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6th Annual Oscar Event Sunday, February 23, 2014
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Coffin in his studio, working on the finishing touches to Sun/Moon Shaman. “I put my focus and energy into getting this house completed,” he says, “so for about a year I didn’t make any art. Now that our dream come true is done, I get to be an artist again—but on a different level. We actually have closets, actually have a kitchen that works. It’s very comforting and allows me to have a more pure vision.”
travel memorabilia, and several new works in progress. The shelves are laden with bits and pieces of colorful materials, tools, bottles, and other objects of interest, all reflecting the intricacies of Coffin’s imagination. “I owe whatever success that I’ve had to my mother and father, who truly supported my dreams,” he says. “After my father passed away, my mother helped me in many ways to earn an education and to follow my heart. They left me with wonderful memories that carry me through the day.” Though now in their mid-sixties, the couple has no plans to slow down. Ochoa is hard at work on a new script for a onehour pilot set in New Mexico in 1949, as well as the screenplay adaptation of crime noir writer Charlie Newton’s novel Start Shooting. Coffin and Ochoa’s beautiful dream home and studio on the hillside overlooking a tranquil valley continues to burn inside with the creative fires of two people who love what they do and where they do it. R
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FEATURING A Red Carpet Reception Three Course Dinner Fabulous Silent Auction & Raffle
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