Boat House and Shrimp Boat by Art Newton

Southport's first professional artist, Art Newton (1922-1964) produced a prolific body of work that included pen and ink, pencil sketches, oil paintings, and watercolors.

In describing Newton's work, the State Port Pilot noted that Newton's work shows mid-20th century Southport as he saw it...the docks, the boats, the passing ships, the marshes, the beaches and the venerable architecture of Southport all speak to Art Newton's love of Southport.

This image of Southport's working waterfront is from an original Art Newton oil painting.

The Southport Historical Society is proud to offer our members and friends this print from the Art Newton collection. Each print will be produced by the Ricky Evans Gallery using Giclee printing to produce fine art pieces on archival quality paper. Prints are available in two sizes 8 1/2" x 11" for $25 and 11 1/2" x 14" for $40.