Tucked away on one of the historic side streets of Bay Head, New Jersey, the Anchor & Palette Gallery has been a family-owned business for over 25 years. The residents of Bay Head know the gallery as the source of Dick LaBonté's paintings and prints, but also over the years the LaBonté family has built up the reputation of this small gallery to be one of the best for artwork by professional local artists.

Anne LaBonte Neff, daughter of artist Dick LaBonté, currently owns and manages the business. The gallery is located at 45 Mount Street in a building over 100 years old. The newly renovated gallery welcomes the casual beachgoers as well as the sophisticated art connoisseurs. All are welcome.

In the summer, during the height of the tourist season in this small beach town, the gallery offers an opportunity for the public to "Meet the Artist." Every Sunday guest artists do painting demonstrations and chat with their patrons. The gallery also has specific shows, and is in its eleventh year of its Annual Watercolor Show, featuring top New Jersey watercolorists.

The gallery is open all year. During the winter months the gallery offers art classes taught by local artists in the mediums of watercolor, pastel, oil and Japanese sumi-e brush painting.

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