Michaela Lozada

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“Turtle Islands”

March 3, 2018 by Michaela Lozada

(Multimedia – Adobe Photoshop, colored pencil, ink, and paint marker)

My art alludes to the giant floating turtle islands of ancient lore, seeming islands that misbegotten travelers would discover and use as sanctuary, unaware that their island was actually a creature of its own. I chose this image because once again, humanity is taking advantage of the ocean without thought to the fact that it is alive. However, now we are not only taking refuge in our turtle islands, but we are killing them. Ocean acidification poisons and alters the homes of peaceful, beautiful marine species. All ocean life is affected by this radical alteration to their environments, from turtles to bivalves. Herein lays the significance of the upper half of my artwork, which shows a mass of dark building and smokestacks vomiting plumes of terrible gases into the sky. It is imperative that our ignorance of our turtle islands – the oceans – turn to awareness. This is the awareness that this work is meant to provoke.

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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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