Every year, Florida-based artist Steve Shooster compiles his output into a volume he calls a catalog raisonné — a disciplined accounting of where his imagination traveled and what his hands produced. The 2022 edition covers a year that was, by his own reckoning, his most productive: a home renovation that inspired a series of bookplate-style contractor portraits, live-music drawings captured in real time at bars in Fort Lauderdale and Vermont, vector art extrapolated from jazz performances, landscapes from the Faroe Islands and the Italian countryside, and an extended meditation on insects ren
Shoosty 2022 2 Shoosty 2022 Post Pandemic Shoosty - The Art of Music Copyright Shooster Publishing Makers of Fine Art Books www.shoostyandco.com 441 South State Road 7 Margate, Florida 33068 954-537-1200 The intersection of art, quilt, sarcasm, the ater, and family. Aarhus, Denmark Dedicated to Buddy Shooster The best dog we ever had. Diane and Steve First Time in Italy CONTRACTORS 6 Architecta 6 Hydrolic 7 Gas Contractor 7 The Elektricist LIVE MUSIC DRAWINGS 8 Crazy Fingers 9 Crazy Fingers - Guitar 10 Eddie and the Band 11 Pacifico 12 Zach Nugent - Dead Set 14 Zach Nugent - Dead Set 3 and Detail 16 Zach Nugent - Dead Set4 18 Zach Nugent - Dead Set Close Ups 20 All That Jazz 2022 Vector 22 All That Jazz Detail 23 All That Jazz Extrapolation 24 Anna and Jason’s Wedding Party - Jam Session 27 Caravan Palace Vectors 28 Old Songs Fok Festival 30 Florida Jazz 31 Tribute to Miroslav Houra FRENCH HORNS 32 Abstract Red Horn 34 Horn Sketch 2 35 Nordic Themed CELTIC 36 Celtic Engine 36 Celtic Sword 37 Celtic Flight WEDDING 38 The Wedding of Ariel and Craig FLOWERS 40 Sunflower 41 Vase with Geometry 2 42 Figure Tree 43 Vase with Geometry 2 44 Sunflower in Space 45 Sunflower Close-UP FRUITS 47 Fruit Halves TREES 48 Tree Abstraction 3 49 Art Show with Tree 50 Art Deco Tree 51 Art Nouveau Tree 52 Big Tree on a Farm 53 Dog on Farm MARKETING ART 54 Shopping Bags LANDSCAPES 56 The Ocean 57 Ideal Pool 58 Mountians 59 Mountians 2 60 Mountain 3 61 Greecian Landscape 62 Faroe Island Lighthouse 63 Faroe Island Church 64 Railroad to Heaven 65 The View from the Vialto Farm 66 Love Beach 67 Deerfiled Beach Pier 68 Fra Moesgård Strand 69 Lake Estrum 70 Japanese Garden 71 Good Water 72 Livø Sunset 74 Pink Mountains 75 Christine’s View 76 Mountian with Yellow 77 Rock Springs 78 SOS Childrens 1 79 SOS Childrens 2 80 Lighthouse 81 Sandavagur Church 82 Everglades Church 83 Beaver Meadows 84 Philadelphia at Night ANCIENT STUDY 85 Hercules chased by the Hydra TRANSPORTATION 86 Delta Will Get you There 87 The Highway MOLA 88 Floating Manatee 89 Mola Characters OCEAN 91 Katie’s Shark BOOKPLATES 92 Tribute to M. B. Keezer 93 Tribute to Karl Mose ABSTRACTION 94 Abstract 95 Tribute to Egil Jacobson 96 Spatial Girl 97 Style Power II 98 Sommeren Jean Metzinger Reimagined 99 Tribute to El Rodel ART NOUVEAU 100 Secession 101 Unknown Tribute 102 Tribute to Paul Ranson 103 The Dreamer STILL LIFE 104 Glass Tea Pot 105 Still Life with Dead Fly MASKS 106 Emperor Robbeviuos the 3rd 107 Indigenous Mask 108 Leonardo Davinci 109 Michelangelo Buonarroti Simoni BUGS 110 Shoosty Bugs 111 Shoosty Bugs Bookplate 113 Shoosty Bug Alphabet 114 Un-Common Fly 115 Fly Jewelry 116 Uncommon Dead Fly 117 Uncommon Fly with Frame 118 Phlyology 119 The Fly - William Blake 120 Dead Flies 121 Koyoto Squish 122 UnCommon Fly with Frame 123 The End 124 Dragon Fly Green 125 Violin Mantis Green 126 Dragon Fly Red 127 Violin Mantis Red 128 In the LIght Beetle 129 Dancing Beetle 130 Walk on Water 131 Water Walker Silver 132 Shoosty Bugs Lamiinae Colored 133 Shoosty Bugs Lamiinae Gold 134 Prism Bug 135 Love Bug 136 Chateau La Reel 1 137 Chateau La Reel 2 138 In the Light Beetle 139 Vote 140 Blue Collection 141 Red Collection 142 Green Collection 143 Rainbow Collection 144 Pyramid Collection 145 Purple Wasps 146 CooCoo Wasp Tile 147 Whispy Wiggler 148 Shakespeare 1 149 Shakespeare 2 150 Edessa Rufomarginata Broche 151 In Vito Weritas with Necklace 152 Moth with Orange 153 Moth with Red Tips 154 Monarch 1 155 Monarch 2 156 Monarch 3 157 Monarch 4 158 Purple Butterfly 159 Purple Butterfly 2 160 Purple Butterfly 3 161 Purple Butterfly 4 162 Rainbow 1 163 Rainbow 2 164 Transformation 166 Red Mantis 167 The Crown of Flowers 168 Peacocks with Mantis 169 Dragon Fly with Portrait 170 Recycling Beetle 172 Scarf 1 173 Scarf 2 174 Scarf 3 175 Scarf 4 176 Scarf 5 177 Scarf 6 178 Cardinal Beetle 179 Art Show Poster BOOKS 180 Shoosty Catalog Raisonne 4 CLOCKWISE: THE ELECTORCIST; JASON AND ANNA’S WEDDING PAR TY; CINQUE TERRE, ITALY; WYOMING LANDSCAPE; BLUE BEETLE; JASON AND ANNA; DIANE IN THE CEN TER AT THE VATICAN MUSE UM. 5 2022, started with a move into a new home. As soon as we bought the place we started remodeling. I had my hands full with contractors. I made a series of art based on those tradesmen and my love of book plates. They are like nothing I have ever created. The highlight of the year has to be our trip to Denmark for the mar riage of our eldest son and our new daughter-in-law, Anna. The wed ding took place on an ecological island in the north on the Jutland Penisula, called Livo. It takes a ferry to reach the island and there are no cars once you get there. We had the whole island for our guests with about 20 support people. The wedding itself took place in an old oak forest, outside, among the trees. I made two drawings of the sunset and the other of the dancers. Another highlight of the year was the dream realized with my wife. We promised each other to visit Italy together and we finally did. It was a magical experience. We saw Brunelleschi’s dome in Florence, a Tuscany farmhouse, the Uffizi museum, Cinque Terre, Sicily, and in Rome, saw the Vatican museum. It was like a walk through the soul of the Western world, an undeniably God-like experience, gallery after gallery of the most ornate art I have ever seen. In putting together this book I realize that the year 2022 was my most productive year by the sheer quantity of work completed. I am shocked to see this volume has 184 pages. My styles continue to evolve. I am constantly learning. My main drawing tool is now the iPad Pro. I am enamored with vector art. It has changed everything, including my paintings. I still like to work with a pen and ink for live music draw ings but even those are later converted into sharp focus vectors. Towards the end of the year, I scheduled three art shows, including speeches, and podcasts. I am not very comfortable in the role of show ing, yet I know that to grow as both a person and an artist I need to reach a little outside my comfort zone. The more I do these shows the easier it should become. The process of making annual books of my art organizes my thoughts in a way that would be impossible later. They are a testament to my re solve as an artist. I now have over 20 books to my name. I like scanning through the volumes and seeing the progression. Everyone changes, few create milestones. There is no playbook for becoming a successful artist. I believe taking the diligent step of documenting all of my work separates me from 99% of the artists I know. I do not know any other artists that exten sively document their work. Most artists have very little organization if any. A catalog raisonne, for an artist, especially one that encompasses their entire collection is a magnificent achievement. As such I take great care in putting this book together. So what does success mean for an artist? I believe it is the journey of doing what you love. I believe that if I can get my head into the flow state and stay there all day, there is nowhere else I would rather be. Art is a discovery at its best. You discover styles, myths, and history, and you also discover what you are looking at by the act of drawing. In drawing, you uncover poetry and mistakes. Both are useful. And if you pay very close attention, you discover yourself. 2022 Artist Statement SHOOSTY WOOD BLOCK PRINT LIKE LOGO 6 Hydrolic Architecta Contractors 7 Gas Contractor The Elektricist 8 HOLY MACKEREL BAR, WILTON MANORS, FORT LAUDERDALE Crazy Fingers Live Music Drawings When the music starts I start, When it stops I stop. - Shoosty 9 Crazy Fingers - Guitar 10 Eddie and the Band Cassidy and Jason on the left - My kids 11 Pacifico Original music by Jason Shooster Album cover by Shoosty Listen 12 Zach Nugent - Dead Set NECTAR’S BAR, BURLINGTON, VERMONT 13 Zach Nugent - Dead Set2 NECTAR’S BAR, BURLINGTON, VERMONT 14 Zach Nugent - Dead Set 3 and Detail NECTAR’S BAR, BURLINGTON, VERMONT 15 16 Zach Nugent - Dead Set4 NECTAR’S BAR, BURLINGTON, VERMONT 17 Zach Nugent - Dead Set5 NECTAR’S BAR, BURLINGTON, VERMONT 18 Zach Nugent - Dead Set Close Ups 19 20 All That Jazz 2022 Vector 21 All That Jazz Detail 1 22 All That Jazz Detail 2 23 All That Jazz Extrapolation 24 Anna and Jason’s Wedding Party - Jam Session LIVØ, DENMARK 25 26 27 Caravan Palace Vectors 28 Old Songs Fok Festival 1 ALTAMONT FAIRGROUNDS, ALBANY NEW YORK 29 ADDIE LEVYB ON BASS Old Songs Fok Festival 2 ALTAMONT FAIRGROUNDS, ALBANY NEW YORK 30 Florida Jazz ALLIGATOR ALLEY BAR, MARGATE, FLORIDA 31 Tribute to Miroslav Houra 32 Abstract Red Horn French Horns Inspired by my friendship with Dr. Kenneth Janson 33 Horns Illustrated Horn Sketch 34 Horn Illustrated 2 Horn Sketch 2 35 Nordic Themed French Horn 36 Celtic Engine Celtic Sword Celtic 37 Celtic Flight 38 The Wedding of Ariel and Craig ORIGINAL DRAWING The wedding took place on the top of Mount As pen in Colorado. We took a gondola to get up there and I fogot to bring snow boots. The area was lined with heaters only one was working. We weren’t near it. The weather was perfect for a ski resort as sunset approached. The top of a moun tain can get cold quickly, and it did. We had blan kets and warm clothing, it was brisk. You could see the vista for miles in every direction. A curious large bird flew overhead. The flowers were beyond anything I have ever seen, the hoopah was com pletely covered in white flowers. I started to draw as the ceromony started. I drew the hoopah and it morphed into a scroll, a torah. I drew the bride and groom and thier immediate family, then the audience. I used a technique similar to soft focus where I made the bride and groom sharp and the audience gradually taper to abstraction. The idea was to use the transition from abstraction to for mality as if all the possibilities of life are refined into marriage. I tried to tease out some kind of mythology, some kind of spirt from the location. I choose The North Wind blowing hearts and I added a flying horse. Wedding 39 DIGITAL DRAWING The final version completed with vectors used photos of the wedding couple to create spot profiles. I exagerated the abstraction and pushed the hearts blown by The North Wind on to the cell phone of the guests and I switched the flying horse for the curious hawks that were actually flying overhead. 40 Sunflower Flowers 41 Vase with Geometry 2 42 Figure Tree 43 Vase with Geometry 2 44 Sunflower in Space 45 Sunflower Close-UP 46 Fruits 47 Fruit Halves 48 Tree Abstraction Trees 49 Art Show with Tree 50 Art Deco Tree 51 Art Nouveau Tree 52 Big Tree on a Farm DENMARK 53 Dog on Farm DENMARK 54 Shopping Bags Marketing 55 56 The Ocean Landscapes 57 Ideal Pool 58 Mountians 59 Mountians 2 60 Mountain 3 61 Greecian Landscape 62 Faroe Island Lighthouse 63 Faroe Island Church 64 SAN MARGHERITA CHURCH, VANAZZA, CINQUE TERRE, ITALIA Railroad to Heaven 65 The View from the Vialto Farm TUSCANY. ITALIA 66 DEERFILED BEACH Love Beach 67 Deerfiled Beach Pier DEERFILED BEACH 68 FRA MOESGÅRD STRAND 1892 BY JANUS LA COUR, DENMARK Fra Moesgård Strand TRIBUTE TO JANUS LA COUR, DENMARK 69 REIMAGINED BY SHOOSTY TRIBUTE TO GABRIEL MÜNTER Lake Estrum 70 TRENTON STATE MUSEUM, NEW JERSEY Japanese Garden 71 Good Water 72 LIVØ ISLAND, DENMARK Livø Sunset 73 74 Pink Mountains 75 Kristina’s View 76 Mountian with Yellow 77 Rock Springs 78 SOS Childrens 1 79 SOS Childrens 2 80 Lighthouse FAROE ISLANDS 81 Sandavagur Church FAROE ISLANDS 82 Everglades Church 83 Beaver Meadows Tribute to The Wilson Family 84 Philadelphia at Night 85 Hercules chased by the Hydra Ancient Study 86 Delta Will Get you There Transportation 87 The Highway 88 Floating Manatee Hillsboro inlet drawbridge with floating mola manatee. Donated to the Hillsboro Beach Historical Center Placed on auction. Winner paid 1,500$ 23 carot gold frame donated by Max Munn The mola pattern can be found in Guatamala, Costa Rica and more. It is usually seen on clothing. Shaking hands with the may or of Deerfield as I ask him if we can paint the bridge. He liked the idea and explained the roads are a different de partment then the base of the bridge which is in his pervue. Mola 89 Mola Characters 90 Ocean 91 Katie’s Shark OFF SHORE, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Katie works with a dive company that visits these giant creature daily. She spends a lot of time in the water. 92 Bookplates Tribute to M. B. Keezer 93 Tribute to Karl Mose 94 TRIBUTE TO LOUISE NEVELSON Abstract Abstraction 95 Tribute to Egil Jacobson 96 Spatial Girl 97 Style Power II 98 Sommeren Jean Metzinger Reimagined ORIGINAL 99 Tribute to El Rodel 100 Secession Art Nouveau STUDY VIENNA SECESSION 101 Unknown Tribute 102 Tribute to Paul Ranson 103 The Dreamer A take off of an unknown artist 104 Glass Tea Pot Still Life 105 Still Life with Dead Fly 106 Emperor Robbeviuos the 3rd., Sculped by Shootivius the 1st, Augustus 25th, 2022. Using advanced vision technology Robbvious the 3rd, father of Russelious, husband of Kristenius of Springith of Coloradio, defended Rome against the visigoths circa 2022, after the wed ding of The king of the Argonaunts-us and his bride, Queen of the Nordic island of Danmark, saved the Italian peninsula making it possible for the great cruise ships of the 20th century and the vast heards of tourists who still come to visit his statue to this day. Nearby on the floor is a wooden bowl made by the emperor himself used for alms for the poor. Reference Robert Chappe Kristina Chappe #FamousRomanScuplptures #ironyoflife #Shoosty Emperor Robbeviuos the 3rd Masks 107 Indigenous Mask 108 Leonardo Davinci PORTRAITS 109 Michelangelo do Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 110 Shoosty Bugs Bugs 111 Shoosty Bugs Bookplate 112 113 Shoosty Bug Alphabet 114 Un-Common Fly 115 Fly Jewelry 116 Uncommon Dead Fly 117 Uncommon Fly with Frame 118 Phlyology 119 The Fly - William Blake 120 Dead Flies 121 Koyoto Squish 122 UnCommon Fly with Frame 123 The End 124 Dragon Fly Green 125 Violin Mantis Green 126 Dragon Fly Red 127 Violin Mantis Red 128 In the LIght Beetle 129 Dancing Beetle 130 Walk on Water 131 Water Walker Silver 132 Shoosty Bugs Lamiinae Colored 133 Shoosty Bugs Lamiinae Gold 134 Prism Bug 135 Love Bug 136 Chateau La Reel 1 137 Chateau La Reel 2 138 In the Light Beetle A voracious reader, the Light Beyond Beetle is well versed in metaphysics. It has the capacity to both read and digest the words and the paper it was written upon. Don’t be surprised to see them in your dreams or whenever you break on through to the other side. A favorite insect of Jim Morrison, it helped inspire many of his lyrics. “That’s one hell of a smart bug.” - Jim Morrison 139 Vote 140 Blue Collection 141 Red Collection 142 Green Collection 143 Rainbow Collection 144 Pyramid Collection 145 Purple Wasps 146 CooCoo Wasp Tile 147 Whispy Wiggler 148 Shakespeare 1 149 Shakespeare 2 150 Edessa Rufomarginata Broche 151 In Vito Weritas with Necklace 152 Moth with Orange 153 Moth with Red Tips 154 Monarch 1 155 Monarch 2 156 Monarch 3 157 Monarch 4 158 Purple Butterfly 159 Purple Butterfly 2 160 Purple Butterfly 3 161 Purple Butterfly 4 162 Rainbow 1 163 Rainbow 2 164 Transformation 165 166 Red Mantis 167 The Crown of Flowers 168 Peacocks with Mantis 169 Dragon Fly with Portrait 170 Recycling Beetle 171 172 Scarf 1 173 Scarf 2 174 Scarf 3 175 Scarf 4 176 Scarf 5 177 Scarf 6 178 Cardinal Beetle 179 FREE Give-a-Way for some Show Posters Art Show Poster 180 Shoosty Catalog Raisonne Books 181 The Shoosty Catalog Raisonne The complete collection of Shoosty art Shoosty 1958 - 1989 Shoosty 1989 - 2002 Shoosty 2003 - 2009 Shoosty 2010 - 2015 Shoosty 2016 Volume 1 Shoosty 2016 Volume 2 Shoosty 2017 Shoosty 2018 Shoosty 2019 Shoosty 2019 Exhibition - 50 years Shoosty 2020 Shoosty 2021 Shoosty Artist Statements Throughout the Years Shoosty 2022 Thematic Books Shoosty Bugs Volume 1 - 2022 The Art of Music - 2022 Shoosty Landscapes - 2022 All books avalialbe on Amazon 182 THESHOE@SHOOSTYANDCO.COM WWW.SHOOSTYANDCO.COM Shoosty® Stephen Shooster b.1958, Chester, PA; Graduate of the University of Florida, Fine Art, 1982. He regis- tered the brandname Shoosty® in 2020, which high- lights original painting, drawing, and various prod- ucts including couture and fashion. Shoosty® uses a wide range of styles and materials from physical to virtual. Shoosty® has a dynamic palette using bold colors, extensive reliance on art history and mythol- ogy often integrating technology. Stephen Shooster is featured in Marquis Who’s Who in American Art. The Art of Music 2022 Shoosty® Bugs 2021 Shoosty® Landscapes 2022 Shoosty® Catalog Raisonné 2022 12 volumes / 2,500 pieces of art The Horse Adjutant 2011 The Story of Leon Schagrin, Nazi Holocaust survivor The Biography of Herman Shooster 2020 The Son of a Tailor who was The Son of a Shoemaker The University of Florida, College of Art Dean’s Office, Gainesville Campus Art Building Oil on Canvas 48”x30” The University of Florida, Rietz Student Union Gainesville Campus Shark Valley Oil on Canvas 48”x48” The University of Florida, Ken Triester Judaica Libray Judaica Scarf Handpainted Silk 6’x18” The University of North Florida, Admissions Office, Jacksonville Hello Friends Oil on Canvas 6’ x 5’ SOS Children’s Center, Pompano Beach Fresco Painting, Brick Wall 60’ x 8’ Rubell Museum, Library, Miami Shoosty Bugs, Book, 70 pages, 12” x 12” US Holocaust Memorial, Washington, D.C. 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Many art- ists disdain technology, we embrace it. -- Shoosty® 184 Shoosty - The Art of Music 2019-2022 Copyright Shooster Publishing Handmade Makers of Fine Art Books 441 South State Road 7 Margate, Florida 33068 954-537-1200 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 THESHOE@SHOOSTYANDCO.COM WWW.SHOOSTYANDCO.COM Shoosty® Stephen Shooster b.1958, Chester, PA; Graduate of the University of Florida, Fine Art, 1982. He regis- tered the brandname Shoosty® in 2020, which high- lights original painting, drawing, and various prod- ucts including couture and fashion. Shoosty® uses a wide range of styles and materials from physical to virtual. Shoosty® has a dynamic palette using bold colors, extensive reliance on art history and mythol- ogy often integrating technology. Stephen Shooster is featured in Marquis Who’s Who in American Art. The Art of Music 2022 Shoosty® Bugs 2021 Shoosty® Landscapes 2022 Shoosty® Catalog Raisonné 2022 12 volumes / 2,500 pieces of art The Horse Adjutant 2011 The Story of Leon Schagrin, Nazi Holocaust survivor The Biography of Herman Shooster 2020 The Son of a Tailor who was The Son of a Shoemaker The University of Florida, College of Art Dean’s Office, Gainesville Campus Art Building Oil on Canvas 48”x30” The University of Florida, Rietz Student Union Gainesville Campus Shark Valley Oil on Canvas 48”x48” The University of Florida, Ken Triester Judaica Libray Judaica Scarf Handpainted Silk 6’x18” The University of North Florida, Admissions Office, Jacksonville Hello Friends Oil on Canvas 6’ x 5’ SOS Children’s Center, Pompano Beach Fresco Painting, Brick Wall 60’ x 8’ Rubell Museum, Library, Miami Shoosty Bugs, Book, 70 pages, 12” x 12” US Holocaust Memorial, Washington, D.C. The Horse Adjutant, 296 pages, 7” x 10” Blackrocks Brewary, Marquette, Michigan Frank and d’Beans, Giclée 48” x 36” SHOOSTY® BOOKS COLLECTIONS LATEST BOOKS Mills Gallery - 1650 N Mills Ave, Orlando, Florida 16 & 23 December - Meet the Artist 6-9 PM 13 January - Last Day Deerfield Beach Historical Society - 84 SE 4th Ave, Deerfield Beach, Florida 6 January - Meet the Artist 5.30 - 8.30 PM - Open to Public Saturday’s 10-2 PM 21 January - Artist’s Workshop 10-12 PM 25 February - Last Day City Arts Center - 39 S Magnolia Ave, Orlando, Florida 19 January - Meet the Artist 6-9 PM 19 February - Last Day MEET THE ARTIST 195 FREE Give-a-Way for some Show Posters 196 197 198
