
This is a 14X11 inch Giclée print of an original acrylic painting, by Ginger Ebert. Larger size prints are available, up to 36X24 inches. It is printed on Fine White Art paper, suitable for framing. The artwork is a depiction of the old wooden Johnny Mercer's Fishing Pier in Wrightsville Beach, NC, as it looked in 1960.
The pier was originally called the Atlantic View pier and was built in the 1930’s by Julian Morton whose son, Hugh Morton owned Grandfather Mountain. It was later bought by Luther Rogers who sold it to Johnnie Mercer in 1939. Johnnie Mercer was an avid fisherman and renamed the pier after himself. (He was not the famed singer/songwriter).
Hurricane Fran and Bertha in 1996 were the two storms that devastated the wooden Johnnie Mercers Pier. Construction of the new concrete pier began in 1999, and reopened in 2002. Johnnie Mercers is the first concrete pier along the NC coastline. The new pier extends 1200 feet our over the Atlantic Ocean and was built to be able to withstand up to 200 MPH winds.
Hey, thanks for stopping by! My name is Ginger. I am a self-taught artist from Wilmington, North Carolina. I specialize in painting local scenery around the Cape Fear area.
My uncle, Joe Stanley, is a well known Wilmington artist and magazine publisher, who studied under the infamous Claude Howell. Retired now, Uncle Joe is my friend, tutor and my muse. Nothing leaves my studio without his nod of approval.
All of my prints are of original acrylic paintings on canvas. They are giclée prints on fine white art paper, suitable for hanging, delivered to your door in the highest quality packaging. Plus, shipping is always free!
Hi! We absolutely LOVED your paintings today at the craft fair. I showed your paintings to my husband and we'd like to inquire about the size and price of the seven paintings that I'm going to send from screen shots. Super excited in advance, your work is gorgeous!
Ginger Ebert
Artist
I’m a 65 year old baby boomer. I like grits, boiled peanuts and hush puppies. I have three fantastic and talented sons and four beautiful grandchildren. I’m married to the worlds most thoughtful and generous man. We have two great big Rottweilers that think they are human.
I live in a beautiful, coastal, Southern town….Wilmington, North Carolina. I was born here, to parents who were born here. My grandmother and I graduated from the same high school. I love this place….it’s in my blood. The people, the customs, the food, the oak trees, the historic buildings, the battleship, the gardens, the salt air, full of screaming sea gulls, and the lonely river that flows through it.
I spent many years snapping photographs of everything around me. Now those photographs are providing the inspiration for my paintings.
My husband and I both worked at the one of the world’s largest manufacturing plants. For over 20 years, we worked 12 hour swing shifts, so we were permanently dazed and confused. Now we are retired and I am finally able to pursue my love of painting.
I hope you enjoy the prints of my paintings and get as much pleasure from these depictions of my local scenery as I do!