Join us in our beautiful art gallery to see the latest exhibit, enjoy some light refreshments, and meet our current artist, Maria Teresa Ortiz-Naretto.

There is no registration necessary and all are welcome.

Artist's statement: Impossibility, attachment, consummation, and desire haunt my mind while I am painting Los Amantes-The Lovers. The lovers who can’t love one another. The lovers who don’t want to possess. The lovers who wait. The lovers who let them go. The lovers who find a balance between oneself and the other. I have experienced them all, yet I found myself hopeless to portray the stillness of eternal love.

Los Amantes-The Lovers express my vain search. Faceless and nude, the bodies intertwine with one another. With gardenias and leaves that surround the nude shapes, I draw virtual paths of geometric shapes to rationally introduce symbols of eternity. Towards those bodies that dramatically grip one another, I intend desperately to grasp love.

Questions? Email cathy@johnsonlib.org or call 201-343-4169 x22.