2025 Duck Art Stores & Galleries Guide

Decorate your wall at home or your beach cottage with something unique from Affordable Art located inside the Beach Gallery store. Located in Scarborough Faire Shoppes in the heart of Duck, you are sure to find exactly what you’re looking for. Nestled alongside a tree-lined boardwalk, you and your family will enjoy a leisurely walk browsing the great stores at Scarborough Faire Shoppes.Every inch of Affordable Art/Beach Gallery is covered with hand-painted oil on canvas and an assortment of other art pieces. Each piece of artwork is either stretched canvas or comes with a beautiful frame. Even though Affordable Art offers canvas works at wholesale prices, they also run sales at different times of the year and if you happen to visit during a sale, you will no doubt find a treasure trove of quality products to decorate all areas of your home or beach cottage. The combined location of Affordable Art and Beach Gallery offers the perfect location to find the one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork or the place to purchase that one print you’ve seen before but didn’t know where to get it! Affordable Art and Beach Gallery is the place for all your art needs.

You’ll find Barr-ee Station 3 waiting for you where the Boardwalk stops, at the south end of the Waterfront Shops, with it’s restful benches and light refreshments hitting the spot after a long stroll.One can’t help at least taking a peek into this cozy corner shop, with its interesting and inviting décor luring you in from the deck. On display outside the shop are lovely old wicker chairs, wrought iron planters and ornamental pieces, antique tables, old beach cottage shutters, hand crafted birdhouses and artistic metal sculptures of lobsters and mermaids and the like.Inside its pastel walls you’ll find a unique selection of antiques, furniture and gifts and a clothing and swimwear outlet as well. Among other stunning antiques, lovely hand-painted furniture pieces sit atop samples of their gorgeous oriental rug collection. This eclectic ensemble includes lamps, glassware and other smaller treasures, and adorning the walls is a small and very affordable collection of original paintings by local artists. Also available are accessories like throw pillows, scarves, bags and jewelry and many small gift items, some one-of-a-kind.In addition to its regular seasonal discounts, Barr-ee Station 3 runs super sales in the fall, including annual outdoor tent sales during Thanksgiving weekend. The shop is open daily in season, but fall hours and days may vary.

Decorate your wall at home or your beach cottage with something unique from The Beach Gallery. Located in Scarborough Faire Shoppes in the heart of Duck, you are sure to find exactly what you’re looking for. Every inch of Beach Gallery is covered with hand-painted oil on canvas and an assortment of other art pieces. Each piece of artwork is either stretched canvas or comes with a beautiful frame. Beach Gallery also runs sales at different times of the year and if you happen to visit at this time, you will no doubt find a treasure trove of quality products to decorate all areas of your home or beach cottage. Peak Season June 16 through Thursday before Easter hours are 10am-8pm Monday-Saturday and Sunday 10am-6pm. Shoulder Season Friday before Easter through June 15 OR Monday of Labor Day through Monday of Columbus Day the hours are 10am-6pm Monday-Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm. Off Season Tuesday after Columbus Day through Thursday before Easter - call individual stores for hours.

Beach Treasures in Duck on the Outer Banks is recognized for its collections from renowned jewelry designers as well as gemstones from around the globe. Locally owned and operated, Beach Treasures in Duck is located in Wee Winks Square, along the soundside boardwalk. 

Carolina Moon Gallery is a New Age Gallery which blends modern and ancient ideas together. We feature jewelry, clothing and vintage one-of-a-kind items selected just for you. Serving the Outer Banks of North Carolina since 1982, we bring you the largest selection of earrings on the east coast.

If you like fun, funky and fabulous, you will definitely find it at Dazzles. Located in the Waterfront Shops in Duck, customers are easily drawn to this colorful and vibrant gift boutique full of uniqueness and charm. Dazzles offers an eclectic selection of beautiful glass art, off-beat purses, popular Oka.b shoes, amazing local art and eye-catching home and garden décor. If customers are looking for the perfect piece of jewelry, they are bound to find it here. Dazzles offers not only stunning jewelry by local artists but also a line of Beyond Words jewelry. Customers are sure to revel in all there is to see at Dazzles. Don’t forget to check out the popular troll beads, tyler candles, Camilla beads and staxx rings. A large selection of stunning chimes, exciting handbags, fun signs and bath and body products are also available.  Statues and whimsical renditions of mermaids and fairies abound here as well. One thing is for sure. Live Well – Laugh Often – Love Much is definitely the theme at Dazzles. Call for off-season hours and special winter hours.

Duck Duck Art, located in the loft of Savvy Home Boutique, offers teacher/artist-guided classes for “no-talent novices to blooming artists.”It’s a place that’s “free of judgment and stress,” where kids of all ages can feel comfortable expressing their talent or even finding it for the first time.“ Parents can either stay and participate (but not advise) or feel free to drop off the kids, ages five and up, and go for a break.Taught are scheduled, fun classes in sculpture, tie-dye, acrylics on canvas, watercolor, charcoal, pastel and more. The owner and other local artists guide students through sessions that last about an hour and a half and are usually long enough to complete a project all will feel proud to display. Class time can also be extended, if needed, for an additional fee.Duck Duck also offers, upon request, Girls Nights and Date Nights with “Canvas and Cocktails.” Group events can be scheduled with 24-48 notice upon availability. And, regular yoga classes, taught by certified instructors, are available some mornings and evenings. These classes and special nights do fill up quickly, so be sure to reserve a space by calling or coming by the shop. Duck Duck Art is open only during the late spring and summer months, when the class schedule is posted weekly on facebook.

Proudly Handcrafted in the Carolinas! We love the outdoors at Nags Head Hammocks and handcraft our Classic Hammocks, Swings and Durawood Furniture to help you enjoy every moment. It all started in 1974 when our first hammocks were made in a little shop on The Outer Banks.

Work and gift items by national artists abound at Ocean Treasures with over 150 pieces of art on display. Surely you have heard of the late Thomas Kinkade, referred to as the painter of light? He is featured here along with other notables including famous marine artists Wyland and Guy Harvey. Also view work by Mark Keathley, Abraham Hunter, Walfrido Garcia and Dan Mackin. Ocean Treasures also features Disney collectables, Guy Harvey clothing, jewelry and an abundance of cat-happy Laurel Burch products. Pick up everything from a souvenir to a real work of art. There is something for everyone and every price point. Seasonal hours apply. 

For Sara DeSpain, these fragile sand banks serve as more than artistic inspiration. The OBX is her physical and spiritual home and the very essence of the pieces she creates.Take for example her exquisite gold and silver pendants, formed from molds of actual sea-softened shell shards DeSpain gleans during her frequent beach combings, enhanced by either a natural pearl or rare gemstone. Even her souvenir beads are unique reflections of the Outer Banks. Mimicking fossils, formed with molds of tiny “ocean sculpted” seashells, these miniature masterpieces offer tourists and gift-givers lovely and very affordable keepsakes. Outer Banks’ premier jewelry designer, DeSpain began her career in 1974 and has since handcrafted her own creations. Besides being a creative designer and skilled goldsmith, DeSpain is a graduate gemologist. The rare and precious gems used in her work come from all over the world and represent the highest quality in gemstones available. It’s the perfect combination for finding that special anniversary gift or creating that one-of-a-kind engagement ring. In addition to showcasing her own work, DeSpain’s shop at Osprey Landing serves as a gallery for talented artists from across America, as well as other local designers she has handpicked for their skill and individuality in expression.DeSpain says her mission is “to help you find that one thing you can't live without.”

Browse from store to store under covered porches and a grove of shady live oaks! Along the meandering Duck Road that runs through the village of Duck, NC, you’ll find the Scarborough Lane Shoppes, a collection of cool clothing boutiques and restaurants, shops that help you make your house a home, fun food stores, a place to relax, to taste and buy wine and craft beer, art to express your taste in living and jewelry to express yourself.Outer Banks shopping aficionados know that Scarborough Lane Shoppes puts them in Duck NC Shopping Central where they can find…well, practically anything they want. Browsing from store to store is comfortable under the covered porches that connect the shops, no matter what the weather. So, when the sun’s too hot or the rain is pouring (the best Outer Banks shopping days, by the way!), Scarborough Lane is the place. And, when it’s time to take a pause, or if you’re simply starving, two of Duck NC’s most-liked restaurants are right here.   Also on this site is our Specials sections where Outer Banks shopping experts know they can get valuable coupons and learn about the offers from each of our stores. If you’re not familiar with the area, you can go to our Directions tab to see a map and get oriented to the lay of the land for Duck, NC.

If you are looking for a diverse collection of handcrafts and fine arts made exclusively by American artisans, you are sure to find it at Sea Dragon Gallery.  For the past 12 years, the gallery in the Waterfront Shops in Duck has been offering works by more than 150 established and emerging artists, including some of the Outer Banks’ own talented artisans. From pottery and glass to metal and wood, every item in the gallery is carefully selected by owner Paula Myatt.

For 40 years, Tar Heel Trading Company has been representing American handcrafted quality on the Outer Banks. They present a wide variety of creations from handmade jewelry to kaleidoscopes, blown or functional glass to North Carolina pottery. The focus is on quality, function and value so everyone can find that special item for themselves or for a gift. Representing the best in handmade crafts from local, regional and national craftsmen. Customers can enjoy shopping for that unique jewelry piece of "art-to-wear" in sterling silver adorned with semi-precious gems, crystals, glass or pearls as well as fine leather or fabric handbags in a fun, hands-on atmosphere.