The youngest of the three Anderson brothers of Shearwater Pottery, Mac Anderson worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, watercolor, woodcarving, sculpture, and pottery. He was employed... Read full biography
The youngest of the three Anderson brothers of Shearwater Pottery, Mac Anderson worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, watercolor, woodcarving, sculpture, and pottery. He was employed by the family’s Shearwater Pottery company along with his brothers for many years, helping to design... Read full biography
The youngest of the three Anderson brothers of Shearwater Pottery, Mac Anderson worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, watercolor, woodcarving, sculpture, and pottery. He was employed by the family’s Shearwater Pottery company along with his brothers for many years, helping to design and produce art pottery vessels and figurines. Having trained at Tulane University and under artists Juan Jose Calandria and William Spratling in New Orleans, Anderson also painted throughout his... Read full biography
The youngest of the three Anderson brothers of Shearwater Pottery, Mac Anderson worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, watercolor, woodcarving, sculpture, and pottery. He was employed by the family’s Shearwater Pottery company along with his brothers for many years, helping to design and produce art pottery vessels and figurines. Having trained at Tulane University and under artists Juan Jose Calandria and William Spratling in New Orleans, Anderson also painted throughout his life, often incorporating themes of nature. The Andersons all enjoyed hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities in the Mississippi and Louisiana countryside and took great inspiration from the scenery for their artwork. The paintings offered in... Read full biography
The youngest of the three Anderson brothers of Shearwater Pottery, Mac Anderson worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, watercolor, woodcarving, sculpture, and pottery. He was employed by the family’s Shearwater Pottery company along with his brothers for many years, helping to design and produce art pottery vessels and figurines. Having trained at Tulane University and under artists Juan Jose Calandria and William Spratling in New Orleans, Anderson also painted throughout his life, often incorporating themes of nature. The Andersons all enjoyed hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities in the Mississippi and Louisiana countryside and took great inspiration from the scenery for their artwork. The paintings offered in this sale depict a variety of such outdoor subjects; the large format Shrimp Boat depicts a scene of everyday life along the Gu... Read full biography
James (Mac) McConnell Anderson - Artist Info
About James (Mac) McConnell Anderson: Books
Books & Publications (3)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Shearwater Pottery
2006
Stewart, Dod
337 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Dreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi: Love and Art at Shearwater