Anita Johnson will also be showing work at Art in the Garden. Johnson said she was invited by organizers to show her works in Sunday’s show.

“I paint nature and landscapes — that’s what I love,” Johnson said. “I also like to paint birds.”

Johnson said she’s been painting for the last five years, as well as when she was just out of high school, but she took some years off to raise her children.

With some pieces currently on display at the Box Factory Gallery in St. Joseph, Michigan, Johnson said she paints everyday and has the complete support of her family.

Besides painting in her home art studio or outdoors, Johnson also does inspirational painting at the River Church on Highway 39 on Sunday mornings. Her paintings hang in the church, and they are sold to fund mission trips and youth group activities.

Johnson said she goes to at least one show a month, but no more than two.

“You can get caught up in it, and you need time to paint,” she said.

This will be Johnson’s first time at Art in the Garden.