Textiles, watercolors and pastels. Sketches, acrylics and prints. They march across the walls of Arts of the Pamlico’s gallery space in the Turnage Theatre, a tribute to their maker — Alice Stallings.

“A Retrospective — The Art of Alice” opens Friday with a reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Turnage. It’s an eye into a lifetime of work by a prolific and versatile artist; an artist who was never confined to just one medium, instead soaked up knowledge and technique in a quest to be a better artist.

With the help of fellow artist Nancy Scoble, Stallings has spent the last year combing through her collection of art. Contemporary Art Exchange owner Tina Jandrow assisted when Jandrow hosted a smaller retrospective in March of this year.

For Scoble, it’s the collection of sketches — detailed character studies that seem to flow effortlessly across the pages.

“They’re very powerful to me,” Scoble said of the work.

Scoble was on hand Wednesday, helping hang Stallings’ work and filling out exhibit labels for each piece, putting the final touches on an exhibit that spans nearly all of the Turnage gallery’s wall space. For Stallings, the retrospective is not just a look at her artistic past, but an opportunity to show work that may have never been seen. In the Art Café, the wall is covered with her abstracts — some stark, all modern.

“People probably wouldn’t associate them with me,” Stallings said with a laugh.

For that, she’s always been known as an artist’s artist, and she’s spread her knowledge and support generously throughout the local arts community.

“I think she’s one of the most significant artists to ever come out of Beaufort County,” former Beaufort County Arts Council Executive Directory Joey Toler said in a recent interview.

The Turnage Theatre is located at 150 W. Main St., Washington.