Diana Navarro

When you leave, you can’t even leave a chair behind.

These words remained in J.Carrero’s memory when, at the age of 11, he had to leave his village, Granadilla, because a dam was going to be built there.

Seeing the tearful eyes of his neighbours and relatives when their home was taken away from them has marked the style of the great universal painter who imbues his works with emotion, transmission and beauty.

From that day on he sensed that he had the talent to tell with his hands what his eyes and heart saw, like a resilient journalist who knows the responsibility of caring for the divine gift of touching us with his creations, without wanting to reach everyone but marvelling those who know how to appreciate his works.

The feminine expression, the choice of colours, the tiling, even the music that I imagine when I see each painting, are a constant delight for the senses.

More than four decades and countless awards endorse an impeccable career that has been recognised worldwide, but above all it highlights the human quality of a man who wanted to give image to the feelings of his loved ones and his own.

Frida Kahlo wrote a phrase that would define Carrero’s feelings: “I tried to drown my pains but they learned to swim”.

Dear Enrique: Blessed pain that you have transformed into a working tool to heal with your work. Because for me, without a doubt, your work is healing.

Diana Navarro

Multidisciplinary Artist