A Symphony of Animals

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Summary: inspiring
Review: This is one of my most treasured books, purchased when I visited the Walter Anderson Museum of Art and Shearwater Pottery in Ocean Springs, Mississippi a few years ago. It is packed with beautiful photographs of Anderson's works of passionate and unique artistic vision accompanied by many of his thoughts on animals and nature. His medium of choice seems to have been watercolor but there are also examples of his wood and ceramic sculpture and prints. His work is stylized and decorative but full of movement and evidence of his intense observation of animal behavior. I am always looking for material to stir my creative juices and this collection never fails to inspire me. This book should interest anyone who loves art, animals and contemplating man's relationship to both.