In the words of artist Sean (Pat) Sullivan regarding “Curiosity 2”,

“On a planet in another Galaxy there is a museum founded by a group of archeologists who traveled through space finding planets which once supported life. They would bring artifacts from the various DIGS back to the museum where artists and forensic specialists would determine what the live being would look like. A drawing of the skeleton would be affixed, and the artist’s rendering would be next to it. Surrounding each representation (in a box), would be any artifacts found at the various sites, giving a brief history of the life on that planet, their tools and language. There a series of 5 planets represented.”

Coop and Patti Cooprider came aboard the SDAI - San Diego Art Institute from many directions. New to San Diego, CA. and the local Art Community, they offered up their love for the ARTS early on. SDAI introduced them to a number of Southern California artists, including Sean, Brandon Paris (whom Sean later painted a portrait of), Ansley Pye, Mary Ann Luera, Leslie Ford, and many more.

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Sean was born in Pasadena, CA in 1942. She began art school on complete scholarship at #Chouinard in Los Angeles. No small feat. Artists like Edward Ruscha, Terry Allen, Guy Dill, Robert Irwin, Edith Head, John Altoon and Bob Mackie the designer all attended Chouinard.

It was the movie business that began Sullivan’s Commercial Art Career. Sullivan also worked several years as a medical illustrator, practicing the methodical deconstruction of the human body with tissue, skin and organs. Sullivan’s subjects morphed from academic canvases to alien worlds which seemed eerie and strange, no limitation to the universe captured in Sullivan's imagination" (From the book Sean Sullivan “A Retrospective”). Sean Sullivan was the president of the San Diego Art Institute for several years.

Images of her works from the Cooprider Family Collection are included in her catalog "Sean Sullivan - A Retrospective" available on Amazon.

"Sean Sullivan did not discover that she was an artist in any unusual way. Rather it simply occurred to her in high school that she could draw, that she understood composition and that she like to paint. These gifts brought her notice and recognition, and the knowledge that creating art makes for a special and powerful relationship between people"

"Sean was an artist-in residence at the Rhode Island School of Design and did an endless collection of paintings for the Roy Rogers Museum. She painted for shows, whether it be the AIDS crisis or the Gulf War, her observations remain committed to the power of life, the certainty of death"