sunset River Gallery

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 125 North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery, and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis.

A recent 20th Century Art installation features rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

 

Current & Upcoming Events

Call 910.575.5999 for details.

Friday, Jan. 6 – Feb. 11, 2023

New Voices, Different Directions

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023

5:30 – 7:30

Paint & Party

Gullah Gal

Thursday, Feb. 9

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Thomas Kelso (Stability Island)

Wednesday, Feb. 15

Paint & Party

5:30 – 7:30

Coffee Cup on Wood Block

Thursday, Feb. 16

Jazz Night

5 – 7 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 9

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Carole O’Neill (The Silent Victims)

Saturday, Mar. 11

Abstract Collage Workshop

10 a.m. – 4 p m.

Instructor Christiana Rioli

Thursday, Mar. 17

Jazz Night

5 – 7 p.m.

AfterHours Band

Thursday, Apr. 13

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Johnny McWilliams (Intersection)

 

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Gallery to hold Grand Re-Opening & Ribbon Cutting Jan. 12

Sunset River Gallery to hold Grand Re-Opening Jan 12

Sunset River Gallery will hold a Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting on Thursday, January 12, 2023 from 12 noon – 5 p.m. The ribbon cutting with the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce will take place during the first hour. Refreshments will be served throughout the afternoon. There will also be free gift certificate drawings and gallery tours. The public is invited and there is no charge to attend.

Larry Johnson, who purchased the gallery from previous owners Ginny and Joseph Lassiter, will be on hand to meet visitors and discuss his collection of 20th century art, which is now on display and available for sale at the gallery along with works by many North and South Carolina artists.

Since the change in ownership in June 2022, there have been considerable cosmetic upgrades to the gallery which include new flooring, new paint, and changes to the entryway. The recently installed road-front digital sign features multiple message boards and measures 153 inches tall.

According to the Samantha Spalti, artistic director for Sunset River Gallery, “We’re excited to celebrate our new ‘look,’ and our continued presence as a vibrant local and regional art gallery. We hope to see many of our local community members, artists, and town leaders at the gallery’s Grand Re-Opening!”

 About Sunset River Gallery

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery, and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis.

A few of the gallery’s 20th century offerings: L-R, Ed Mell, Shadowed Walls,1983, oil on canvas, 40″x80″; Ida Kohlmeyer, Cluster No. 25, 1973, mixed media, 43″x69″; Hunt Slonem, Dendrobiums and Delphiniums, est. 2000, oil on canvas, 48-1/8″ x 48-1/8″; Angel Botello, Untitled (Seated Child), oil on panel, 24″x30″ in original frame constructed by the artist.

A recent 20th Century Art installation features rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract. Artists represented include Wolf Kahn, Emile Gruppè, Angel Botello, Raimonds Staprans, Ed Mell,  Vladimir Cora, Bernarde Sòjournè, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Tadashi Asoma, Hunt Slonem, Ida Kohlmeyer, Rolph Scarlett, Jean Xceron,  folk artist Mose Tolliver, and sculptor Glenna Goodacre.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

 

Upcoming Events

Call 910.575.5999 for details.

 

Friday, Jan. 6, 2023

Opening Reception

New Voices, Different Directions

5 – 7 p.m.

Meet the artists, light hors d’oeuvres. Show runs through Saturday, Feb. 11

 

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

Grand Re-Opening

12 noon – 5 p.m.

Ribbon-cutting with Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, new signage, gallery tours, refreshments, gift certificate drawings

 

Wednesday, Jan. 18

Paint & Party

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Gullah Gal w/shrimp

 

Thursday, Jan. 19

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Teri M. Brown (An Enemy Like Me)

 

Thursday, Jan. 19

Jazz Night

5 – 7 p.m.

AfterHours band

 

Thursday, Feb. 9

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Thomas Kelso (Stability Island)

 

Wednesday, Feb. 15

Paint & Party

5:30 – 7:30

Coffee Cup on Wood Block

 

Thursday, Mar. 9

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Carole O’Neill (The Silent Victims)

 

Saturday, Mar. 11

Abstract Collage Workshop

10 a.m. – 4 p m.

Instructor Christiana Rioli

 

Thursday, Mar. 17

Jazz Night

5 – 7 p.m.

AfterHours Band

 

Thursday, Apr. 13

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Johnny McWilliams (Intersection)

 

 

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Sunset River Gallery – Reception Jan 6

Sunset River Gallery in Calabash, NC announces that its first exhibition in 2023 is New Voices, Different Directions. The show, which features works by Angie Sinclair, Shana Grugan, Chantal Tomiello, Pat Puckett, and Mary Welch Austin, opens Friday, January 6 and runs through Saturday, February 11.  An opening reception with refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres is scheduled for January 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend and meet the artists.

According to Sunset River Gallery’s artistic director, Samantha Spalti, the five accomplished artists are all new additions to the gallery. “We’re honored and excited to show their work here at the gallery,” she said. “Each of these artists brings a new, unique perspective.”

Angie Sinclair’s current body of work is all about water. She says her modern impressionist style is achieved through creating different textures and forms with innovative brush strokes that are loose, free, and dynamic. Sinclair was born on the West coast. Her family moved to New York, where she studied at the High School of Arts, the School of Visual Arts, and the Art Students League. Moving to Las Vegas in her twenties, she taught art and began working in oil. Today, she is a full-time artist in Wilmington, NC, still exploring connections between people, light and water.

Shana Grugan, Exchanging Ideas, acrylic, 40×30

Shana Grugan’s work is primarily inspired by her coastal surroundings and the many patterns found in nature. She is known for layering colors of acrylic paint with transparent medium along with masking, a process that allows her to explore her abstract subject matter as she reveals the initial layers in her composition. Born in Greenville, SC, she studied art at The University of Georgia, earning a BFA in Drawing and Painting. After continuing post-graduate studies at the University of South Carolina, she taught art in public schools, levels K – 12. She began emphatically pursuing her art in 2017, which has resulted in acceptance in juried shows and art collectives throughout the Southeast. Grugan lives with her husband and two children in Pawleys Island, SC.

Chantal Tomiello is a French-Canadian born artist who currently resides in Raleigh, NC. Working as a full-time artist for less than five years, she credits California-based artist Nicholas Wilton with helping her define her own direction. “My association with his course of study has changed everything about the way I now see my art, my life as an artist, and the direction I am heading,” she says. She goes on to explain, “Deconstruction of a realistic subject into abstraction is something that inspires me. I want to break down what I see into simple shapes in order to reveal that one thing which brings wonder and excitement to my subject.”

Chantal Tomiello, A Beautiful Mind, acrylic, 24×24

Tomiello is known for paintings that often feel raw and unfinished, ultimately allowing viewers to be part of the painting’s history. Honors include Third Place, Fine Art League of Cary 2020 Juried Exhibition and a “Denis Diderot A-i-R” Artist in Residence Grant, Chateau d’Orquevaux, France 2023. She has also been the subject of interviews in Voyage Raleigh and Canvas Rebel magazine.

With a 23-year career in interior design, Pat Puckett has always been guided by a passion for lush color, design, and the ability to see beyond the ordinary. She is a member of the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society. Interpreting the natural beauty of landscapes, seascapes and historical locales has become the centerpiece of her fine art.  Puckett’s focus is on using rich buttery oil color with bold fluid brushstrokes to capture a fleeting moment in time. Her plein air adventures have earned her many awards as they take her across the US, Europe, and Mexico. Still, her favorite place to capture on canvas is the beautiful beach and salt marsh of her South Carolina home.

Pat Puckett, Watching the Waves Roll In, oil 36×24

The artist has served on the Culinary Symphony and Visual Art Committees for the Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art, and she has chaired the Seaside Palette En Plein Air Event in Georgetown, SC. Her work has been featured in Charleston Style and Design magazine, and her painting “Morning Reflections” was recently selected into the 2022 Associate Members Online Exhibition with the American Impressionist Society. corporate and private collections across the country.

Mary Welch Austin works in both acrylic and oil. Her works express the artist’s sense of harmony and balance. Viewers should observe her keep appreciation for the magic of light and texture and the compositional dance of positive and negative spaces in nature. In Raleigh, NC, Austin’s work was accepted recently in two juried shows at 311 Gallery: “Best of the East Coast” and “Pop Art and Illustration Exhibit.” In March 2022, she presented a solo exhibit titled “Journey East” at the Burgwin Wright House in Wilmington, NC. Originally from High Point, NC, she attended Salem College, the University of Georgia and earned a BFA degree in Art from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. After a career as a fabric designer developing significant skills in color, composition, and perspective, she now enjoys focusing exclusively on her fine art.

Mary Welch Austin, Awakening, oil, 48×60

About Sunset River Gallery

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by  North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery, and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis.

A new 20th Century Art installation features rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

 

Upcoming Events

Call 910.575.5999 for details.

 

Friday, Jan. 6, 2023

Opening Reception

New Voices, Different Directions

5 – 7 p.m.

Meet the artists, light hors d’oeuvres. Show runs through Saturday, Feb. 11

 

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

Grand Re-Opening

12 noon – 5 p.m.

Ribbon-cutting with Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, new signage, gallery tours, refreshments, gift certificate drawings

 

Wednesday, Jan. 18

Paint & Party

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Gullah Gal w/shrimp

 

Thursday, Jan. 19

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Teri M. Brown (An Enemy Like Me)

 

Thursday, Jan. 19

Jazz Night

5 – 7 p.m.

AfterHours band

 

Thursday, Feb. 9

Coffee With the Authors

11 a.m. – 12 noon

Thomas Kelso (Stability Island)

 

Wednesday, Feb. 15

Paint & Party

5:30 – 7:30

Coffee Cup on Wood Block

 

Saturday, Mar. 11

Abstract Collage Workshop

10 a.m. – 4 p m.

Instructor Christiana Rioli

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Images attached:

 

image: Shana Grugan, Exchanging Ideas, acrylic, 40″x30″
image: Pat Puckett, Watching the Waves Roll In, oil, 36”x24″, Coastal Elegance, oil, 12×24

image: Angie Sinclair, Happy Circle, oil, 36”x60”
image: Chantal Tomiello, A Beautiful Mind, acrylic, 24”x24″
image: Mary Welch Austin, Awakening, oil, 24”x48”

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Gallery to hold annual Holiday Art Market Nov. 11 – 13

Sunset River Gallery in Calabash, NC is set to hold its annual Holiday Art Market from Friday, Nov. 11 – Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each of the three days.

Always a popular seasonal event, once again the Market will take place over three days to help reduce crowds and better maintain social distancing.

Over 25 artists are being featured to include Holiday pottery, jewelry, oil paintings, acrylics, watercolors, home decor items, photography, turned wood, handmade furniture and more. A ten-foot Christmas tree will be filled with artisan-made ornaments, so customers can choose their favorites directly from the tree. There will also be free gift certificate drawings, holiday treats, refreshments, and hot mulled cider.

Louise Gerber, clay tray with snowman motif

Featured artists over the weekend include: Ruth Cox (oil paintings), Kakie Honig (fused glass), Kathy Turnauer (fused glass), Donna Michaux (pottery), Betsy Parker (pottery), Bob Moffett (turned wood), Gary Baird (wildlife photography), Conway Glass (handblown glass), Ardie Praetorius (pottery), Louise Gerber (pottery), Sherry Banner (jewelry), Vicki Neilon (watercolor and acrylics), Bob Monthie (wood trays), Pat White (oils), Roseann Bellinger (mini paintings), Sharon Dodge (pottery and ornaments),  Mary Cross (pottery), Jewel Simmons (jewelry), Wes Wagner (wood furniture), Chuck & Candace Whitlock (fused glass), Kathie Wolk (pottery); Kakie Honig (fused glass), Barbara Bryant (fiber art),  Kelly Long pottery), Brenda Riggins (ornaments and paintings), Mark Golitz (pottery), Laura Johansen (handmade dolls) and Sherry Godfrey (pottery).

About Sunset River Gallery

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

Ceramic trees by Mark Golitz

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis. Call the gallery for details.

A new 20th Century Art installation features rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

Upcoming Events

Holiday Art Market

Friday, Nov 11 – Sunday, Nov 13

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Three days of shopping fun! Featured art includes Holiday pottery, Christmas ornaments, jewelry, oil paintings, acrylics, home décor items, photography, glass, fiber art, wood & more. There will be plenty of Holiday refreshments, goodies and drawings for free gift certificates.

 

Paint & Party

Champagne Glasses

Wed., Nov. 16, 2022, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Come with your besties or fly solo and make new friends. Join instructor Ginny Lassiter for a fun night of painting festive champagne flutes on canvas. Bring snacks and your favorite beverage. Gallery supplies everything else! $35

 

Jazz Night (third Thursday of each month)

November 17, 2022, 5 – 7 p.m.

Join the gallery for an evening of fine tunes and good company in the artistic atmosphere you can only experience here at Sunset River. After Hours is a local band of seasoned musicians. The popular ensemble brings their musical stylings to the gallery on the third Thursday of each month for two hours of standards and audience favorites.  The group often features a nationally known guest performer.

 

Black Friday & Small Business Saturday

Nov 25 & 26, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Shop Thanksgiving weekend creatively and locally. Gallery staff are here to help you find that perfect gift or art piece for your own home. The tree will be up, full of finely crafted artisan-made ornaments – as well as plenty of pottery, art glass, fiber art and wall art for you. Also enjoy hot mulled cider and Holiday treats while you’re here.

 

Author Open House

Saturday, Dec 10, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Stop by to meet some of the local and regional authors featured in the gallery’s book section. They’ll be happy to sign books (and we know books make wonderful Holiday gifts!).

 

Jazz Night (third Thursday of each month)

Dec. 15, 2022, 5 – 7 p.m.

Always a fun evening of fine tunes and good company in the artistic atmosphere you can only experience here at Sunset River Gallery. After Hours is a local band of seasoned musicians you may have seen performing at local restaurants here in Brunswick County. The popular ensemble brings their musical stylings to the gallery on the third Thursday of each month for two hours of standards and audience favorites.

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Gallery welcomes oil painter Angie Sinclair

Sunset River Gallery in Calabash, NC has recently added Wilmington, NC oil painter Angie Sinclair to its roster, artistic director Samantha Spalti has announced.

Angie Sinclair, Dreaming, oil 30×40

Angie Sinclair’s current body of work is all about water. According to the artist, her modern impressionist style of painting is achieved through creating different textures and forms with innovative brush strokes, which are very loose, free and dynamic.

Her inspiration originally came from watching her children swim, both playfully and competitively. She was mesmerized by the way the water seemed to mystify the body and wanted to find a way to capture the interaction of water, body and light. Sinclair’s painted canvases feature crisp blue-hued scenes of people skimming along water’s reflective surfaces. Hints of reflective colors skim across the canvas and cling closely to the figures. Sinclair attending the High School of Arts, the School of Visual Arts, and the Art Students League in New York City. Her work has been exhibited around the country and has garnered first prize in juried shows.

Angie Sinclair, Summer Stripes, oil 24×30

The artist was born in LA and moved to New York with her family, where she studied at the High School of Arts, the School of Visual Arts, and the Art Students League. Moving to Las Vegas in her twenties, she taught art and began working in oil. Today, she is a full-time artist in Wilmington, NC, still exploring connections between people, light and water.

(Main image: Artist Angie Sinclair, Together Swimmingly, oil, 30×40)

About Sunset River Gallery

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis. Call the gallery for details.

A new 20th Century Art installation features rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.staging.careful-crib.flywheelsites.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

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Gallery presents Moments of Serenity

Sunset River Gallery to present Moments of Serenity: Works by Connie Winters (oil), Cristiana Rioli (acrylic collage) and Bob Moffett (turned wood)

Extended through Oct. 21st

 

Sunset River Gallery in Calabash, NC will present Moments of Serenity, an exhibition featuring works in oil by Connie Winters, acrylic collages by Cristiana Rioli and turned wood vessels, bowls and platters by Bob Moffett. The show opens Wednesday, Sept. 7 and runs through Friday, Oct. 21.

Connie Winters is a dedicated advocate of impressionist art. Her style closely resembles the original impressionists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is known her bucolic landscapes, reflective water views and florals. Her paintings hang in many notable private and corporate collections, including John Randolph Hearst, Jr., the Coca-Cola collection, the Duke Mansion in Charlotte and the permanent collections of Erskine College, Presbyterian College and Wingate College.

Originally from Italy, Cristiana Rioli has found her voice in non-objective painting inspired by urban landscapes, marine scenes, and piles of objects. Her style consists of combining mixed media techniques in acrylic, soft and oil pastel, and collage bits on texturized surfaces.

Bob Moffett is a professional woodturner who specializes in turning offset platters, bowls, boxes and miniature ornaments. He often incorporates surface treatments such as texturing, spiraling, chatter, beading and woodburning. He teaches classes in woodturning at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the mountains of North Carolina as well as at the Center for Creative Woodworking in Reidsville, NC.

The gallery’s new artistic director, Samantha Spalti said, “These three artists complement each other beautifully, and I love how the show is coming together. I’m excited to see how our gallery visitors enjoy it.”

About Sunset River Gallery

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis. Call the gallery for details.

A new 20th Century Art installation features rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.staging.careful-crib.flywheelsites.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

 

Upcoming Events

Exhibition:

Moments of Serenity: Works by Connie Winters, Cristiana Rioli & Bob Moffett           

Wednesday, Sept. 7 – Friday, Oct. 21, 2022

This stunning exhibit combines representational oil paintings with acrylic collages and mixed media pieces and turned wood sculptures, bowls and platters . . . for a delightfully eclectic result.

 

Coffee With the Authors

Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, 11 a.m. – 12 noon

Caleb Wygal

Death On the Golden Mile

Caleb will be talking about his third novel in his Myrtle Beach Mystery Series. When a woman Clark Thomas has never seen before sits down across from him at his bookstore, she gives him an invitation to dinner. . . and murder. No charge but seating is limited so call the gallery to hold your spot.

 Paint & Party

Beach Path at Sunset

Wednesday, Sept. 14, 5:30 – 7:30

 Join the group for a fun night. Come with your besties or fly solo and make new friends while you paint this charming acrylic on canvas. Bring snacks and your favorite beverage. Gallery supplies everything else!

 

Jazz Night (third Thursday of each month)

Sept. 15, 2022, 5 – 7 p.m.

Visit the gallery for an evening of fine tunes and good company in the artistic atmosphere you can only experience at Sunset River. After Hours is a local band of seasoned musicians you may have seen performing at local restaurants here in Brunswick County. The popular ensemble brings their musical stylings to the gallery on the third Thursday of each month for two hours of standards and audience favorites.  The group often features a nationally known guest performer.

 

Collage Workshop

Instructor Ginny Lassiter

Mon., Oct. 10, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Create your own collage from paint, twine, specialty papers, swatches, old & new photos, magazine pages, sheet music and more. Bring your own or choose from ours. Gallery will supply paint and canvases. No experience necessary. Call to register. $45

 

Coffee With the Authors

Thursday, Oct 13, 2022, 11 a.m. – 12 noon

Brent Hensley

Womack Undisclosed

Brent is once again featuring the tough as nails wheelchair bound detective, Connie Womack, in his newest mystery. No charge but seating is limited so call the gallery to hold your spot.

 

Circle of Life Abstract Workshop

Instructor Cristiana Riolo

Saturday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

To create interest and variety, you’ll start your creative journey by texturizing a 20- x 20-inch canvas with acrylic pastes. Next you’ll collage cardboard pieces and build layers with different mark-making tools and acrylic glazes. Final accents will be with soft and oil pastels. No previous experience needed. Call for details.

 

Jazz Night (third Thursday of each month)

Oct 20, 2022, 5 – 7 p.m.

Join the gallery for an evening of fine tunes and good company in the artistic atmosphere you can only experience here at Sunset River. After Hours is a local band of seasoned musicians you may have seen performing at local restaurants here in Brunswick County. The popular ensemble brings their musical stylings to the gallery on the third Thursday of each month for two hours of standards and audience favorites.  The group often features a nationally known guest performer.

 

Holiday Art Market

Friday, Nov 11 – Sunday, Nov 13

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Three days of shopping fun! Featured art includes Holiday pottery, Christmas ornaments, jewelry, oil paintings, acrylics, home décor items, photography, glass, wood & more. There will be plenty of Holiday refreshments, goodies and drawings for free gift certificates.

 

Paint & Party

Champagne Glasses

Wed., Nov. 16, 2022, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Come with your besties or fly solo and make new friends. Join instructor Ginny Lassiter for a fun night of painting festive champagne flutes on canvas. Bring snacks and your favorite beverage. Gallery supplies everything else!

 

Jazz Night (third Thursday of each month)

November 17, 2022, 5 – 7 p.m.

Join the gallery for an evening of fine tunes and good company in the artistic atmosphere you can only experience here at Sunset River. After Hours is a local band of seasoned musicians. The popular ensemble brings their musical stylings to the gallery on the third Thursday of each month for two hours of standards and audience favorites.  The group often features a nationally known guest performer.

 

Black Friday & Small Business Saturday

Nov 25 & 26, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Shop Thanksgiving weekend creatively and locally. Gallery staff are here to help you find that perfect gift or art piece for your own home. The tree will be up, full of finely crafted artisan-made ornaments – as well as plenty of pottery, art glass, fiber art and wall art for you. Also enjoy hot mulled cider and Holiday treats while you’re here.

 

Author Open House

Saturday, Dec 10, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Stop by to meet some of the local and regional authors featured in the gallery’s book section. They’ll be happy to sign books (and we know books make wonderful Holiday gifts!).

 

Jazz Night (third Thursday of each month)

Dec. 15, 2022, 5 – 7 p.m.

Always a fun evening of fine tunes and good company in the artistic atmosphere you can only experience here at Sunset River Gallery. After Hours is a local band of seasoned musicians you may have seen performing at local restaurants here in Brunswick County. The popular ensemble brings their musical stylings to the gallery on the third Thursday of each month for two hours of standards and audience favorites.

 

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20th Century Art Installation at Sunset River Gallery

Sunset River Gallery in Calabash, NC announces the opening of its new 20th Century Art Installation, a selection of rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract. The collection currently features paintings by Wolf Kahn (1927-2020), Ed Mell (1942), Raimonds Staprans (1926), Angel Botello (1913-1986), Jean Xceron (1890-1967), Emile Gruppe (1896-1998), identical twins Raphael Soyer (1899 -1987) and Moses Soyer (1899 – 1974), Rolph Scarlett (1889 – 1984), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924 – 2019), and Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (1912 – 1997). Also included is a bronze sculpture by Glenna GoodAcre (1939 – 2020).

Formerly Sunset River Marketplace, the gallery recently changed hands. New owner Larry Johnson from Bethesda, MD has bought and sold art through major and middle-market auctions around the world for two decades. He has been an amateur painter and sculptor for years, achieving a minor in fine art from Purdue University.

With an ever-growing collection of fine art, Johnson set out to find a gallery into which he could integrate his auction purchases. He says, “Sunset River proved to be a perfect match for me. It is a large gallery in a vibrant but still reasonable area, which will facilitate the selling of valuable paintings at very competitive prices. The gallery represents over 150 local and regional artists and craftspeople, so we will continue to serve the local community while showcasing these fine examples of 20th century work.”

Former gallery owner Ginny Lassiter adds, “for 20 years, I’ve nurtured Sunset River as a thriving community art hub, and I’m thrilled that Larry is going to continue that concept. The gallery has played an important role in developing the area’s cultural and commercial community. I’m grateful for the continued support of local artists and residents as well as the thousands of visitors that come to see us every year.” Lassiter will continue to work with Sunset River in an advisory capacity and curating exhibitions and artist events.

Pink Sky by Wolf Kahn

Highlights of the new installation include two paintings by Wolf Kahn: Pink Sky, 28” x 34”, oil on canvas and Through the Gap, 42” x 72”. He is well known for both his oils and pastels. He was first published as far back as 1979 and his artwork is represented in several popular books including Wolf Kahn’s America, published in 2003. His work has always brought solid market prices and has been sold by Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Bonhams and Heritage Auctions. He passed away in 2020 and Christie’s auctioned Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and [his wife and fellow artist] Emily Mason on May 17, 2021. This auction established a new auction record at $207,000 and seem to spark a new pricing level for both Kahn’s and Mason’s work. In November 2021, a new auction record of $212,500 was reached for Wolff Kahn’s Atlantic Highlands.

There are also three coveted Raimonds Staprans oils: Boats ’72, 28” x 34”; Boats At Newport #2, 28” x 34”and Landscape With a Barn, 44” x 48”. The artist was born in Latvia in 1926 and currently lives in San Francisco, CA, but is no longer painting. His pieces are found in numerous museums. The San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose, CA has a substantial collection as does the State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia. Staprans’ work is considered to be in the circle of Wayne Thiebaud and Richard Diebenkorn; he was friends with both of them. Sotheby’s, Bonhams and Christie’s have sold his work, although recent auction records have come through California-based Clars Auction Gallery at $147,600 on Sept. 12, 2020 and then $187,500, June 17, 2022. Available paintings by Raimonds Staprans are very scarce.

Boats’72 by Raimonds Staprans

Also still living is Ed Mell, born in 1942. He has his own gallery in Phoenix, AZ, with his work gaining popularity sharply in recent years, leaving almost no inventory of his original paintings for sale. Surprisingly, the two art auction majors, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, have yet to bring his work to auction, but since his auction results have recently exceeded $100,000, that may be simply a matter of time. His Shadowed Walls, measuring 40” x 78”, is available through Sunset River Gallery. It is a striking showpiece of 20th century American art.

Angel Botello is represented with two charming pieces in the Sunset River collection: Reclining Girl 35 7/8” x 48” and Niño con Caballito, 24” x 30”. Born in 1913 in Puerto Rico, he essentially began as a street artist. His work is so unique and appealing that his fame grew during his lifetime such that resales at various auctions quickly outpaced his original art prices. He was both a painter and a sculptor. Botello’s work is often sold at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, His auction maximum was achieved at Christie’s in 2007 for Nina Durmiendo at $397,000.

The 20th Century Art installation at Sunset River Gallery is open now, however a reception is planned for a later date once some cosmetic upgrades have been completed at the gallery.

About Sunset River Gallery

Reclining Girl by Angel Botello

Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis. Call the gallery for details.

A new 20th Century Art installation features rare and valuable fine and modern art, primarily impressionist and abstract.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.staging.careful-crib.flywheelsites.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.

 

Suggested Captions:

Artist Wolf Kahn, Pink Sky, oil on canvas, 28“ x 30”. This painting was sold by Marianne Friedland Gallery in Naples FL to a private collector in Oconomowoc, WI where it remained for about 30 years until it was sold by Hindman Auctioneers in 2022.

 

Boats ’72, oil by Raimonds Staprans, measures 28” x 34”. From 1972, it was sold by Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco, CA, the gallery that represented the artist.

 

Shadowed Walls, this striking piece by Ed Mell was painted in 1983, a very much desired period for Mell’s work. This large piece, almost institutional in size, measures 40” x 78”. One of his very successful pieces, the Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, CA, produced a poster of this piece.

 

This is Reclining Girl, 35 7/8” x 48 by Angel Botello (1913-1986). His fame grew during his lifetime such that resales at auction quickly outpaced his original art prices.

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