Season's Greetings - 'Sonoran Hyakutake' Style
Ron Baalke
SEASON'S GREETINGS - 'SONORAN HYAKUTAKE' STYLE
From Lori Stiles, UA News Services, 520-621-1877
December 20, 2002
James V. Scotti, a senior research specialist with the University of
Arizona's Spacewatch, has graciously agreed to let his painting - titled
"Sonoran Hyakutake" - brighten the UA News science web page this holiday
season.
Born in Bandon, Oregon, in 1960, Scotti said he became fascinated in the
world of science by watching astronauts launch into space and walk on the
moon.
"While growing up in the 1960s, I started drawing rockets and astronauts,"
Scotti said. "At age 14 or 15, I bought an oil paint kit and started
painting, usually the same rockets and astronauts.
"I learned how to do pencil drawings by being inspired by a particularly
creative friend, and then was tutored by a neighbor who thought she saw some
real talent -- I'm still not sure if she saw any or not," he joked.
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Contact Information
James V. Scotti
520-621-2717 jsc...@lpl.arizona.edu
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Scotti's artwork has come full circle from his first primitive drawings.
He's now painting primarily astronomical and space scenes that often include
astronauts. He is a member of the International Association of Astronomical
Artists, which currently includes a Scotti painting in an exhibit traveling
the globe.
Scotti has posted more of his astronomical paintings, digital paintings, pen
and ink drawings and favorite art links on his web page,
http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/art.html
"If there are millions of artists out there painting landscapes and still
life - confined to subjects on our one planet, there are only hundreds of
space artists, and we have a whole universe of subjects to draw from!"
Scotti is also an avid photographer, specializing in astrophotography and
scenic photography. He started shooting photographs in high school, using
his parents' darkroom to develop and print his photos.
Scotti joined the Spacewatch in 1982 and earned his bachelor's degree in
astronomy from the University of Arizona in 1983. He currently works on the
Spacewatch Survey for Near Earth Asteroids. For more about Spacewatch, visit
the website http://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu.