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Renowned for her signature style of embracing rich, vibrant colors,

Roseann Bellinger is a multi-award-winning artist who masterfully

works with oils, acrylics, watercolors, and mixed media.

An esteemed member of artistic organizations, including the Waterway

Art Association, Brunswick Arts Council, and Oak Island Artists Guild,

Roseann’s creative journey is deeply intertwined with the artistic

community.

She annually participates in the prestigious Burroughs and Chapin

Art Museum Collectors’ Event in Myrtle Beach, SC, showcasing her

exceptional artistic prowess.

As the proud proprietor of Bellinger Artworks in Calabash, NC, Roseann

Bellinger has fostered a hub for the Waterway Art Association, further

contributing to the artistic tapestry of the region.

Exclusively available through the Sunset River Gallery in Calabash,

NC, her captivating works and greeting cards have found homes in

numerous collections, both locally and across the nation.

Janet Boschker recently moved to Shallotte from Charlotte where she loved freezing time for clients by photographing their children and families for over 30 years. She studied art at Greensboro College, but the responsibilities career and family put her passion for painting on the back burner until about 10 years ago. During her photography career, she was fortunate to be able to travel for work, enabling her to create a large collection of photographs for future paintings. She enjoys working in oil, acrylic, and cold wax. Plein air painting has become a favorite pastime as she is inspired by the landscape wherever she goes and is excited to explore the coast's beauty. Find her work at www.northlightphotography.com

I am a self taught artist who retired from the corporate world to follow my passion for art. Originally from Maryland, Coastal Brunswick became my home in 2014. My inspiration comes from native wildlife, area beaches and the ocean.
I enjoy painting with acrylics and watercolor, while exploring various mediums to add texture and depth. The subject matter dictates which mediums I choose. I love the vibrant color of acrylics which add boldness and whimsy, while watercolor allows for a softer, gentler feel.
My paintings are in private collections across the US and Ireland. In 2012, I was honored to have one of my watercolors published in the book, “The American Mastiff “ by Anthony A. Williams. In 2023, one of my watercolors also received an award.
In addition to painting and teaching art, I enjoy reading and spending time with family and friends.

Find Holly on Instagram @artbyhollyclark !

A fine arts Graduate of Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, receiving a BFA in design. Studied watercolor with Louise Stahl, Ranulph Bye, AWC, Cyril Gardner and oil & acrylic painting with Steve Vasilou, among others. Taught painting with WV N Community College and private studio classes for 20 years.

Worked professionally in advertising as an illustrator and as creative director for a regional advertising company in the Midwest. Painting has always been a joy and now as a retiree, a serious endeavor. The beautiful landscape and coastal scenery of North Carolina is an inspiration and many friends have been made through painting.

Coming from West Virginia mountains to the eastern coast, first Delaware and now North Carolina, I have enjoyed the wonderful light and the sunrises and sunsets and coastal life of the region. 

I am fortunate to have many works in collections in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and North Carolina. I currently exhibit at Sunset River Market Place in Calabash and Franklin Square Gallery in North Carolina.

My journey in acrylic painting began in 2018 by attending classes at Sertoma Arts Center in Raleigh NC.  In the time since, I relocated to Sunset Beach NC and retired, which has allowed more opportunity to put brush to canvas, to seek inspiration, and to connect with the local art community through Waterway Art Association.

Although painting birds has been a primary interest, I continue to explore my artistic voice by experimenting with various subjects, mediums, and styles, including mixed media. In addition to painting, I participate in a photo club to help improve my photographic skills and techniques.

I look forward to sharing my work in local art shows and library art displays.

 Jeffrey Fahey has been a professional working artist for over 50 years and currently resides in the coastal Carolinas. He is a member of the Pastel Society of America, the North Carolina Pastel Society, the Piedmont Pastel Society and the Southeastern Pastel Society. Jeffrey enjoys plein air painting or working in his studio from photographs taken during his travels and observing nature. He has recently retired from a successful career as a touring musician with the band Daybreak and as an Art Director working in graphic design, film, photography, web design and marketing. His most recent assignment was with the solar company SunWize, a division of Mitsui of Japan based in San Jose, CA. He attended The Art Students League in NYC studying under Jean Liberte, studied Advertising and Design at SUNY Farmingdale and attended The School of Visual Arts in NYC for 3 years in the Media Arts program before receiving his BS in Professional Studies at SUNY Empire. He has studied pastel painting with Liz Haywood-Sullivan, Lyn Asselta, Elizabeth Mowry and Albert Handell. Currently, he is studying painting and composition with Ian Roberts, an American oil painter. In September of 2017, he held his 1st one-man show in Summerville, SC and continues to exhibit his work locally and throughout the Southeast. For more info: www.jefffahey.net • jfahey@atmc.net 

Allison Fanelli is a retired Registered Nurse and life-long artist. Starting with a love of drawing as a child, she worked with ceramics and painted for 30 yrs, ran an arts and crafts business in her 30’s, and now devotes much of her time creating in retirement as “The Artful Nurse”. The recent sales of her art benefit Almost Home Dog Rescue, a non-profit she has been involved in since 2006.

Originally from Pennsylvania, Allison relocated to Calabash in 2020, where she finds inspiration in this coastal area which is reflected in much of her art. Allison is a self-taught artist and loves to create using acrylics, watercolor and glass mosaics. Most of her work is a mix of these, but she’s always looking for new ways to express herself through art.

Allison’s best times are spent with her husband and two dogs, Ranger and Driver. She enjoys the beach, cooking for family and friends and exploring her new state. 

Originally from the small town of Crestline, Ohio, my wife and I moved to Elgin, South Carolina in October, 2014 and finally settling In Loris in 2019. I have spent most my life in factory and maintenance settings. While not being able to work due to the flood in 2015, I told my wife I have always wanted to try painting. So at 54 I tried water color and soon found I enjoyed painting with acrylics. I am self-taught with no formal training. 

My paintings have been displayed and sold in shops in Calabash, Conway and Myrtle Beach. Along with entering my paintings in few art shows and being commissioned for many paintings, I have painted two book covers for my wife who writes mystery books. 

I have been watercolor painting for about thirteen years. I retired after 40 years as an RN in NC and NH. My husband and I moved back down here from NH when our son and daughter-in-law had triplets.   They also have a son 2 years older than the triplets.  We're the lucky grandparents who get to live next door to them, which is such a joy.
 I enjoy the whimsy of watercolor, and am not a realist! I have never been so relaxed and happy as when I’m painting.  

Linda's parents enrolled her in private oil painting classes at the age of 15.  The art instructor quickly saw her unique talent and invited her to the 1966 Andrew Wyeth exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia PA. This event made a strong impression and her love for the arts deepened. Later, as a married woman and mother of three, she studied with accomplished artists, Narcissa Weatherbee of Woodbury, NJ,  Floyd Torbert and Ranulph Bye of Bucks County, PA. She  also attended Bucks County Community College in Newtown, PA and the University of the Arts of Philadelphia PA. Since moving to the Carolinas, she paints coastal scenes primarily in acrylics.  Linda has received numerous awards, served as Past President and Secretary of Waterway Art Association and is currently a member of the WAA, Brunswick Art Council and the Art Association of Southport NC.  Her work is currently on display and for sale at Sunset River Gallery, Calabash, NC. 

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Allie describes a successful creation as one which engages the viewer to find personal meaning in response to her work, given their unique life story and experiences. What the

viewer brings to understanding her work is as critical to this interpretation as what Allie lays on the paper or canvas or wooden block.

For Allie, color and the dance it performs with light and texture, brings life and meaning to her work. What may begin with a wet into wet wash of watercolor, may get texturized or collaged or have layers of liquid acrylic built upon its surface as the creation unfolds. Much of her work is abstract expressionistic in style done in a in water-based medium, but at times is very objective and may may be created in oil or pastel or alcohol ink or even encased in resin!

Experimental exploration of media and substrate keeps her work vital and her

interest in creating art alive. Her latest venture involves pouring watercolor paint. 

“We are so blessed to enjoy life … God gave me whatever talent I have for a greater purpose. In a world where we can

send orbiters throughout the rings of Saturn, no one on this planet should be without clean water” so half of my proceeds

have supported clean water wells in Africa for several years.”

More of Allie’s work can be found on her website www.AllieLullArt.com

 Grandparents, never underestimate the power of your influence! As a youngster, I watched my grandfather, with great curiosity, as he worked in his studio. “Wow, isn’t that cool”, I thought. Having seen him carve, model, and experiment with paints and surfaces, I determined that there was nothing else in the world I would rather be than an artist. Excelling in art came naturally to me, and after graduating from art school, my professional career spanned the advertising and publishing arena, and careened into interior design. Today, I enjoy exploring the magical world of watercolors and encouraging creativity in others, most especially, as you probably guessed, in my 3-year-old grandson. 

Retired in 2021 after 40+ years as a non-profit fundraiser and event planner.  Moved to SC a little over 2 years ago from Maryland, where I was born and raised.  Regained my love of acrylic painting about 5 years ago after a 30 year break raising a family, and began by painting pictures for gifts for friends and family.  Usually paint from photographs, and try to make my paintings look as realistic as i can. 

Vicki Neilon has been an artist from the time she was old enough to hold a brush. She paints in watercolor or acrylics and has won numerous awards in both medias. Highlights of her artistic endeavors are being chosen as the Wine Label Contest Winner for the Winefest event at the Museum of Coastal Carolina for 2015 and again in 2019. These winners were featured on a billboard to announce the Winefest.   

     Other highlights were winning an honorable mention for her entry, "Southern Comfort," for last year's Sunset Vision Show and the Dinah Snead Memorial Award for the Associated Artist show at the Franklin Gallery this year.

    Currently she is a member of the Waterway Art , Associated Artists of Southport,  Seacoast, and Brunswick Art Council. She is a happy exhibitor of th Sunset River Gallery in Callabash and Franklin Gallery of Southport.

     She always signs her painting with a small hummingbird in honor of a very distressed bird who was trapped in her house as she was painting outside with her door opened!

Artist Becky Steele uses bold, vibrant, colors to create figurative abstracts that present diversity in a fun and respectful way showcasing how different we all are and yet, how we are all also the same.  

Steele has always been creative and began painting in earnest in the 1990’s. She has work represented in both personal and corporate collections all over the US, and several pieces are currently on display at 

Sunset River Marketplace Gallery in Calabash, SC, Franklin Square Gallery and The Artisan’s Gallery on Howe in Southport, NC, and Gallery Citrine and theArtWorks in Wilmington, NC.

She and her partner moved to Little River, SC, in 2021. 

They love life at the coast.

View more of Steele's art at www.beckysteeleartist.com 

Julie Turner received a BFA in painting and drawing from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA, USA). Her most recent works are acrylic on canvas paintings and digital art for print. Her style is a unique blend of Abstract Expressionism and Expressionism. Turner has exhibited in the USA: San Diego, CA; Washington, D.C.; Calabash and Southport, NC; New York, NY; Las Vegas, NV; Myrtle Beach, SC; Alexandria, VA; in EU: Königswinter, Germany; Bologna, Italy; and Tokyo, Japan. Her artwork has been published worldwide and has been sold to many private collectors.

Email: jt@julieturnergallery.com

Personal Website: www.julieturnergallery.com

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Alex Wowk has been an artist since he was eight years old when he discovered that stars in the night sky were round rather than 5-pointed. Being a visual artist means having the ability to see things as they are instead

of the symbols that represent them.

Since that time he has developed his skills through varied formal art instruction

 and self teaching. 

Wowk has attended art classes at schools such as University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design and

Dutchess Community College. In addition, as a youth, he was mentored by many local professional artists.

While in the United States Air Force Wowk worked in the Base Graphics Department and served as staff artist for the NCO Club. Later on, he worked as a Graphic Designer for IBM in Kingston, NY.

Since retiring, he has developed his watercolor and acrylic painting skills and taught watercolor painting at Hobby Lobby. His watercolor paintings of the local environment are on display at Jewelry by

Wendy gallery in Calabash, NC 

where he also teaches.

He is a member of the Waterway Art Association in Calabash, NC.