Art (Inner Journey)

Ricardo Lozano Painting

Ricardo Lozano’s work not only drew me to love his paintings but also the story behind it. He is a success story from Jackson Square and someone that I hope artists in the area look up to as a sign of hope that anything is possible. Lozano utilizes oil based paints with various brushes and pallet knives to create his art. The beauty with art is that everyone has their own take/perspective as to what it is telling them and its significance. Lozano’s paintings remind me of Mary Poppins in a way. In the movie Bert creates pictures out of sidewalk chalk that come to life when Mary and the children jump into them. For me I feel like Lozano’s paintings are the same way. When you stand back and look at them you are mentally able to jump into them and feel like you are standing on the street where that building is located. One painting that I can think of specifically was in the gallery. The gallery manager showed us that when he would dim the light the painting changes. The street lights appeared to be brighter, the cats eyes in the painting seemed to become more defined while the room around us darkened. Another technique that he uses in his paintings is putting resin into some of his oil based paint to create three dimensional objects like the flowers hanging off the balconies. A third piece of art that Ricardo is known to paint are musicians walking down the street and street lamps that have saxophone players as the base. The story that these paintings tell is that music is a staple down in New Orleans. Some think that it is only found in the clubs/bars but it is everywhere you go, on the street, in Jackson Square, and in market places.