Gallery owner Ginny Lassiter said, “We’re located on the coast and are fortunate to have incredibly beautiful marshlands right here. They inspired me to highlight some of the artists who share my love for the salt marshes and tidal pools.”

 
There are 22 pieces in the exhibition depicting the area’s local waterfronts, fishing shacks, Waterway marshes, back road tidal marshes and marshland inhabitants including herons, and egrets among others. Paintings are both studio works and plein air pieces created right at the water’s edge. Shrimp Boat at Dock by Myrtle Beach artist Ruth Cox depicts a much-loved local scene, one whose future is sadly uncertain. Jim Comer’s exquisitely carved herons offer the viewer a close-up view of the local icons.

 
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery is located at 10283 Beach Drive S.W. (N.C. 179) in the historic fishing town of Calabash, N.C. Within the gallery’s 10,000 square foot space are works by over 200 artists, all from North and South Carolina. A wide range of artistic style is represented including realism, abstract art, folk art and more. At the back of the gallery are a classroom for weekly art classes and special workshops and a pottery studio that includes two kilns, an instruction area and a separate finishing room. Also onsite is a full-service custom mat and frame shop that offers specialty shadowbox framing, conservation mats and glass, custom mirrors and more.