This November, Sullivan's Island homes will once again become galleries as Art on the Beach returns for one of the island's most beloved traditions. Art, food and community come together for an afternoon benefiting Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services—and this year, artist Lisa Anne Tindal will take center stage.

Hand-selected as the 2026 Featured Artist, Lisa Anne admits she was surprised when she got the news. She had heard wonderful things about the event from fellow artists, loved the idea of art displayed inside homes and, as she puts it, applied "because Sullivan's Island is just splendid."

But there was another part of Art on the Beach that immediately resonated with her: its purpose.

Before returning to painting in her 50s, Lisa Anne built a career advocating for women and families. That history made the event's support of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services especially meaningful.

"As a former Executive Director of a nonprofit and an advocate for women without resources, I was drawn to the work of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services and am grateful to support their important services," she says.

In some ways, her selection brings two chapters of Lisa Anne's life together. She spent one encouraging others through advocacy. Today, she does it through art.

Her return to painting began quietly, with sketches of female figures during mornings spent in reflection and Bible reading. People told her they looked like angels, and over time, those simple figures grew into the storytelling pieces central to her work today.

"My work is influenced by grace and inspired by beauty," she says. "I hope to convey strength through every painting."

Lisa Anne believes that even difficult seasons contain what she calls a "seed of hope," however small it may be. It's a sentiment that has become so personal she signs her notes to collectors, "Always hope, Lisa (Anne)."

Her newest work found a particularly joyful expression thanks to her granddaughter, Elizabeth.

One Sunday, the two were sitting on the floor of Lisa Anne's den when Elizabeth began cutting up paintings of butterflies and layering the pieces into something new. Lisa Anne followed her lead.

Soon, scraps of painted paper were becoming angel collages. The first collection sold out in just a few days, and collage became a new part of Lisa Anne's creative practice. For her, taking something that might otherwise be discarded and creating something beautiful from it became a visual expression of redemption.

Many of the pieces she'll bring to Sullivan's Island this November will be collages, including Love Remains, a figurative work that grew from another experience creating alongside women. Lisa Anne affectionately calls these figures her "wonderfully mades."

For Lisa Anne, being part of Art on the Beach is an opportunity to introduce her work to new people, support a cause that feels personally meaningful and share what she loves to create with the Sullivan's Island community.

And what does she hope visitors take away when they see her work this November?

"I hope visitors sense my heart," she says, "my love of being an artist."