2018 Shoosty Catalog Raisonne

The 2018 Shoosty Catalog Raisonne - The complete catalog of the art of Stephen Shooster for the year 2018.

2018 Shoosty

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Dao

Pai Village

Frank and and d’Beans

Gypsy Tears Three Amigos

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Cassidy Painting Shells Painting Carly Shells Chanting at Hanuman Ghat Once in a Blue Blood a Moon

Dao Noir Thailand

Baptiste

The Black House of Music

Proud Camden Laura Misch

Toe Jam

The Funky Buddah Jack Edmondson John Taney and Band

Liddy Clark

Abstract Muscians

The Haunt Jorge Garcia Orchestra Rasta Guitar

Cassidy at Work An Evening of Rythm Guitar and Mountains Kevin Gore and Friend Jason in Pai with Friends Battle of Musicians The Wallens

Shoosty 2020 The Catalog Catalog Raisonné of Stephen Shooster aka Shoosty

441 South State Road 7, Suite 11 Margate, Florida 33068

34 Jorge Garcia - Crossover 1 34 Jorge Garcia - Crossover 2 35 Steve Pomeranz 36 George Tandy Band 37 Cubist Dancing 38 Dorothy Schluger-Shooster, Mom

57 Old World Wedding Procession 58 Derison of Kathmandu 58 Derision of Kathmandu 58 St. James 59 Ganesh in Kathmandu 59 Gryphon 59 Gaurdian of Kathmandu 60 Ian MacLeod 61 Dead River Coffee 62 Light Bulbs and Vacuum Tubes 63 Vacuum Tube in Radio 64 Call Center 65 Fractal Flower 66 Cassidy Holding a Guitar

38 Dorothy in Red 39 Allen Schluger 40 The Sadhus 41 Shoosty Self Portrait 42 Edwin Forrest Ward 43 Father’s Day 44 Old World Lizards 45 Horse and Carriage 46 The Lovers 47 Elephants 47 Portrait of an Elephant 48 Painted Beatle 48 Beatle 48 Monarch Catapillar 49 Egyptian Scarab 50 The Pork Cafe 50 The Pork Cafe 51 The Street One 52 The Street Two 53 The Street Three 54 Buddah 54 Dattatreya Temple at Night

67 Warrior Sculpture 67 Warrior Drawing 68 Chinese Vases 70 Rock Stars

55 Dattatreya Temple 56 Lutzk Synogogue

2018 Notable Artworks: Frank and d’Beans , 6 feet by 6.5 feet, oil on canvas, with a matching frame is a masterwork of my style. It took one year to make.The colors and composition are breathtaking. I used what I call a flat brush technique. I tried to paint every- thing flat to give myself the freedom to make compositional changes with impunity. By keeping things flat I can paint directly over an area with a new color giving me the most freedom of composition. Dattatreya Temple - My favorite temple in The World Heritage site of Bhaktapur, Nepal is the Dattatreya. We first stumbled upon it while walking around at night hearing chanting with music within. The music was coming from a hand-pumped harmonium organ. We stepped under the covered porch where the people were playing as if we were walking through a portal into another dimension. The lo- cals welcomed us with smiles as they continued to sing and chant. We did our best to follow along. I was mesmerized the entire time I was in Bhaktapur with this temple and did many drawings of it. The Hindus have many Gods, which in and of itself is fascinating. Coming from the West we are constantly reminded there is only one God. I found it refreshing to see an alternative approach and as an artist, the concept brings up profound possibili- ties. Dattatreya is a composite deity that personifies three Gods; Trimurti of Brahma; Vishnu; and Shiva. She is seen as a three-headed God. Nowhere at this location will you find a sculpture or image of Dattatreya. Instead, each of the three Gods is portrayed. Seeing them together is said to evoke Dattatreyya in the worshippers. Note- I learned that the Hindus do not worship idols. In- stead, they use them as a reminder of their Gods. It bothered me to see the sculptures until I learned this fact.

2018 Artist Statement The biggest change in 2018 for my art was the inclusion of the iPad Pro and the iPencil, with an app called ArtRage. I also had marked advancements in my live drawings of mu- sicians that often surprised me. And to round things out I completed a few oil paintings including a large masterwork called, ‘Frank and d’Beans.’ I had plenty of new experiences with lots of travel. I visit- ed Pai, Thailand; Kathmandu, Nepal, a place beyond time; Edinburgh, Scotland, where I love visiting the local snugs; small bars where locals play acoustic music; Boulder, Colora- do; Marquette, Michigan; Gainesville, Florida; All this, and I was still working full-time! Each of these places inspired the art you will find within these pages. Of note is my trip to Kathmandu, Nepal, and the neighboring world heritage site called Bhaktapur. We stayed inside the world heritage site among the temples jux- taposed with modern motorbikes and a few stores. The flight was uneventful, however once on the ground, I saw how disorganized this place is. The ATM did not work and we needed money to hire a taxi. That airport is known as one of the most dangerous in the world. It is located in a mountain valley surrounded by tall peaks. It is very close to the highest point on earth, Mount Everest. We were picked up by a fellow named Dil Bahadur Chhetri. He brought us large necklaces of orange flowers making us feel very special. Dil is short in stature but big in demeanor. He is the perfect mix of local, entrepreneurial, and interna- tional. Notable is that Dil has climbed Mount Everest. None of us knew then that a worldwide pandemic was coming and he would not survive. He was far too young to pass away.

In the front of the Dattatreya temple are symbols of Lord Vishnu (three-pointed trident), garuda (a monk God saying Namaste to the temple), a conch shell (symbol of the sacred OM sound), and chakra (a circle representing the universe and the destruction of karmic bonds, denoting salvation). I learned this temple was built from a single tree in the year 1470 as a resting place for Shiva ascetics. Later, in the 1800’s it was modified to recognize Dattatreya.The building is made of a central set of bricks housing a small sculpture of a God with a doorway for the God to see the world. A porch surrounds the bricks which are protected by wood- en slats giving the overall appearance of the building a solid shape. Up close you realize that the slats have large gaps.The porch is not protected from the elements. If you are inside the porch these slats give scant protection from the wind and cold. This is where the people were chanting. At night there is one more thing that adds to the mysticism of the temple, it is guarded by goats.

Pai Village is based on the artist’s first perspective of Pai Thailand. Sitting on a balcony after days of travel to reach this destination, still with his head in the clouds, the artist pondered the banana tree as highlighted against the dry rice fields before the next planting and the distant mountain with the gigantic white budda sitting on one of the peaks. Later, he discovered the music scene downtown and captured some of the artists playing. Merging these two ideas he came up with a Chagall-inspired piece called Pai, Village.

Thailand

Pai Village

Frank and d’Beans is painting based on a lo- cal band from Marquette, Michigan. The band played at the Blackrocks bar when the artist happened to be in town. Blackrocks is bar con- verted from a home. the artist perched himself on a stairwell to capture the perspective. It is A playful scene, the band members are wearing oversize glasses. A unicorn and sail- fish mask decorate the back wall. The drummer

smashes the symbols with color waves result- ing. The band is focused, in the middle of a set. Colors surround the muscians like sound waves.. A few beer stiens decorate the ceiling. A major painting, one year in production, Frank and d’Beans also sports a matching frame. in 2020, Blackrocks was redesigned and a space was made for a copy of this painting.

Oil on Canvas, 6.5’ x 5’ with a matching frame

8 Frank and and d’Beans

I was drawing landscapes then I went to an event with my son and his friends playing mu- sic. I decided to draw directly on top of the land- scape sketch and then integrate the two. The painted version was made with the iPad Pro using the same concept and photo refer- ences.

Gypsy Tears Dedicated to Jack Torres

Jason Shooster, Herbie Hancok & George Tandy

Three Amigos

Cassidy Painting Shells

Painting Carly Shells

Chanting Hanuman Ghat, Bhaktapur, Nepar. - Around the corner form the funer- al pyre is a covered space large enough to fit 20 comfortmably with oriental rugs, and pillows for sitting. Chillum smoke from fills the space as the guests chant and and play music. The energy is profound, everyone is joyful. One guest walked a pilgramige to get here from India. Center, with guitar, is Jason Shooster, the artist’s son. Behind him a mural on the wall fea- tured a swan with a lotus flow. It seems fit- ting to add this element of the connection with nature and mythology.

Bhaktapur, Nepal, Hanuman Ghat, Nepal Chanting at Hanuman Ghat

Once in a Blue Blood a Moon

Baptiste

Oil on Canvas Thialand

The Black House of Music

Proud Camden Camden, UK

Laura Misch

Toe Jam

The Funky Buddah

Jack Edmondson

John Taney and Band

Liddy Clark album cover

Abstract Muscians noir

The Haunt digital ink

Jorge Garcia digital ink

Orchestra

Rasta Guitar ink on paper

Cassidy at Work digital ink

An Evening of Rythm Boogie Lou’s House of Music, Boulder, Colorado ink on paper

ink on paper

Guitar and Mountains

ink on paper

Kevin Gore and Friend

The Wallens digital ink

Jason in Pai with Friends

Battle of Musicians oil paint

Jorge Garcia - Crossover 1

Jorge Garcia - Crossover 2

Steve Pomeranz

George Tandy Band

Cubist Dancing

Dorothy in Red digital ink Dorothy Schluger-Shooster, Mom

Dedicated to Barbara Conover digital ink

Allen Schluger

The Sadhus digital ink

Shoosty Self Portrait photo by George Tandy

Edwin Forrest Ward

Father’s Day

Stephen (Shoosty), Cassidy, and Trey with painted faces

Old World Lizards DIGITAL INK

Horse and Carriage DIGITAL INK

The Lovers

Elephants

Portrait of an Elephant

Painted Beatle

Beatle

Monarch Catapillar

Egyptian Scarab

ink on paper

The Pork Cafe

The Pork Cafe ink on paper

The Street One digital ink

The Street Two digital colored ink

The Street Three digital colored ink

Dattareya Temple Bhaktapur, Nepal, 2018 14” x 19” Ink on Watercolor paper processed through digital ink for coloration Bhaktapur, Nepa, World Heritage Site. The above painting took about a week using the iPad Pro and many photos. I find endless facination in this temple. It has three steeles representing multiple gods.

Buddah Buddah Digital Air Brush

Temple Bahktapur, Nepal

Dattatreya Temple at Night

The Dattatreya Temple, Bhaktapur, Nepar. A world heritage site, in 2017 a couple of years after a devastating earth- quake. The story of Dattareya is repleate with three of the greatest gods of Hinduism. There symbols reside on steeles in front of the temple. Short, but majestic, this is a working temple were people go to be blessed. The the sculpture of a god and its assistent during the day are guard- ed by live rams and stone guardians at night. I found channting just beyond the lattice wall and was invited in to chant.

It was thrilling and raw. The floor was a combination of stone work and yellow clay. Dust is kicked up by motorbikes as they pass. Nearby buildings are be- ing held up by giant poles due to earth- quake damage. Within the compound of The World Heritage site are artisans as if caught in a time warp, I saw clay pots be- ing thrown on a large stone hand-turned wheel, wood carving with hand tools and wooden hammers, and Tanka painting, stylized and repeated images, each store filled with painters busily applying there craft.

Temple Bahktapur, Nepal

Dattatreya Temple

Lutzk Synogogue Jewish Ukraine

Nowy Sanz, Poland, Halberstamm Wedding from a photo circa 1935 photo by Ze’ev Aleksandrowicz

Jewish Poland

Old World Wedding Procession

Fantasy landscape Nepal

Derison of Kathmandu

St. James

Gouch on wood fantasy landscape Nepal

Derision of Kathmandu

Fantasy landscape Nepal

Ganesh in Kathmandu

Gryphon

colored ink Nepal

Gaurdian of Kathmandu

Ian MacLeod DumGoyne, Scotland Glencoyne Distillary

Dead River Coffee - Marquette, Michigan. In the The Dead River section of the city, a place where an altercation took place with local natives resulted in the deaths of many. In retribution they took the lives the purpetrators on a small stream that was named after the event. Completed in a rube Goldberg ef- fect the coffee roaster, heart of the small coffee shop, has hanging dead flowers hanging from the ceil- ing, and lots of moving parts.

14” x 19” The Collection of Lynn Lundquist

Watercolor Marquette, Michigan

Dead River Coffee

digital Ink electronics

Light Bulbs and Vacuum Tubes

digital Ink electronics

Vacuum Tube in Radio

Signature

Global Response, Oil Sketch. Com- pleted while standing on a ladder as a pastel sketch and then converted into an oil painting by scrubbing the pastel with Galkyd medium.

Oil Paint 16” x 20”

Call Center

The Collection of Natalie Alanna 8.5” x 12” By, Jessica Leuchter and Shoosty

Colored Pencil Flowers

Fractal Flower

construction paper elmer’s glue

Cassidy Holding a Guitar

Warrior Sculpture

construction paper elmer’s glue

Warrior Drawing

Chinese Vases

Rock Stars

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