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About

J Mattson Johnson, a watercolor artist from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

On most days, you would find me painting my collections from my life up north, and it would be great if some of it brings a smile to your face. 

I'm Judy Johnson, a watercolor artist in the upper peninsula of Michigan. I live with my husband Wayne, and a cute little white dog named Addie, in a house at the edge of the woods in rural Skandia. The three of us walk in the woods most everyday—in the winter, we snowshoe.

I collect moss, leaves, twigs, and photographs, while my husband eyes up any dead trees for next year's woodpile, and Addie hunts for any sign of a rabbit or fox. 

Hopefully, after spending some time at MADE IN SKANDIA, you'll feel like we just took a wonderful walk together through the woods back to the hemlock grove to see all the chickadees flittering from branch to branch feeding on the pinecone seeds.