Art Collection 'Telling Stories' On Display at Anaba Tea Room Thursday

Megan Woodard Johnson's artwork aims to tell evocative stories speaking to universal experiences as well as personal memories. 

Her art collection, "Telling Stories," goes on display at the Anaba Tea Room, 2107 E. Capitol Dr., Thursday. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. There will be happy hour specials and live music. The reception is free and open to the public. The work will remain on display through June 30. 

Johnson creates deliciously rich, mixed media paintings using bits of vintage paper ephemera, acrylic paint, various drawing materials and anything that might be in her arm's reach while she's working, the tea room says.

She has stitched and twirled thread, affixed nails and screws and attached vintage measuring tapes and keys on her work, all in the name of telling evocative stories. 

Johnson studied graphic design and printmaking at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. She is a member of the Cedarburg Artists Guild and has exhibited her work in numerous shows and shops in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, West Bend, Cedarburg, Grafton and Lake Barrington, Illinois. She lives and works in West Bend.

For more information about Johnson, please visit her blog at http://meganwoodardjohnson.blogspot.com.