Art and Avarice

Avarice may be too strong a word but it makes a nice title for today. The art part was the start of our day at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art. Anderson was a local artist whose work centers on the flora and fauna of the Gulf Coast. The museum is small but really well done and includes a room rebuilt on site that Anderson kept locked and no one saw until after his death that is totally covered with images. It is hard to photograph but I tried. A short war away is the Shearwater pottery which is also an Anderson property and was begun by Walters brother, Peter.
Check them out here:
http://www.shearwaterpottery.com/

Too bad we are here on a Monday since the Ohr Museum is closed on Mondays. We did go see the exterior designed by Frank Gehry. It's a good pairing since George Ohr was known as "the mad potter" and Gehry's buildings are pretty extreme.

Afternoon took us to the beach which offered great expanses of sand and sky without those pesky people getting in the way since it was very cloudy and cool.

Next was the avarice part when we dropped by the Hard Rock and Beau Rivage Casinos. Gambling casinos are certainly helping bring back money to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil mess. Dan upped our small bill in a slot machine to enough for a dinner for one of us. He did agree to let me have a dinner, too!