Walter Anderson's Paintings of People Featured in Exhibition

The Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, offers the exhibition Seeking the Sublime: The People of Walter Anderson through May 26, 1997. The exhibition is comprised of more than 140 pieces portraying people of all ages engaged in various life situations and reveals a seldom-seen side of the work of the artist, whose reputation has been based primarily on his brilliant watercolors of the flora and fauna of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Other exhibitions scheduled at the museum include A Succession of Flowers, June 2-September 1, 1997, featuring native plants in watercolors and drawings, and Between the Blades of Grass, November 1-February 1, 1998, focusing on Anderson's observations of the creatures that swell unnoticed in the grasses and marshes of Mississippi.

In conjunction with a previous exhibit, the University Press of Mississippi has recently published A Symphony of Animals, a collection of over 200 animal works by Walter Anderson. Copies of the book are available in bookstores and at the Museum Store. Contact the WAMA, P.O. Box 328, Ocean Springs, MS 39566; telephone 601-872-3164.