Dina Scoppettone

Miss Scoppettone is one of my favorite inspirations in the art world. Never have I met someone whose beauty, intelligence and determination to succeed align perfectly to create such a remarkable being. Not only is she an amazing photographer, but she also teaches art history and has personally enlightened my whole mind in the sense of learning about art. Her style of photography ranges from editorial fashion to soul catching portraits.

When Dina allowed me to include her in my project, I knew immediately that I wanted to do an acrylic painting of one of her self portraits. She does such a beautiful job at manipulating her body with the right amount of light as well as creating a composition that reads sensual and interesting. I can only hope that my rendition of the secret picture I have chosen to paint from turns out as radiant as the photo. Above is one of her self portraits but you will have to attend the grand opening at Motiv to see the piece I have chosen to work from and what comes from it! :) 

http://www.dinascoppettone.com/

Dave Shackleton

 I have known Dave for around 7 years now. We met during his sophomore year in college at UCSC. In our group of friends he was known as the Bay Area boy with the fashionable sense and an artistic eye.
As school slowly ended and the future began getting clearer Dave picked up a camera. Now seven years later he shoots anything from landscapes to portraits. Using his camera as a narrator to his life and the world around him.

To my upmost excitement Dave said "yes" to my offer to be included in the show and immediately started throwing out ideas. Over the Thanksgiving break we got time to discuss what we would make. My mind instantly jumped to a scene in Roger Rabbit. With my beautiful and curvy sj girls and his clean and crisp city and landscapes he could create a world for my sj girls in realistic photo form and I could then deliver her into those worlds with acrylic paints. The perfect mix match of mediums coming together to make a cohesive work. Make sure you mark your calendar for May 4th!!

Cassandra Musgrave Nelson

Not only is Cassandra Musgrave Nelson my sister, but she is also an amazingly talented expressionist oil painter. I was very excited that she was one of the artists that agreed to be involved in my project and we immediately began to brainstorm ideas. She had already started compiling details for a series she was thinking about doing and thought with my sewing, painting and digital skills we could really make it come together.

We decided to base our piece on our grandmother Louise Cochran, aka Nano. She was an amazing grandma and what better tribute to her than a beautiful artwork to last a lifetime?

After finalizing the idea that we would incorporate an old family recipe of Nano's, a portrait of her as well as ingredients from the recipe, we were well on our way to what Time Gunn would call "making it work." Stay tuned for updates on what we come up with! We won't be showing our final piece here though, you will have to come to the show to see them all! :)

 

Louise Brumfield Cochran