New Margaret Enid Johnson Porter MEJP Collection

Margaret Enid Johnson Porter, MEJP, serene country scenes, Midwest American Folk Art. Her son, Len Porter (Howard Porter III PhD) my dad's 1st cousin, gave me his permission to post her work under her name Margaret Enid Johnson Porter or MEJP. She was my paternal grandma's sister. The Johnson Farm is here in the Central Illinois area in Knox County in the area of Haw Creek Township near Knoxville, Illinois. Her mother, my Great Grandma Clara (Claire) Sage Talla Johnson was 100% Norwegian because all four of her grandparents immigrated from Norway in the mid 1800s. My great grandma's paternal grandfather immigrated from Norway where he was born on Talla / Talle Farm. So my great grandma's great grandparents lived and died at Talla / Talle Farm in Luster Fjord valley, the inner-most branch of Sogn Fjord / Sognefjorden. Talla / Talle Farm was known for its fruit trees and berry bushes and for its jams and jellies. This farm has significance to our family going back at least 430 years (as I write this in 2023) from 1593 when ancestors Anders Lauritzson Heiberg Fuhr Ronnei and Maren Tordsdatter Benkestok were married there ... the farm then was owned by Anders' brother Sofren Lauritzson Heiberg af Talle. These Heiberg brothers claimed direct descent from the lone survivor of the 1350 Black Death in adjacent Jostedal ice glacier valley, some 200 years before their birth! My great grandma's great grandparents Nils Nilssen Hillestad and Susanna Christophersdatter Nitter took as their last name Talle (later becoming Talla) after the name of the farm in Norway where they lived and died. They married in 1801. It may be that he was actually born there. I am now age 71 as I am writing this in 2023. My great aunt Margaret loved to paint serene country scenes ... especially known for her midwest American Folk Art work ... She used the same style here for the Talla / Talle Farm in Norway. I am slowly adding more of her work to this collection. This will be available to the fb groups Johnson Cousins and Talla Clan, Let me know if you want me to create anything with Great Aunt Margaret Enid Johnson Porter's paintings. So far I have created postcards, stickers, plain white coffee mugs (11 oz or 15 oz), and black handle black interior white coffee mugs (11 oz or 15 oz) ... and a few other things.