Anne Tisdell will be sharing her art, Joy of Water, with us for the month of June.

Please join us in welcoming her on Monday, June 17th from 5:00-6:30.

This event is open to all. Light refreshment will be served and are provided by the Friends of the Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library.

Artist’s Bio:

I have dabbled in art all my life with sketching and drawing. I grew up in Swampscott, MA., an oceanside community north of Boston. Professionally, I have worked as an RN and a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner for 45 years. I had a few courses in art as a teen and took 2 courses at Montserrat School of Art in Beverly, MA in pastels and watercolors with artist/teacher, Mimi Johnson. Retiring in 2016, I have had the time to pursue my interests in art, music, dance and photography.

Many of the paintings that I create are based on my photographs or the photographs by friends with their permission. Artist, Elaine Griffith, (now, Artist, Janice Legare) taught classes at Holden Senior Center in acrylic painting which I started in October 2017. Since then, I have exhibited in various places in Central MA. I started Art Classes with Bill Griffiths at the Worcester Art Museum in 2018, which brought me to a new level as an artist. I have exhibited at the Museum’s Adult Student Art Exhibit and at Arts Worcester. In 2018, I started watercolor classes with Charlie Gray in Rutland, MA., a local well-known artist who has been instrumental in improving my watercolor technique. In July 2021. I participated in an intense workshop under the direction of Artists Mimi Johnson and Mark Hayden in multiple art forms. The Summer of 2023, I enrolled at Worcester Art Museum to learn more techniques with portraiture. Recently, I have exhibited at the Gale Free Library and 122 Diner in Holden, Pearle L. Crawford Library in Dudley, Booklovers Gourmet in Webster, Jacob Edwards Library in Southbridge as well as The Princeton Art Society, and the Northborough Art Guild.

                                           -Anne M. Tisdell- 4-17-2024