Michaela Lozada

Digital Portfolio

創建 2022-[08-14 to 10-09](My Cathedral)

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14 August 2022
04 September 2022
11 September 2022 – A Solemn Day. NY Strong
18 Septiembre 2022
25 Septiembre 2022
02 October 2022
09 October 2022

I’m not able to draw as much during mass anymore – I’ve been recruited to sing! So, here is a slow-going ongoing interior perspective of Newark’s St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral from up in the “narthex” – the balcony in the back of cathedrals, where singers and musicians and the huge organ make our magic together.

UPDATE on 25 September 2022: As of today, I am now singing for the English and Spanish masses! It definitely slows my church-sketching work, pero ¡estoy sobre de LUNA para conocer mas personas y cantor con todos!

UPDATE on 09 October 2022: After I sang for all the masses in all the languages, I went to New York Comic Con. Seeing the table-made-shrine of Kim Jung Gi in Artist Alley, I was very shaken. We must tell people we love them while we can. I didn’t find who I was looking for today. I hope they still know.

創建 2022-07-17 (Pro-Cathedral)

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My first visit to St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral has rocked my world. I stepped inside, and I could have cried – it’s almost identical to the inside of my Lolo and Lola’s church, which I thought I’d never see again after their funeral this April 2022. Even more precious are new friends found, and friends rediscovered who I thought I might never see again, and especially not in Newark.

So – even after only one experience with the people of this parish, I know this cathedral is special. As a result, I am going to keep returning to complete this perspective. This goes against my absolute rule that mass sketches start and end within one mass service. No, this is not a mass sketch which is complete in one mass, as all my others have been. So, please, be patient! I’ll keep showing you my progress as I go.

Progress photographs below, appearing in order of most- to least-recent.

Artist Statement

My art has always acted as a microphone for my thoughts and observations; through it, I make my voice heard. Through wide-ranging media, such as charcoal portraiture, 2-D and 3-D animation, and oil painting, I create statements on equally widespread themes, from the nobilities of simple living to issues of global concern.

Whenever possible, I use my computer science background to integrate elements of programming and the digital world into my art, making for a very unique portfolio!

Media

I choose media carefully to best complement this process. Charcoals and graphite are used to capture the most fleeting subject material, using quick, sparing strokes to reflect bodies in motion and draw out the evanescence of the image as a whole. For the opposite effect, I often elect to use paints (usually oils) to create a work with multiple depths. Glazes layered carefully on thicker mixes of paint are used to capture the nuances of the personalities I choose to convey. I always try to adapt my knowledge of computer science to my art, mixing traditional art with digital and combining seemingly opposing media.

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