By Stephen Shooster
This 66-page collection gathers the artwork Stephen Shooster — known as Shoosty — made during 2019, the final year of his working career, a period he describes as stressful yet artistically charged. The book moves across an unusually wide terrain: plein-air watercolors sketched beside the Boulder Public Library and at Gainesville's Depot Park, six studies of the Cade Museum's modernist architecture, nocturnal scenes of the Loxahatchee, portraits of musicians and sadhus, and a deep series of Northwest Indigenous-inspired works — transformation masks, killer whales, thunderbirds, and totem studi
1 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Jet-Age Landscape The Shoosty Book of Art Created in 2019 2 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Contents 1 Jet-Age Landscape 2 Cosmic Duck 6 Edinbourgh 7 Blackrocks Bar 9 Boulder Library Park 10 Black Bear Mine 11 Lady Victoria 12 Loxahatchee Sawgrass 13 Loxahatchee Fishing at Night 14 Cabe Museum 1 15 Cabe Museum 2 16 Cabe Museum 3 17 Cabe Museum 4 18 Cabe Museum 5 19 Cabe Museum 6 20 Tavolinos 2019 21 Licenses One 23 Rhythm Flow 25 Gina Hennesy at the Revel Room 26 Massive Cedar Tree 27 Vancouver Skyline 28 Stanley Park Totems 29 The Power of Totems - Color 30 Dancer with Long Mask 30 The Raven Mask 30 Masked Dancer Cosmic Duck 3 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 30 Yuxweluptun Man 31 Transformation Dancer 31 Owl Mask 31 Mask with Mask with Mask 31 Flat Fan Mask 32 Bill Reid Study 33 Mask with Prism 33 Thunderbird 33 Transformation Mask - red 33 illustration of Mask with Horns 34 Birdman 34 Parrotman 34 Snakeman 34 Flowerman 35 Three Amigos 36 Transformation Mask 37 Let Me Dream - Bookplate 37 Let Me Dream - Bookplate 38 Killer Whale and Thunderbird 39 Killer Whall Wants To Be A Rockstar 40 Killer Whale Playing Sax 41 Killer Whale with Drums 42 People Talk / Tribes Listen 43 Ruby on Rails 44 Two Eagles 45 Killer Whale and Thunderbird 47 The Temple of Time 48 Emma Jenson 49 Portraits of Shoosty 49 Self Portrait 49 Shoosty with Headset 49 by an Unknown Artist 50 Howard Goldman at Home 51 Mitchel Pierce at Global Response 52 Nobide Band 53 Nobide Guitar Player 53 Nobide Drummer 54 Orange Sadhu 55 Green Sadhu 56 Yellow Sadhu 57 Pink Sadhu 58 Jerry Garcia 59 Tom Hart and Molly Rose 60 Diane 61 Jorge Garcia 62 Alligator Dancer 63 All the Kings Men 64 Conceptual City 65 The Devil’s Millhopper 4 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 VECTOR PAINTING 2019 HAND PAINTED 1987 COMPARISON OF HAND PAINTING WITH VECTOR PAINTING CONCEPTUAL CITY WAS CONCEIVED IN 1987 BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL TACHNOLOGY CHANGED THAT I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL IS WAS SEEKING FOR THE PRECISION OF THE WORK. 5 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 2019 Artist Statement 2019 was the last year of my working career. I was very stressed but making art as much as I could. I was also writing my father’s biography every morning for about two hours. I was compelled like nothing else to get it done. If I could just do it again, I would have been so much more careful with the time we had together. The artistic highlight of the year was the continued learning of the iPad pro using the Apple Pencil. I tried a bunch of apps but I settled on Affinity Designer, a vector-based app with some great features. My work took on new levels of professionalism. At first, the technology slows you down but once it’s mastered things speed up making the transition well worth it. Conceptual City is an example of an old painting redone as a vector. For many years I have been making art that requires perfect shapes. I did my best to hand-paint them but I always felt like the result was less than what I was aiming for. When I discovered vector art that changed. I could now do everything with far more precision. I believe the vector version of my old paintings represents the current state of the art in visual art. I did some significant traveling including a trip to Vancouver for a week to study NW Indian art at Emily Carr University. Emily was a painter that created iconic art based on the region. Of note in 2019 are the six paintings I did of the Cade Museum, Railroad Depot Park, Gainesville, Florida. I admire the design of this building. It is a science-based museum located in a city park with lots of green areas, biking paths, a few places to eat, and plenty of dog walkers. Sitting on the lawn I couldn’t help but start drawing it. PIXELATION EXAMPLE 6 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Edinbourgh CATAGORIES 7 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Blackrocks Bar BLACKROCK’S BAR IS A HOME CONVERTED INTO A BAR IN MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN. IT HAS A SMALL TOWN HOMEY FEELING, HOOKS ALL OVER THE CEILING ARE FILLED WITH BEER MUGS. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACE IS THEIR BEER, BLACKROCKS BEER, BUT FOR ME, BE- CAUSE I DON’T DRINK, IS THE STAGE. CATAGORIES DIGITAL INK AND WATERCOLORS MUSIC 8 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 BOULDER, COLORADO ON A COLD DAY WITH A BRIGHT SUN I FOUND RESPITE NEAR WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS PAST THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. A FEW DAYS PRIOR I VISITED ART PARTS, A RECYCLING ART- ISTS CENTER, AND PICKED UP THE PAPER AND PEN- CILS I USED TO MAKE THIS PAINTING. ON THE DAY OF THE DRAWING, I ALSO STOPPED BY TWO HANDS, THE PAPER STORE ON THE WEST END OF PEARL STREET, AND FOUND SOME METALLIC PENCILS AND A SMALL METALLIC TUB OF WATERCOLORS. THAT TUB MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE FINAL PIECE. IN THE EVENING I VISITED SOME DEAR FRIENDS, SEAN AND MELISSA MCGHIE. THEY WERE WORK- ING ON SCHOOL HOMEWORK AND GETTING READY FOR DINNER. IN APPRECIATION, I LEFT THE FINISHED PAINTING WITH THEM. IT IS A SMALL JEWEL. STEPHEN SHOOSTER AKA SHOOSTY BOULDER LIBRARY PARK BOULDER LIBRARY PARK EARLY RENDITION 9 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Boulder Library Park THE COLLECTION OF SEAN AND MELISSA MCGHIE INK, WATERCOLOR AND METAL- IC PENCILS ON ON CANSON WA- TERCOLOR PAPER. APRIL 1ST, 2019 10 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 BLACK BEAR MINE OLD PHOTO COLORADO Black Bear Mine PHOTOS FROM THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY IN BOULDER COLORADO. 11 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Lady Victoria FLORIDA RENNAISANCE FESTIVAL, QUIET WATERS, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA 12 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Loxahatchee Sawgrass 13 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Loxahatchee Fishing at Night 14 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 DEPOT PARK GAINESVILLE FLORIDA Cabe Museum 1 15 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Cabe Museum 2 DEPOT PARK GAINESVILLE FLORIDA 16 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Cabe Museum 3 DEPOT PARK GAINESVILLE FLORIDA 17 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Cabe Museum 4 DEPOT PARK GAINESVILLE FLORIDA 18 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Cabe Museum 5 DEPOT PARK GAINESVILLE FLORIDA 19 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Cabe Museum 6 DEPOT PARK GAINESVILLE FLORIDA 20 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Tavolinos 2019 21 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Licenses One BOULDER, COLORADO 22 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 23 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Rhythm Flow 24 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 25 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Gina Hennesy at the Revel Room VANCOUVER 26 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Massive Cedar Tree CITY OF LION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 27 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Vancouver Skyline 28 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Stanley Park Totems VANCOUVER, CANADA 29 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 The Power of Totems - Color 30 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Yuxweluptun Man The Raven Mask Dancer with Long Mask Masked Dancer Studies / Inspirations 31 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Transformation Dancer Mask with Mask with Mask Owl Mask Flat Fan Mask 32 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Bill Reid Study 33 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Mask with Prism Transformation Mask - red illustration of Mask with Horns Thunderbird 34 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Birdman Snakeman Parrotman Flowerman 35 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Three Amigos 36 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Transformation Mask 37 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Let Me Dream - Bookplate Let Me Dream - Bookplate Bookplates 38 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Killer Whale and Thunderbird 39 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Killer Whall Wants To Be A Rockstar 40 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Killer Whale Playing Sax 41 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Killer Whale with Drums 42 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 People Talk / Tribes Listen 43 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Ruby on Rails 44 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Two Eagles 45 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Killer Whale and Thunderbird 46 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 47 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 PLIEN-AIR CONCEPT ON LOCATION TEMPLE OF TIME EXTERIOR TEMPLE OF TIME INTERIOR MAY 19, 2019, THE TEMPLE OF TIME BURNED IN CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA. EARLIER THAT YEAR, DAVID BEST, ARTIST AND THE COMMU- NITY CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE THE TEMPLE OF TIME. THE IDEA WAS TO HONOR THE LOSSES AND CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF THOSE LOST AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL ON VALENTINE’S DAY 2018 DUE TO A SCHOOL SHOOTING. THE TEMPLE WAS SELECTED AS PART OF A PROJECT CALLED “INSPIRING COMMUNITY HEALING AFTER GUN VIOLENCE: THE POWER OF ART.” BEFORE BUILDING BEGAN, DAVID SAID TO THE LOCAL COM- MUNITY THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT NO ART PROJECT COULD REALLY HEAL THE PAIN, ONLY TIME COULD DO THAT. AND THIS IS HOW THE TEMPLE OF TIME CAME TO BE NAMED. The Temple of Time 48 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Emma Jenson 49 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Portraits of Shoosty Shoosty with Headset by an Unknown Artist Self Portrait 50 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Howard Goldman at Home 51 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Mitchel Pierce at Global Response 52 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Nobide Band 53 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Nobide Guitar Player Nobide Drummer 54 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Orange Sadhu 55 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Green Sadhu 56 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Yellow Sadhu 57 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Pink Sadhu 58 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Jerry Garcia 59 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Tom Hart and Molly Rose 60 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Diane 61 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Jorge Garcia 62 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Alligator Dancer 63 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 All the Kings Men VECTOR PAINTING 64 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 Conceptual City VECTOR PAINTING 65 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018 The Devil’s Millhopper THE DEVIL’S MILLHOP- PER IS A SINKHOLE PARK IN GAINESVILLE FLORI- DA. ELLE, CARLY’S DOG IS PLAYING IN THE BACK- GROUND. JASON IS PLAY- ING GUITAR WHILE CARLY IS DRAWING. 66 SHOOSTY FINE ART - COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING 2018
