Walter Anderson Museum Of Art

Walter Inglis Anderson (1903 - 1965) was a remarkable American painter, writer, and naturalist, who lived much of his life along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, houses a glimpse of his creativity. How coincidental that the Museum’s first exhibition of the year is entitled "Holes in Heaven" the Ornithological Art of Walter Anderson, January 24, 2008 - May 11, 2008. Walter Anderson wrote in one of his many logs, "Birds are holes in heaven through which man may pass." In this exhibition, Anderson's devotion to and fascination with the songbirds and waterfowl of the Gulf Coast region is displayed. 

Anderson regarded his art not as a "product", but as a "process, a means of experiencing the world." Writing clearly played the same role. "I think writing has a cleansing effect, and although it is easy enough to keep the body clean, the mind seems to grow clogged." He seems to have regarded his writing, like his painting, as kindling for what he called the "third poetry." "The first poetry is always written against the wind by sailors and farmers who sing with the wind in their teeth. The second poetry is written by scholars and students, wine drinkers who [have] learned to know a good thing. The third poetry is sometimes never written; but when it is, it is written by those who have brought nature and art together into one thing.

You simply must find time to visit the Walter Anderson Museum during your stay on our coast. 

Directions and Map from Mobile Convention Center to Museum