By Stephen Shooster
This 86-page catalogue raisonné documents the visual output of Florida-based artist Stephen Shooster, known as Shoosty, during one of the most turbulent and prolific stretches of his life. Between 2010 and 2015, while managing a business, grieving the loss of his father to leukemia, and supporting a son through a serious mental health crisis, Shooster produced 16 major paintings, hundreds of drawings, watercolors, and works on silk — finding in daily artmaking not an escape from difficulty but a genuine source of flow and forward motion. The catalogue moves through major works, live music draw
1 2010 - 2015 SHOOSTY Catalogue Raisonné 2 BEAR CREEK DRAWING AN EXAMPLE OF LETTING GO AND USING THE MISTAKES TO INVENT CREATIVE SHAPES. 3 STEPHEN SHOOSTER AKA SHOOSTY 2010 - 2015 2010-2015 were extremely busy and productive years. By this time I had been work ing with my father for 40 years and we had lunch together almost every day. He was diagnosed in 2012 with Leukemia. seven months later he would be gone. I was torn up inside. A few days later it got much worse. My son was diagnosed with severe BiPolar and he needed extreme care. We sent him to a facility in Idaho. He stayed there for two years. I had 4 kids, a wife, and a complex business to run. My life was a whirlwind. Yet, I was able to accomplish a lot, including 16 major works of art, and hundreds of drawings, some with watercolors and a few on silks. Plus, I published my first book called The Horse Adjutant. It is the story of a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust. I learned a tremendous amount during this period from Computer Science to Art History. It was a non-stop adventure. Making art played a big part in my productivity. It gave me something joyful to work on which is rewarding in and of itself. The key to all of this was finding my flow. My goal became simple, To move my thinking from Swiss Cheese to Munster. It’s that easy, my goal is to fill in the gaps in my learning. To achieve this I like to study and practice with persistence and consistency every day. My favorite way to learn is by watching videos while on a treadmill. I also thrive on any kind of audio, especially podcasts, my favorite is Philosophize This! by Steven West. I find myself drawing every day wherever I go. Especially if I go to a bar to listen to music. I don’t like to drink and I don’t like to just sit there. I like to be engaged with the music while actively creating. It keeps me sharp. When I first started drawing I drew a lot from my imagination, but as I advanced it was almost exclusively draw from life. I draw what I see but my training allows me to see things others may miss. My mind has Art History filters and modern web technologies at my fingertips. I use cubism frequently when describing a moving figure. I allow and expect mistakes. In fact, I encourage them. Mistakes are opportunities for my imagination. The best examples of these are my live drawings of musicians. Going back to the days of timed figure drawing classes when I draw musicians I use similar techniques. I start drawing when they start playing and I stop when they stop. I work as fast as I can. letting the rhythm drive my hand. It gives me a little extra joy to share the final drawings with the musicians and the people around me when they take a break. I started to standardize my processes and materials. I always have a drawing pad with me. I use extra soft woodless pencils (4b). They are heavy and bal anced. I keep a set of them very sharp. As they quickly lose their points so I switch pencils frequently. To keep them pristine I use a high-quality electric sharpener. Once the drawing is complete, I go back over it with ink and then erase the graphite. This results in sharp professional drawings. I call these mas ter drawings as they are the basis for anything that I can derive from them. My collection keeps growing. To prepare for the painting I select a few of the drawings completed earlier. I do not like to redraw them on the canvas. I prefer to print them using a wide-format printer. It’s not that I can’t draw them, it is just that doing so is a tedious process that would take a lot of time and result in something less than the original drawing. Once the works are printed I stretch the canvas and frame it. I take a few of them to a framer at the same time to save on the shipping. The methods of working I have settled on are one of the keys to my productivity. I am not afraid to use modern systems. Because the unfinished paintings are already framed when I start applying the paint invariably I have lots of extra paint I just extend that onto the frame. In this way, the frame becomes bespo ken, perfect for the painting. I traveled a decent amount during these years. Here are some of the places I found myself: The Upper Peninsula of Michigan; Costa Rica; France; Greece; UK; Poland; Washington D.C.; Wisconsin; Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Chi cago, Illinois; and in Florida: Gainesville; The Florida Keys; and The Suwanee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Notable Work: El Arenal - The volcano in Costa Rica - First painted frame. Notable by the inventive use of squared swirls, part homage to Kuna Mola Textile Design and Van Gogh. Dual Violins - Klezmer music at its finest inspired this drawing which be came a painting. Created in Krakow, Poland, while researching my book, The Horse Adjutant. It was done at the Bats Gallery in an old square that included one of the oldest temples in Europe built in the 1600s The Party Favor - The title refers to the extra given at weddings. In this case a photographer. The painting goes along with the book I wrote, The Horse Adjutant, about a survivor of the Nazi holocaust. The painting depicts Jews on horseback in Nowy Sanz, Poland, in 1935. Notable are the electric telephone poles in the background. The world was changing rapidly and the war would upend everyone’s lives. Sainte Chapelle - The drawing was completed during a classical music con cert inside the church held at sunset so the people can experience the stained glass as the colors change. A painting of this scale has many layers. Each takes time to dry. The arch for instance took 3 months to complete. Historic 5th Avenue - Drawn on premise at the historic black 5th avenue neighborhood of Delray Beach, Florida. The drawing was created a day after I visited the African Museum of Art in Washington, D.C. Some of those draw ings ended up in the composition. The Shuster’s - Taken from the oldest photo of my family. This large painting was done with a palette knife giving it a texture. I used pink for the epaulets to soften the war stance of these people. On the right is my granduncle Benzy. Bear Creek - Based on an afterparty at a music festival. The drawing was com pleted at around 3 am on a very cold night while sitting around a campfire with all our friends playing music. 4 SHOOSTY 2010 - 2015 THE FINE ART OF STEPHEN SHOOSTER, AKA SHOOSTY SHOOSTER PUBLISHING COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 441 SOUTH STATE ROAD 7 MARGATE, FLORIDA 33068 WWW.SHOOSTY.COM WWW.SHOOSTYANDCO.COM SELF PORTRAIT WEARING A DOO-RAG. AGE 55 5 MAJOR WORKS 6 GUITAR ON FIRE 7 TALENT FARM 8 TRIBUTE TO MILES DAVIS 9 HELLO FRIENDS 10 TRIBUTE TO DJANGO REINHARDT 11 EL ARENAL 12 SAX-O-PHONY 13 DUAL VIOLINS 14 THE PARTY FAVOR 15 SAINTE CHAPELLE 16 POT BELLY STOVE 17 HISTORIC 5TH AVE. 18 FROGS AND FLOWERS 19 UBA TUBA 20 THE SHUSTERS 21 THE ACROPOLIS POSTERS 22 MAKING FIRE 23 FRIENDLY DRAGON TOURS 24 BEER STEIN 25 THE PERSECUTION OF SAUL 26 POLISH BOY ON A BENCH 27 HIS FIRST SMOKE 28 CARLY WITH THE HARRISON H2 CLOCK 29 DAVID AND GOLIATH 30 JEWISH FESTIVAL 31 A KNIGHTS JOURNEY 32 FETISHH BAND 33 JASON AND DAVE 34 LICENSE 1 35 THE DANCERS 35 JAKE AND JOSH 36 BEAR CREEK 37 DIANE’S BIRTHDAY 38 KEVIN EUBANKS 39 THE GREEN PROJECT 40 GEORGE TANDY BAND 41 J3 42 THE JAZZ ESTATE 43 THE JAZZ ESTATE 2 44 TAVOLINOS DRUMMER 45 GEORGE TANDY 45 WITH WHITE HAT 46 GEORGE AND CANDI TANDY 47 GEORGE TANDY IN MOTION PORTRAITS 48 KOOTENAY FORGE 49 THE STEVE MILLER BAND 50 TRIBES LISTEN 2 51 TRIBES LISTEN 52 MY THREE KIDS 52 BLUEGRASS IN BOULDER 53 RIGHT HAND JAZZ 54 JAZZ BAND 55 DRUMMER WITH A MASK 56 YELLOW DAISY 57 JASON’S MIND 58 SNOOZE 59 INTEGRATED RECOVERY STILL LIFE 60 STILL LIFE LANDSCAPE 61 BULL SLUICE 62 PUNA CUNA 63 THE DOMINO PLAYERS 64 THE CENTER OF ART IN WOOD 65 UF JUDAICA LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE 66 THE FRENCH QUARTER 67 PHILADELPHIA CITY HALL 68 ST. GILES CATHERDRAL 69 KARKOW CASTLE 70 ONE HELLAS OF A COOL CAT 70 THE PARTHENON 70 NERID’S MONUMENT 70 PALACE DISTRICT 71 PRESBYTRIAN CHURCH W/FIGURE MYTHOLOGY 72 APOLLO WITH THE PEGASOI 73 POWER OF THE CONCH SHELL NW INDIAN INFLUENCED 74 KILLER WHALE TEACHES BABY 74 KILLER WHALE PLAYS SAX 75 EDDIE THE KILLER WHALE 75 THUNDERBIRD STRIKES THE KILLER WHALE 76 KILLER WHALES AND THUNDERBIRDS 76 THE RAVEN 77 KILLER WHALE STUDY 78 KILLER WHALE EATS A GUITAR 78 TRIBELICIOUS TOTEM 79 TWEETBIRD 79 TRIBELICIOUS FIGURE 79 SQUAWKING TRIBEL FIGURE 79 KILLER WHALE DECIDES TO BECOME A ROCK STAR 80 THE RAVEN 80 THEORY OF RELATIVITY 81 TRIBELICIOUS WITH RUBY FOSSILS 82 STEGOSAURUS 82 TYRANOSAURUS 83 TRICERATOPS 83 DARK STAR AT THE DEPOT THE ART OF WRITING 84 HANDWRITTEN 84 TYPWRITTEN 84 ELECTRONIC 84 GALT LIBRARY CONCEPT ANIMALS 85 MR. BEEFY 6 GUITAR ON FIRE IS A MASTER WATERCOLOR DRAWING, MODELED UPON A FIERY GUITAR THAT GIVES THE ARTIST THE LIBERTY TO VISUALLY EXPLORE THE EXCITEMENT OF MUSIC. FIRE LEAPS FROM IT’S BODY AS IT PINS DOWN A FIGURE. IT’S NECK AND A HORN, SEEMINGLY MELTED BY HEAT, ARE CONTORTED TO BE BOTH PLAYFUL AND MIS CHIEVOUS. PSYCHEDELIC PATTERNS COMPLETE THE COMPOSITION. EVERY INCH IS SATURATED WITH PAT TERNS AND COLOR. GUITAR ON FIRE IS A WONDER TO PONDER. THIS DRAW ING WAS LATER CHOSEN TO BECOME A LARGE SCALE PAINTING. WATERCOLOR, PEN, INK, METALLIC GEL 14” X 19” FRAMED Guitar on Fire Major Works 7 Talent Farm THE TALENT FARM WAS A LOCAL MUSIC VENUE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. IT WAS NOT A BAR. WE WENT TO HEAR OUR KIDS PLAY MUSIC. IT WAS RAW AND FULL OF YOUTHFUL ENERGY. 8 Tribute to Miles Davis A STRANGE CONCOCTION TO COMBINE AS A TRIBUTE TO MILES DAVIS, THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS. AN ACCORDIAN PLAYER SITS ON A COUCH. FLEXIBLE GUITAR NECKS SURROUND THE COUCH. THE WHOLE THING FEELS LIKE A TAP ESTRY. A LIME GREEN FIGURE LAYS FRONT LEFT. THE HEAD IS A WATERMELLON. 9 Hello Friends HELLO FRIENDS, IS THE TITLE OF A SONG BY A HIGH SCHOOL BAND CALLED, THE FLYING FLACONGAS. THE MUSIC IS FRESH AND THE PLAY ERS WERE TOO OLD FOR THEIR YOUNG BRITCHES. THE CENTRAL OBJECT IS A STEAMPUNK YELLOW PIANO WITH GUITAR NECK EXTENSIONS TWISTED BACK INTO THE FRAME. BRASS INSTRU MENTS FLANK THE SIDES. WAFTING THROUGH SPACE ARE WORDS AND PHRASES. EACH OF THE PHRASES IS STRETCHED AND PULLED INTO THE COMPOSITION FILLING THE SPACE. AN UPSIDE DOWN MAN WITH A MU SICAL NOTE TAIL BOUNCES IN THE CENTER. UPON ASKING THE ARTIST HE SAID, “UPSIDE DOWN FIGURES ARE A SYMBOL OF EXUBERANCE.” THIS PAINTING IS FILLED WITH A 60’S FEELING EXCITEMENT OF YOUTH. ACRYLIC ON CANVAS JAM BAND UNVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA 7 X 5’ FRAMED 10 Tribute to Django Reinhardt TRIBUTE TO DJANGO REINHARDT IS A DEDICATION TO THE GYPSY GUITAR PLAYER EXTRAORDINAIRE OF THE SAME NAME. KNOWN FOR HIS MUSTACHE BRIDGE GUITAR, DEPICTED ARE TWO OF THEM LIKE OLD MEN TALKING IN A CASE SHAPED LIKE A BODY. THE LOWER CASE BECOMES DJANGO AND THE UPPER ONE A SINGER, THE ARTIST’S DAUGHTER, CASSIDY. THEY ARE SERENADED BY A CELLO THAT IS ALSO TICKLING CASSI DY’S TOE. A PLAYFUL PAINTING, TRIBUTE TO DJANGO REINHARDT, IS JOYFUL AND SERENE, ACCOMPANIED BY A UNIQUE FRAME COMPLETING A 21ST-CENTURY CONTEMPORARY MASTERPIECE. CASSIDY ON A SWING OIL ON CANVAS MUSIC DJANGO JAZZ 7’ X 5’ FRAMED 11 El Arenal EL ARENAL, IS BASED THE VOLCANO OF THE SAME NAME OVERLOOKING LA FORTUNA, COSTA RICA. IT LOOMS QUIETLY OVER THE WELL-KEPT PARK IN THE CITY CENTER. IT IS A SIMPLE DESIGN EXECUTED WITH FINESSE AND MASTERFUL DESIGN ELEMENTS USING A SERIES OF SQUARED SWIRLS SIMILAR TO DESIGN PATTERNS FOUND ON THE CRAFTSMAN SHIP OF THE REGION. OF SPECIAL INTEREST IS THE HAND PAINTED FRAME. EL ARENAL IS A LEGACY PAINTING WITH AN EYE TOWARDS ENHANCING VALUE AND PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF ART HISTORY. 2012 OIL ON CANVAS 4.5’ X 4’ FRAMED 12 Sax-O-Phony SAX-O-PHONY, IS AN ACRYLIC COMPOSITION BASED ON A PAIR OF SAXOPHONES IN A NAU TICAL NIGHT SCENE. THE SAXOPHONES ARE FLOATING ON AN UNDULATING OCEAN. WAVES BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH WITHIN THE BOUND ARY OF THE FRAME. SHAPES AND SYMBOLS FLY OUT OF THE INSTRUMENTS INTO THE NIGHT SKY. NOTHING SITS STILL. A MYSTERY SHIP FLOATS IN THE CENTER OF THE OCEAN WITH MUSICAL NOTE SAILS. PLAYFUL AND UNIQUE SAX-O-PHO NY IS A JOY TO BEHOLD. 13 BATS GALLERY, KRAKOW JASCHA LIEBERMAN AND BAND 2012 DUAL VIOLINS WASCONCEIVED FROM A DRAW ING COMPLETED IN THE SUMMER OF 2012 DURING A KLEZMER CONCERT BY JASCHA LIEBERMAN AND COMPANY IN KRAKOW, PO LAND, AT THE BATS GALLERY. CANDLES QUIVER, THE INSTRUMENTS BREATH, A MARBLE COLUMN BECOMES AN ACCORDION, AND THE LINES FORM A FLOWING INTERPRETA TION OF THE SOUNDS. A UNIQUE HAND-PAINT ED FRAME COMPLETES THE WORK, AS EXCIT ING, UNIQUE PIECE OF LEGACY FINE ART. 4.5’ X 4’ FRAMED TRIBUTE TO JASCHA LIEBERMAN OIL ON CANVAS KLEXMER Dual Violins LISTEN 14 The Party Favor THE PARTY FAVOR, IS BASED ON A PHO TO BY ZE’EV ALEKSANDROWICZ TAKEN DURING THE WEDDING OF THE DAUGH TER OF THE TZADIK RABBI HALBER STAMM, OCTOBER 3RD, 1931, IN GALICIA, NOWY-SANZ, POLAND. IT WAS PART OF ABOUT SIXTY PHOTOS TAKEN THAT DAY, THUS A SORT OF PARTY FAVOR FOR THE WEDDING. COMPLETED TO AUGMENT A BOOK, THE HORSE ADJUTANT, ALSO BY THE ARTIST. THIS PAINTING BRINGS CLARITY THE COLDNESS OF THE TIMES, THE DYNAMIC ENERGY OF THE OLD WORLD JEWS, AND THE COMING ELECTRONIC AGE AS NOT ED BY THE POWER POLES. IT IS ALSO AN OMINOUS RACE AGAINST THE COMING CLASH OF NATIONS. OIL ON CANVAS JEWISH HISTORY POLAND 6.5’ X 5’ TRIBUTE TO THE HALBERSTAMM FAMILY 15 Sainte Chapelle SAINTE CHAPELLE IS A PAINTING INSPIRED BY THE CHAPEL OF THE SAME NAME IN THE HEART OF PAR IS. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON, THEY SPONSOR LIVE CLASSICAL CONCERTS FEATURING VIVALDI AND MOZART. LISTENERS HEAR THE MUSIC WHILE WATCHING THE SUN SET TRANSFORM THE EXTENSIVE STAINED GLASS AND EXOTIC WOOD WORKING. THE ORIGINAL DRAWING WAS COM PLETED DURING A SINGLE MUSICAL SESSION. ONCE IN THE STUDIO, THIS PAINTING TOOK ON THE FEELING OF A CONSTRUCTION ZONE FULL OF ARCHITECTURAL LINES AND PLUMB LINES. THROUGHOUT THE COM POSITION YOU CAN SEE ICONS OF THE STATE MIXED WITH ICONS OF THE CHURCH, CLEARLY SHOWING NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. DEDICATED TO KAMIL AND AGNIESZ KA, AS A TRIBUTE FOR HELPING THE ARTIST EXPLORE HIS PAST. CHURCH 6.5’ X 5’ FRAMED DEDICATED TO KAMIL AND AGNIESZKA KMAK 16 Pot Belly Stove COMPLETED IN IRON RIVER, MICHIGAN IN THE GARAGE OF JIM CEDERNA. A SMALL SOFA SITS IN FRONT OF AN OLD POT BELLY STOVE, BECK ONING A TIME GONE BY. I FIRST DREW THE STOVE THEN ADDED JIM AND THE PIPES ABOVE HIM. LETTING GO I ADDED A MUSCIAN PLAYING GUITAR IN A SGT. PEPPPER OUTFIT AND WORDS WARPED INTO THE EMPTY SPACES WITH A FILAGRE PATTERN. THE COLORS, LIGHT BLUE REPRESENTING THE COLD AND ORGANGE THE WARMTH TRYING TO COUNTER IT. COLLECTION OF JIM CEDERNA POT BELLY STOVE ON FUSED GLASS 17 A CONCERT IN THE HISTORIC 5TH AVENUE DISTRIC OF DELRAY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL BLACK COMMUNITY. AFTER SPENDING THE PRIOR DAY AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, WASHINGTON, D.C., THE ARTIST CAME HOME TO TO THIS EARLY EVENING OUTDOOR CONCERT. SOME OF THOSE FIGURES WERE USED IN THE DRAWING. THE COMPOSITION USES CUBISM, MIRRORING EF FECTS, EGYPTIAN ICONOGRAPHY AND A TOUCH OF HUMOR IN THE FROM OF THE BIG LEBOWSKI, AFRI CAN ART, HINDU CULTURE, JAPANESE CULTURE, AND CONCEPTS FROM NUDE DECENDING A STAIRWAY, BY MARCEL DUCHAMP. 2014 7’ X 5‘ Historic 5th Ave. 18 Frogs and Flowers CUBAN FROG FROGS AND FLOWERS IS A LARGE OIL ON CANVAS DEPICT ING A SURREAL JUNGLE SCENE. THE CENTRAL ELEMENT IS AN ORGANIC ORGAN WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE OPIUM FLOW ERS GROWING OUT OF ITS PIPES. SITTING IN FRONT OF THE ORGAN, CROSS-LEGGED, IS RABBI YAAKOV THOMPSON. HE IS WEARING A YAMICA AND PLAYING GUITAR. THE RUG HE SITS ON HAS FRINGES SHAPED LIKE THE KEYS OF THE ORGAN. THE WHOLE COMPOSITION IS CRADLED BETWEEN A PAIR OF BIRD OF PARADISE PLANTS. LOOKING AT THE PIECE GOING CLOCK WISE FROM THE TOP, A FLUTE IS FOUND UNDER VEGATATION THAT CURVES AROUND THE LEFT SIDE. WHITE FLOWERS WITH FIVE PETALS EACH ARE ARRANGED UNIFORMLY FROM SMALL TO LARGE WHERE THE HOLES OF THE FLUTE WOULD NOR MALLY BE FOUND. COMING FROM THE THROAT OF THE FLUTE IS A WATERFALL SEPARATED BY A FERN SILHOUETTE. FROGS ARE POSITIONED ON BOTH SIDES. A SEED POD IN THE SHAPE OF THE RABBIS’ FACE IS UPSIDE DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ORGAN COMPLETING THE COMPOSITION. RABBI THOMPSON DIED A FEW YEARS AFTER THE PAINTING WAS COMPLETED. RABBI YAAKOV THOMPSON OIL ON CANVAS 5 X 6FT TRIBUTE TO RABBI YAACOV THOMPSON (1955-2016) 19 Uba Tuba UBA TUBA IS BASED ON A COLORFUL INTERPRE TATION OF THE SOUND OF A PAIR OF TUBAS. US ING SPIRALS AND SHAPES THE ARTIST SENDS PATTERNS OF COLOR INTO SPACE REFLECT ING AROUND THE BORDERS OF THE CANVAS. BRIGHT COLORFUL BLOCKS DEFINE THE TUBAS. A THIRD TUBA IS PLACED BEHIND THE OTHER TWO ON ITS SIDE AND IS FILLED WITH THE DEEP BLUE COLORS OF BASS NOTES. THE WORD TUBA IS SPELLED OUT ON THE BOT TOM RIGHT SIDE IN LIGHT GREEN TO ACT AS A COUNTER POINT BETWEEN THE DARK AND BRIGHT COLORS. THE SOUND COMING FROM THE TUBAS IS DEPICTED AS SHAPES. SOME OF THEM HAVE MORPHED INTO FLOWERS. A LONESOME EAR AND AN UPSIDE-DOWN HEAD COMPLETE THE COMPOSITION.THE RESULT IS A MASTERFUL USE OF COLOR AND AN EXCITING COMPOSITION. ACYRLIC ON CANVAS 5’ X 6.5’ FRAMED 20 The Shusters THE SHUSTERS, SITTING AT A PAIR OF TABLES ARE THREE JEWISH MEN, TWO WEARING MILITARY UNI FORMS. EACH HAS A BOTTLE OF WINE IN FRONT OF THEM WITH A PHOTO OF A LOVED ONE LEANING ON THE BOTTLE. THE FAR RIGHT FIGURE IS BENZY SHUSTER, BROTHER OF THE ARTIST’S GRANDFA THER, FRANK SHOOSTER. THE OTHERS, UNKNOWN, HAVE FEATURES OF THE SHOOSTER FAMILY. THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOS OF THE SHUSTER FAMILY. ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE DESTROYED IN THE NAZI HOLOCAUST. THE FAMILY IS FROM LUTSK, RUSSIA. HOWEVER, THE MEN ARE WEARING POLISH UNIFORMS. 7’ X 5’ 21 THE ACROPOLIS. IN THE SUMMER OF 2015, THE ARTIST AND HIS DAUGHTER SPENT TWO WEEKS STUDYING THE ANCIENT GREEK ACROPOLIS. TO ACHIEVE THIS, THEY SPLIT THEIR TIME, HALF IN THE UK AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE OTHER HALF IN ATHENS. THE RELICS ARE FOUND IN BOTH CITIES. ON THE VERY FIRST DAY IN ATHENS, TIRED AND HUNGRY THEY FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE VERANDA OF THE ELECTRA HOTEL WITH A VIEW TO WARDS THE ACROPOLIS. THE SITE WAS MESMERIZING, DRAWINGS EMERGED. PAINTED WITH A PALETTE KNIFE, THE COLORS SHOW THE SCENE IN TWILIGHT. ORANGE LIGHT, WITH A TURQUOISE SKY, IMBUES THE RIGHT SIDE WHILE PURPLE AND COBALT OCCUPY THE LEFT. BELOW THE CHANGING ATMOSPHERE RESTS THE OLD CITY, THE PALATKA. ELECTRIC LIGHTS DOT THE LANDSCAPE, GREENS, BLUES, AND GRAYS AND BROWNS COMPLETE THE PAINTING, AND ITS UNIQUE FRAME. The Acropolis ACROPOLIS FROM ELECTRA HOTEL 4.5’ X 3.5’ 22 Making Fire ALWAYS SEEK BETTER WAYS OF MAKING FIRE. SO MANY OPPORTUNI TIES LOTS OF WAYS AND MEANS. AGE OF FIRE REASON, WARMTH, WON DERMENT. Posters 23 Friendly Dragon MY KIDS WANTED A DRAGON SO I MADE ONE FOR THEM AND PHOTOSHOPED MY EYE INTO THE DRAGON’S HEAD. 24 Beer Stein Tours 25 The Persecution of Saul JUNE 11TH, 2011 26 Polish Boy on a Bench DRAWING BASED ON A VISIT TO THE SUKIENNICE MUSE UM, KRAKOW. THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IS CALLED INTRODUCTION, BY JACEK MALCZEWSKI, 1890. 27 His First Smoke DRAWING BASED ON PAINTING BY WILLIAM GILBERT GAUL- ‘HIS FIRST SMOKE’, 1878 28 Carly with the Harrison H2 Clock 29 David and Goliath 2015 30 Jewish Festival WATERCOLOR 2011 WWW.JEWISHFESTIVAL.PL 31 A Knights Journey A KNIGHTS JOURNEY IS A PAINTING BASED ON A SET OF DRAWINGS AT MUSEUMS COMPLETED DURING A SUMMER TRIP TO EUROPE IN 2012. THE SCENE DEPICTS A FULLY DECKED OUT KNIGHT ATOP OF A HANDSOME HORSE ON THE ROAD LEAD ING TO A CASTLE SET IN THE DISTANCE. IN FRONT OF HIM IS THE SYMBOL OF DEATH, A SKELETON WITH A KING’S CROWN. BE HIND HIM IS ANOTHER OMEN IN THE FORM OF A DEMON WITH TWO LEGS AND A LONG- HORNED ORYX HEAD AND LARGE TEETH. SURROUNDING THE CENTRAL IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM AND RIGHT SIDE ARE MEDIE VAL SCENES, INCLUDING; A MAN PRAYING, AND CHERUB, A SMALL CAMPFIRE, A CON JURER, A MAN HOLDING A BOOK HOLDING AND A PARROT WALKING STICK, AND A VAMPIRE. 2012, OIL ON CANVAS, 36” X 24” 32 DYED SILK 14” X 19” TRIBUTE TO HOWARD ON THE KEYBOARDS. CONCEPT DRAWING NOV. 2014 Fetishh Band FETISHH (WITH THE INTEN TIONAL EXTRA H) IS A DYE ON SILK PAINTING BASED ON A DRAWING CREATED WHILE THE BAND, FETISHH, WAS JAMMING. THE ENERGY OF THE MUSIC IS CAPTURED VI SUALLY IN A KIND OF STACCA TO CUBIST STROKE. THE ART IST REFERED TO THIS STYLE AS, “BEBOP.” LEFT TO RIGHT - JASON SHOOSTER ON LEAD GUITAR, GEOFFREY PERRY ON BASS GUITAR, JOSH HOF FENBERG ON DRUMS, HOW ARD ON KEYBOARDS, JACOB LAWSON. 33 JASON AND DAVE, IS A SILK PAINTING INSPIRED BY MY SON, JASON. ON GUITAR, AND HIS FRIEND, DAVE FORBES, ON STANDUP BASS, PLAYING AT THE BAR IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. USING THE MUSCIANS AS MODELS I DISCOVERED A MIRROR IN THE ROOM THAT AND CREATED A REFLECTION THAT INCLUDED A PORTRAIT OF A LADY. THE PIECE IS MADE OF PAINTED DYE ON HABOTAI SILK IN THE SERTI METHOD. LINES ARE MADE US ING GUTTA THAT THE DYES WILL NOT PENETRATE. THEN DYES ARE LAID, FILLING IN THE SPACES. THE RESULT IS A TRANPARENT FLUID EFFECT WITH DELICATE GRADATIONS. 24” X 36” SILK PINTING MAKING ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING (2014 NOV 17TH) Jason and Dave 34 License 1 LICENSE NO. 1, IS THE OLDEST BAR WITH THE FIRST LICENSE FOR ALCHOHAL IN BOULDER COL ORADO (1969). THE BANSHEE TREE BAND PLAYED THE NIGHT I WAS THERE. THE BAND CONSISTED OF A SAX APHONE, WASHBOARD, AND GUI TAR, WITH AN OPENED GUITAR CASE TO COLLECT CHANGE. 35 The Dancers LOOSLY BASED ON A PAINTING BY MATISSE, THE DANCERS OFFER A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE OF COMMUNITY. Jake and Josh 36 BEAR CREEK CAMPFIRE, SAWANEE, FLOR IDA. GOOFING AROUND THE FIRE LATE AT NIGHT AFTER A FULL DAY OF MUSIC AT THE FESTIVAL. A LITTLE DRINK, SOME INSTRU MENTS, AND EVERYONE WHERE HATS THAT LOOK LIKE ANIMALS. Bear Creek BEAR CREEK SILK PAINTING 37 Diane’s Birthday 38 Kevin Eubanks JUNE 2013, MIZNER PARK, BOCA RATON LISTEN 39 The Green Project LISTEN 40 George Tandy Band BLUE JEAN BLUES, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 41 J3 42 The Jazz Estate INK ON PAPER 2015 THE JAZZ ESTATE, MILLWAUKEE, WIS JAY ANDERSON - BASS SAX DAVID WAKE - PIANO STEVE PAPLIN - GUITAR COLEMAN - BASS JESSIE MATEO - SAX TIM RUSSEL - DRUMS 43 The Jazz Estate 2 INK ON PAPER 2013 THE JAZZ ESTATE, MILLWAUKEE, WIS 44 Tavolinos Drummer 45 George Tandy with White Hat 46 George and Candi Tandy 47 George Tandy in Motion 48 Kootenay Forge AN OLD SCHOOL FOUNDRY LOCATED IN CRAWFORD BAY, BC, CANADA. WE DISCOVERED THS PLACE ON A TRIP WITH JAIME AND JASON TO CANADA WHILE JAIME WAS ATTENDING INNERCEPT. PORTRAITS 49 THE KILLER WHALE ELAT ED BY MUSIC, FLIPS THE TEENAGE KILLER WHALE JUBULENLY AS IT BITES THE TAIL OF THE PIANO THUNDERBIRD. STEVE MILLER AT RED ROCKS, LARGER THAN LIFE The Steve Miller Band RED ROCKS 50 Tribes Listen 2 51 Tribes Listen 52 My Three Kids Bluegrass in Boulder 53 Right Hand Jazz DURING ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY I LOST THE USE OF ONE ARM FOR A FEW MONTHS. THIS DRAWING WAS COMPLETED DURING THAT TIME WITH MY OPPOSITE ARM. THE COLLECTION OF KAI LAM. 54 Jazz Band 55 Drummer with a Mask STREET PERFORMER ON PEARL STREET IN BOULDER, COLORADO DRUMMER WITH A MASK WAS INSPIRED BY A VERY TALENTED STREET PERFORMER WHO WAS ENTERTAINING THE PEOPLE WALKING ON PEARL STREET IN BOULDER, COLORADO, APRIL 5TH, 2015. THE DRUMMING WAS EXQUISITE. COMBINED WITH THE MASK IT WAS HAUNTING.THE DRUMMER IMBUED THE MASK WITH A SPIRIT CAPTURED BY THE DRAWING. COMPLETED AS A CUBIST DRAWING THE DRUMMER HAS THREE HANDS, AN EFFORT TO SHOW THE SPEED OF THE ANCIENT RHYTHMS. NOTICE THE DRAWING STYLE IS A SERIES OF SHAPES WITH HASH MARKS AS SHADING. 2015 APRIL 5TH 14” X 19” BOULDER, COLORADO 56 Yellow Daisy YELLOW DAISY FESTIVAL STONE MOUNTAIN PARK, GEORGIA 57 Jason’s Mind SILK PAINTING MUSIC 58 Snooze SNOOZE BREAKFAST RESTAURANT, PEARL STREET, BOULDER, COLORADO 2014 59 Integrated Recovery MY SON WENT INTO A MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CENTER IN COURE D’LANE, IDAHO. THE PROGRAM TREATS THE WHOLE FAMILY. WE LEARNED LOTS OF TECHNIQUES SUR ROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH. ONE OF THEM IS CALLED INTE GRATED RECOVERY. IT TOUTS A HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE BODY. IN THIS PAINTING, MY SON, JAI ME, SITS ON THE SANDS OF TIME WHILE A PROFESSOR AND HIS ASSISTENTS OFFER WIS DOM IN THE FORM OF BOOKS. EACH CIRCLE REPRESENTS A RING IN ONES LIFE START ING WITH CLEANLINESS, MOV ING TO RELIGION, FAMILY AND THE OUTSIDE INFLUENCES A FULL AND RICH LIFE. A REFLEC TION IN THE SANDS OF TIME IS OVERSEEN BY AN ANGEL WITH WINGS. 60 Still Life NW INDIAN STYLE FANTASY STILL LIFE 61 Bull Sluice WATERCOLOR ON PAPER DIANE AND JAIME WHITE WATER RAFTING ON THE CHATANOOGA RIVER IN GEORGIA. THE RIVER SECTION IS CALLED BULL SLUICE. LANDSCAPE 62 Puna Cuna 63 OIL ON LIVE EDGE WOOD SANTO DOMINGO THE DOMINO PLAYERS, IS BASED ON A DRAWING COMPLETED IN SITU OUTSIDE THE PLAZA DE ZONA COLONIAL, OLD CITY, SANTO, DO MINGO REPUBLIC. LOCALS COM PETE FOR THE JOY AND LAUGH TER OF SLAPPING THE DOMINO TILES AND KNOCKING OUT THEIR OPPONENTS. A CULTURAL TRADI TION HAND DRAWN AND PAINTED BECOMES A TREASURE. The Domino Players 64 The Center of Art in Wood LOCATED IN THE OLD CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, THE CEN TER FOR ART IN WOOD IS A MUSEUM FOR WOOD WORK ERS. FASCINATING OBJECTS LINE THE SHELVES. INK ON PAPER 65 UF Judaica Library UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LIBRARY EXTENSION JUDAICA LIBRARY KEN TRIESTER, ARCHITECT 2015 GRAND OPENING JEWS CREATED A PORTABLE , THE RELIGION OF THE BOOK 66 The French Quarter SILK NEW ORLENS 2014 ARCHITECTURE 67 Philadelphia City Hall SILK AUGUST 13TH, 2014 68 DYE ON SILK EDINBURGH 2015 St. Giles Catherdral 69 Karkow Castle CATAGORIES INK ON PAPER LANDSCAPE 70 Palace District ATHENS, GREECE JULY 18TH, 2014 One Hellas of a Cool Cat The Parthenon Nerid’s Monument BY CASSIDY SHOOSTER 71 Presbytrian Church w/Figure 72 DRAWING PEGASOI IN ATHENS PEGASOI ON SILK Apollo with the Pegasoi APOLLO RIDES A CHARIOT WITH SINGERS AND A LYRE THAT CONTROLS FOUR PEGASOI, FLYING HORSES. THE BRIDAL ALSO HAS SINGING BIRDS. THE HORSES ARE FACING ARTEMIS WHO HOLDS AN ARROW AND THE ANTLERS OF A MOOSE. PATTERNS FILL THE SPACE. MYTHOLOGY 73 Power of the Conch Shell 74 THE KILLER WHALE PLAYS A ALTO SAXO PHONE AND OUT POPS A THUNDERBIRD. Killer Whale Plays Sax THE KILLER WHALE GIVES THE BABY KILLER WHALE A BOOST. THE BABY TRYS TO CHOMP ON THE TAIL OF THE THUNDERBIRD AS THE BEAVER TOTEM STANDS BY WATCHING THE HIJINX. Killer Whale Teaches Baby NW Indian Influenced 75 Eddie the Killer Whale EDDIE THE KILLER WHALE SINGS ABOUT THE THUNDERBIRD. THE THUNDER BIRD STRIKES LIGHTENING ON THE KILLER WHALE WHILE THE THREE TENOR’S SING SONGS OF THE SALM ON WHO IS DRIVEN BY MYTH MAN. Thunderbird Strikes the Killer Whale 76 Killer Whales and Thunderbirds THE KILLER WHALES GIVES THE BABY KILLER WHALE A BOOSTWHILE THE THUNDER BIRD TEACHES ITS KIN AND STRIKES OUT AT THE KILLER WHALE. The Raven THE RAVEN PLAYS SOPRANO SAX. 77 Killer Whale Study DRAWING BASED ON A UNKNOWN ARTIST 78 KILLER WHALE CHILD KILLER WHALE CHILD THUNDERBIRD Tribelicious Totem Killer Whale Eats a Guitar 79 Killer Whale Decides to Become a Rock Star THE KILLER WHALE DECIDES TO BE A ROCK STAR SINGING SONGS OF THE THUNDER BIRD.. Squawking Tribel Figure Tweetbird Tribelicious Figure 80 The Raven BASED ON A MASK AT THE SEATTLE MUSEUM OF ART THE KILLER WHALE GIVES A BOOST TO THE BABY KILLER WHALE WHILE TWO THUN DERBIRDS STRIKE LIGHT ENING AT THE SAME TIME INSPIRING EINSTIEN’S THE ROY OF RELATIVITY... AND TWO SALMON SWIM OBLIVI OUS TO HIS EPIPHANY. Theory of Relativity 81 Tribelicious with Ruby 82 Tyranosaurus NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 2015 LATE JURASIC PERIOD FOSSILS Stegosaurus NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 2015 83 Triceratops NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 2015 LATE CRESTASCEOUS PERIOD Dark Star at the Depot THE BEST PART ABOUT SPENDING TOND OF TIME DRAWING IS WHEN I GO INTO A NEW LOCATION AND USE WHAT I WAS DRAWING ALL DAY IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IN THIS CASE DINOSUARS ARE PERFECT TO GO ALONG WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD. THE DEPOT - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH GREATFUL DEAD TRIBUTE BAND DARK STAR 2015 84 Typwritten Handwritten Electronic Galt Library Concept THE ART OF WRITING 85 Mr. Beefy ANIMALS 2012 86 SHOOSTY 2010-2015 THE FINE ART OF STEPHEN SHOOSTER, AKA SHOOSTY COPYRIGHT SHOOSTER PUBLISHING
