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Anne Blair Brown, American, Plein-air Painter, born in Rhode Island who currently resides in Nashville, TN. A former chef, Anne has a passion for cafes, restaurants and city life. Whether it is waiters tending to patrons, bartenders cleaning after a busy shift or people just walking the street, her work reflects her observations of the people and places she visits. Anne’s art documents moments that others might have not noticed, her work draws viewers into the scene and transports them to another place and time.

A graduate of the University of Georgia and Watkins College of Art & Design, Brown became a professional artist after years of working as a chef. During her cooking career she began to realize that she needed another creative outlet and returned to her favorite pastime, painting. It took courage and the encouragement of her husband to leave a successful career as a chef and make the change to working full time artist.

Anne Blair Brown is an active member of the Chestnut Group, a nonprofit group of artists dedicated to preserving endangered ecosystems, historic locales, and aesthetically and environmentally significant places. She enjoys painting outdoors, en plein-air and also paints in her studio from photographs she takes at the places she has visited. Anne is a member of OPA, The Oil Painters of America. Anne Blair Brown also teaches workshops in plein-air.

Anne Blair Brown
Award winning artist, Anne Blair Brown, American, Plein air Painter, was born in Northkingstown, Rhode Island and currently resides in Nashville, TN. A former chef, Anne has a passion for cafes, restaurants and city life. Whether it is waiters tending to patrons, bartenders cleaning after a busy shift or people just walking the street, her work reflects her observations of the people and places she visits. Anne’s art documents moments that others might have not noticed, her work draws viewers into the scene and transports them to another place and time.

Brown received her training from the University of Georgia and Watkins College of Art&Design. She is inspired by the works of Edouard Vuillard, John Singer Sargent], and [[Childe_Hassam|Childe Hassam.

Currently, Anne’s work can be seen at art galleries across America. Her most recent shows have been in Provincetown, MA, Richmond, VA and Boston, MA. For the last two years Anne Blair Brown has been a selected finalist in Artist's Magazine's Annual Art Competition in the Landscape Division. And most recently, has won “Best in Show” at the Tennessee Art League's 43rd Annual Central South Art Exhibition National.

Ms. Brown has been featured in The Tennessean, The Times-Picayune, and Birmingham Magazine. Her paintings are in the Tennessee State Museum's permanent collection, and the corporate collections of Boult, Cummings, Connors & Berry, The Orcutt Group, The Colonade Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, and Synovus Bank in Columbus, Georgia.

Anne Blair Brown is an active member of the Chestnut Group, a nonprofit group of artists dedicated to preserving endangered ecosystems, historic locales, and aesthetically and environmentally significant places. She enjoys painting both en plein air and in her studio. She travels extensively and her work reflects the places she visits. Anne is a member of OPA, The Oil Painters of America. Anne Blair Brown also teaches sold out workshops in Plein air painting to artist across the U.S.

Through her blog www.annewoolverton.com, Anne exhibits her love of cooking by sharing recipes and cooking advice.

Selected Exhibitions (*Solo Shows)
2008 Tennesse Artists Group Exhibit, Richmond, Virginia Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts 2007 Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia Loretta Goodwin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama 2006 Loretta Goodwin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama Richland Fine Art, Nashville, Tennessee 2005 Tucker Gallery, Evanston, Illinois Sensations, Jules Place Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Interiors and Exteriors, Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Featured Artist, Harding Art Show, Nashville, Tennessee
 * Simie Maryles Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
 * Painterly Panache, Provincetown, Massachusetts
 * Tucker Gallery, Evanston, Illinois
 * Cafe Culture, Simie Maryles Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
 * Bon Apetit, Tucker Gallery, Evanston, Illinois