The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will host Sarena Johnson demonstrating tonal painting in oil on Wednesday, June 24, at 1:30 pm, at Newtown Senior Center, 8 Simpson Street.

The demonstration is open to the public, free of charge.

Johnson is an oil painter with a concentration in figure painting. She graduated from The University of the Arts with her BFA in 2018. She then earned her MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2020.

Johnson has shown in galleries across the country and internationally including in Washington state, Philadelphia, and New Jersey, and Portugal. She taught as a professor of drawing and painting in the Fine Arts program at The University of the Arts. She was a resident artist at Gigi Peter's Gallery in Portugal.

As an artist she seeks to empower the feminine, exercising authenticity and absolute freedom.

Registration is not needed for SCAN programs but additional information may be available at SCANart.org.