About

The Bad Habit Lounge Studio

Larry Beat hails from Toledo, Ohio USA but has called the Emerald Coast Florida his home for 18 years. He has worked for the City of Destin for 7 years, first in Engineering and now in the Planning Division. In addition to planning administration, he also serves as the City’s official photographer. His photos have been published in The Destin Log.

Beat has been an artist for 50 years, starting his artistic ambitions as an 8-year-old attending Saturday morning art classes at the Toledo Museum of Art over a 5-year span. Later, at the University of Toledo, he continued art studies as well as French. He completed a BA in French at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1984. After two summers traveling around France & Europe, Beat joined the Air Force and became captivated by many exotic cultures. During his 20-year career he was stationed in Germany, Las Vegas, the Philippines, Korea, and Thailand. He retired at Hurlburt Field in 1997.

A dusty, old honky-tonk GI tavern near Clark Air Base in the Philippines inspired the name of his studio The Bad Habits Lounge.

His art begins as normal digital photography. He then crafts the color, contrast and other attributes creating the desired effect. He does not use special software such as Adobe Photoshop. Instead he only uses the most basic software tools that come with most digital cameras.

His work is currently featured in Fort Walton Beach, Florida at Gaia’s Garden ‘n Gallery 28 Eglin Pkwy and Stella Art Inc 196 Miracle Strip Pkwy. He is a member of the Arts & Design Society, 17 First St SE and often has works on display at the Art Center as well as in the Calhoun Room of the Destin Library.