Keep A Breast

Keep a Breast has set up this one-of-a-kind online charity auction showcasing painted plaster breast casts from the most influential men and women in the skateboarding industry to raise funds for breast cancer research, treatment and prevention programs. 100% of proceeds will go to help fund the Keep A Breast.org, breast cancer youth education and awareness programs.

Skateboardermag.com caught up with Matt Dove to ask about his involvement in the painting of Chest molds.

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How did Keep A Breast approach you about lending your art to their cause?
Desiree'Astorga asked me to be involved and I said yes.

What was you first reaction when you found out you would be painting a cast of a girls chest?
Well, I remember last years drive so I figured it was going to be another series of chest molds. Chest mold, that always makes me laugh, like an old moldy sea chest or something.

What challenges did the 3 dimensional plaster medium present?
Just prep. I paint on all sorts of objects normally, but the surface was rough, needed to be sanded with some layers of primer for my idea. I guess it's all how you pant your piece. Besides that, it wasn't the shape that was difficult; it was the theme/cause, pretty heavy battle.

Your piece follows the natural lines of the bust explicitly, did the shape of the casting inspire your artwork or was this piece adapted from a previous work.
-The shape definitely guided my design, from the pieces I have seen, I believe most people used the cast’s contours. It’s a naturally flowing shape, it's the female figure, OBVIOUSLY.

Bobby Puleo ground up his casting and put it in a clear box. Had you considered doing anything non-traditional like that or any other ways to approach the project?
All sorts of ideas go through my head when I am working on a piece. I liked what he did, I thought about it for a while.

What are your feelings on being featured in the same Exhibit/auction as legends like Robert Williams, the Gonz and Craig Stecyk.
Whoa, pretty cool, Robert Williams, Stecyk the gonz, Ben horton, Batrud, the list goes on. Very cool indeed.

If you were on a desert island what would you rather have: A skateboard and a skatepark or a canvas and an Aaron Brothers(art supply store)?
If I have to be there for the rest of my life, I would have to say, a Canvas/Aaron Bros. When I'm 75, and arthritic, I don't know how much I can get out of my skateboard, it's the truth. You can paint until you die and I may die on that island, plus there would be no hospitals so if I break a hip at that age, I'm Done!

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