Paintings by Anne M. Tisdell will be featured in the cafe gallery from March 1st-31^st and can be viewed during normal business hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5,

Wednesday 10-6.

A meet the artist reception will take place on Saturday, March 11^th from 1-3 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

For more information call 508-949-6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com.

Watch a video interview with Anne HERE.

Artist’s Statement:

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.  He has taught in all mediums and students work in the medium of their choosing.  I have exhibited at the Museum’s Adult Student Art Exhibit and at Arts Worcester.  In 2018, I started watercolor classes with Charlie Grey 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. I am also a musician and singer and have sung in choruses and churches in Greater Boston.  I studied voice with the late Pauline Maher of Lynn, MA. The Pandemic in 2020 cut into my exhibition time.  Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster, MA. was my first exhibit of 2020 and in December 2021.  Recently, I have exhibited at the Gale Free Library and 122 Diner in Holden, and The Pearle L. Crawford Library in Dudley.