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Walter Anderson’s Shearwater Cottage Murals are painted on the wooden walls of Anderson’s cottage in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Anderson painted these floor-to-ceiling murals to illustrate a Gulf Coast day, using bright colors and vibrant images to show the transition from day to night. The murals are also referred to as “Little Room” and “Creation at Sunrise.”[1]
Walter Anderson probably began the murals in his cottage sometime after 1951.[2] During his life, he never allowed anyone but himself, some cats, and the occasional possum to enter the room.[2] However, after his death in 1965, Walter’s wife opened the door to the Little Room and found the spectacular mural.[2]
In 1991, the murals were moved from Anderson’s cottage and are now housed in the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (Ocean Springs, Mississippi).[2]
- ^ Anderson, Walter Inglis, Patricia Pinson, and Colin T. Eisler. The Art of Walter Anderson. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2003.
- ^ a b c d King, Anne R., Walter Inglis Anderson, Stephen E. Ambrose, and John Lawrence. Walls of Light: the Murals of Walter Anderson. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999.