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April Issue 2006
Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC, Features Works by Bob Dalton
Sunset
River Marketplace in Calabash, NC, is featuring the underwater
photography of Bob Dalton in a show entitled, Beneath the Surface.
The exhibit, which runs through Apr. 21, 2006, is a collection
of striking, full-color images of sea creatures such as sharks,
sea anemones, octopi and needle fish. One beautifully composed
shot of a shark camouflaged behind a school of fish was selected
by Nature's Best magazine as an Honor Image in the publication's
photo contest. It hung in the Smithsonian as part of the Gallery
of Prints. The shark was a sand tiger photographed in about 60
feet of water above the USS Tarpon off Okracoke Island, NC.
Dalton has been a professional photographer for 30 years. He began as a biology major and then spent a year and a half of graduate study in marine biology. Somewhere along the way he realized that photography was what he truly wanted to do. So he gave up marine biology and moved to Daytona Beach to attend photography school.
The artist said, "I have made my living as a commercial photographer; however, underwater photography has been my love. Being able to combine biology, marine biology and photography has been wonderful."
Now a resident of High Point, NC, Dalton lived for a year in the Cayman Islands, while working on a stock photography project. Many of his underwater images are from Grand Cayman, Belize and Bonaire.
Dalton said, "I learned to Scuba dive before I could drive so I have been diving for over 40 years, and have been a PADI DiveMaster for 20, so combining underwater photography and marine biology turned out to be a natural progression." He added that he tries to look at nature and see its details from a different perspective.
Ginny Lassiter, owner of Sunset River Marketplace, said, "Bob's composition is stunning, his colors are rich and his subject matter is unusual. I think visitors to the gallery are really going to enjoy this exhibit."
Sunset River Marketplace, located in the historic fishing village of Calabash, features the work of fine artists from only North and South Carolina in its eclectic 10,000 square foot space. Visitors to the gallery are treated to complementary gourmet coffee, tea and refreshments as they meander through several different rooms of fine art. A full-service framing studio is located on-site, and art classes for children and adults are provided in two classrooms at the back of the gallery.
For more info check
our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 910/575-5999
or at (www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com).
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