Michaela Lozada

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創建 2022-04-22 (Dead Center)

April 22, 2022 by Michaela Lozada

These are all from today:

At about 9:30 am EST, I finished reading the diary of Anne Frank, which ends with horrific abruptness, while in a car passing Brooklyn en route to Roslyn, to my Barkada – my paternal Filipino family. Today was our double funeral for my Lolo and Lola, who died of COVID within months of each other, early in this pandemic before it was safe to have any in-person services.

I have not seen so many of these precious faces since before the first waves of this pandemic – my Barkada. We’ve lost so much and waited so long to begin to regain each other.

Sitting there seething at the end of Anne Frank, on my way to our long-awaited double-funeral, to finally see my Barkada again, to honor two of the hugest personalities I will ever know, gazing out a car window at The City and Nature and People…how do you think I felt?

(Do not underestimate the importance of a girl’s feelings. If you dismiss a girl when she writes about her feelings, on this planet of Anne Frank, Frida Kahlo, Malala Yousafzai, and so many more…you ought to know better.)

On a final note – happy Earth Day!

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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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