Ma kahi hoʻololi kelepona kahiko ma Målilla, loaʻa iā Annika kāna studio ʻo Annika Mikkonen Art. ʻO ka hapa nui o Annika e pena me nā kala wai e manaʻo nei e ola ana me ka manaʻo ʻole a manaʻo ʻole ʻia. Makemake ʻo ia e kaha kiʻi me ka lanahu, penikala, penikala a i ʻole ka inika.
He keʻena studio kāna akā makemake ʻo ia e pena a huki i ke ola maoli ma hea ʻo ia. Nīnau a ʻimi ʻo ia i nā kumu me nā pena pena wai, penikala, lanahu a i ʻole nā kalaunu a hoʻāʻo e haʻi e pili ana i ka ʻaoʻao i waho i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike a ʻike akā e pili ana hoʻi i ka ʻāina kūloko, ka manaʻo. ʻO nā pigment watercolor kūlohelohe, ka pepa me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ākea a me ka nui o ka wai e hāʻawi i kahi hiʻohiʻona a i lalo i ka honua e manaʻo pono.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Annika a hānai ʻia ma Vagnhärad, Södermanland a aneane 30 mau makahiki i hala ua neʻe ʻo ia i Målilla ma ke kaona ʻo Hultsfred.
Ma waho aʻe o nā hōʻikeʻike kaʻawale, ua komo ʻo Annika i kahi nui o nā hōʻikeʻike hui, a he nui nā mea i hoʻokolokolo ʻia.
Hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kipa i kāna studio ma ke koho ʻana. E hoʻokaʻaʻike mua iā ia.