An independently owned art supply store in Wilmington is closing for good this month.

Linda Arrow, owner of Arrow Fine Art Supplies, said she is not renewing the lease for the 1,500 square feet of space her store has occupied since 2012 in the South Kerr Village strip center, 1045 S. Kerr Ave.

“I’ve had tons of support from UNCW, Cape Fear Community College, the Cameron Art Museum and Screen Gems and a lot of professional local artists – that’s how I’ve managed to stay and build and grow over the past five years,” Arrow said Friday.

But she’s never enjoyed the business side of her art business, Arrow said.

“I want a life, and I want to create my own art,” she said.

Arrow’s family opened a framing and art supply store in upstate New York in 1977, moving to Wilmington in 1992. Townhouse Art & Frame Center at 730 St. James Drive in Wilmington, the framing store owned by Linda’s sister, Lisa Kazantzis, and Lisa’s husband, Doug, will remain open.

“It’s a family tradition that’s been going for a good long time,” Arrow said.

Arrow moved the art supply side of Townhouse Art & Frame Center into space on Castle Street in 2011, but a lack of foot traffic and concerns about personal safety led her to choose the South Kerr location the following year, she said.

“I saw a big boost in business when I moved here,” she said.

Lisa Kazantzis was helping Arrow on Friday to ring up customers at Arrow Fine Art Supplies, where a 45 percent off sale was in effect. The store’s fixtures are also for sale, and the discount on supplies will increase weekly until the store’s expected closing around the third week of June, Arrow said.

Unless she runs out of inventory before then. If not, Arrow said, that’s OK too.

“I’ll have a lot of art supplies to create my own stuff with,” she said.