Annie Helm
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I am a “transplant” to Tennessee. I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, and during my
school years did lots of art work for my schools and for family and friends. My father REALLY
wanted me to enroll in Art School, but I wanted to be a nurse. I graduated from a nursing
school in Madison, Wisconsin. Shortly thereafter I moved to Tennessee.
Being “MOM” to two wonderful daughters and a fantastic son was my main job for most of my
years in Nashville, and now I am “GRAMMIE” to 5 DELIGHTFUL grandchildren.
Art in one form or another has always been a part of my life, and I’ve “dabbled” at different crafts
and arts. During the years before my children were born, I was Head Nurse of the Pediatric
Unit at Nashville Memorial Hospital in Madison, Tn. and I painted Disney characters all over the
walls of the playroom there. I also became a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, and taught
Lamaze classes to many couples in Nashville. As Lamaze teachers, four of us wrote a
classbook for our local classes,and I illustrated the book. I still enjoy teaching Lamaze, and
am employed now as a Lactation Consultant at CMC Women’s Hospital in Nashville.
I never had the opportunity to participate in a professional art class until a few years ago, and it
has been such a joy to learn to paint in oils, and, as our wonderful instructor, David Gillihan
says, to “paint what I see”. Most of my paintings have been inspired by photographs( real
people, real places) and I love to paint pictures that are meaningful to others. Some of the
paintings displayed here have been commissioned by friends.
My Dad would love to know I am finally painting!
I hope your enjoy viewing my paintings…I certainly enjoyed painting them.
