2003 2009 Shoosty Catalog Raisonne

The 2003-2009 Shoosty Catalog Raisonne - The complete catalog of the art of Stephen Shooster for the year 2003-2009.

Prime Working Years 2003 - 2009 SHOOSTY

SHOOSTY 2003-2009 THE FINE ART OF STEPHEN SHOOSTER, AKA SHOOSTY

441 SOUTH STATE ROAD 7 MARGATE, FLORIDA 33068 954-537-1200

DEDICATED TO DIANE SHOOSTER THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

SHOOSTY 2003- 2009

28 29 30 31 32 34

DIANE AND HUNTER STEPHEN SHOOSTER SHOOSTER’S DRIVE-IN 50TH ANNIVERSARY

MAJOR WORK 6

POSTERS 58

UBA TUBA 48 UBA TUBA

HELL IN A BUCKET

2007 59

MUSIC 8

U.S. BLUES

SLOW MOVER SLOW MOVER SHARK VALLEY TWO DUCKS

FLUTE PLAYER WASHINGTON JAZZ

60 61 62 63 64 66 67 68 69 70 72 73 74 75 76 78 79

STORIES RICH IN FANTASY CHOOSE TO DREAM HEARTBEATS FLUTTER

ANIMAL 37

10 11 12

PIS - POMPANO INDOOR SKATEPARK 9 MONTH ANNIVERSARY BAND

VIGILANCE BULL HEADED

38 38

THE FLUENT

DREAMS COME TRUE

2006 13

2008 65

2004 39

DAVE MATHEWS CONCERT

ESTIMATED PROPHET TRIBUTE TO MILES DAVIS

HUNTER SLEEPING

LANDSCAPE 14 STILL LIFE 15

PORTRAIT 40

PLEIN AIR ARTIST

PEGASUS POW-WOW

PORTRAIT OF CARLY HOWARD GOLDMAN SELF PORTRAIT

41 42

STILL LIFE STILL LIFE STILL LIFE STILL LIFE

WANEE MUSIC FESTIVAL

15 16 17

HELLO FRIENDS LOCKS & CHAINS

KIDS CAMP 43 KADIMA TOURS 44

HOLY GRAVE MONUMENT

FAMILY 18

TRIBUTE TO ANNE

VIETNAM MEMORIAL

STARIWAY TO HEAVEN STUDY JAIME’S BAR MITZVAH DIANE AND STEPHEN PORTRIAT OF THE ARTIST JASON’S BAR MITZVAH TEN LITLE INDIANS CARLY AFTER FISHING

LARGE EYES BULLHEADED TALENT FARM

45 46 47 47 48 49 50

THE CAPITOL ISLA MUJERES

19 20 21 22 24 25 25 25 25 26

ISLA MUJERES APARTMENTS

POT BELLY STOVE

ISLA MUJERES

STUDY 80

ISLA MUJERES SCULPTURE GARDEN ISLA MUJERES SCULPTURE GARDEN

PICASSO STUDY PICASSO STUDY HEAD STUDY

81 83 84

ISRAEL LANDSCAPE

CARLY AGE 9

2009 51 BUGS 52

CASSIDY READING ON THE JOHN

GAUGIN EXHIBIT STUDIES

JAIME AGE 14 FAMILY HOME

KRAKOW CASTLE

2005 27

INSECT SERIES COMMON FLY

FAMILY HOME

SOME HIGHLIGHTS

Hello Friends

Jaime’s Bar Mitzvah

Photomosaic - Steve and Diane

Jason’s Bar Mitzvah

ARTIST STATEMENT 2003 - 2009

2003 - 2009 (age 45 - 51), I was working with my family in a highly demand- ing business. My wife, Diane, and I had four kids, 2 boys, and 2 girls, all artists. Our boys earned their Bar Mitzvahs, one of them in Israel. I concentrated on a few major works and most importantly set the stage for my later works. My degree in Fine Art left me unskilled in graphic arts. I corrected that by taking the time to learn Adobe Photoshop and over time The Adobe Suite. If you asked my kids who my favorite child was back then they would all answer, Adobe, with big smiles. With a strong technical background, I started to have an affinity for using

Notable work: Uba Tuba - By juxtaposing multiple Tubas I created a very colorful compo- sition. Jaime’s Bar Mitzvah - After the Bar Mitzvah of our son in Isreal, I stayed for an extra week in a place called Sfadt, near the Sea of Galilee. I liked this place because there was an area of the town dedicated to painters. It has a strong spir- itual place in history. I befriended one of the artist and he helped me to expand my way of painting by including dripping paint. His name was Catriel Efrony and has since died.

software with my art. That is when I stumbled upon pho- tomosaics. A photomosaic application uses thousands of photos. The software organizes them according to compo- sition, contrast, and color and compares each to the main photo. The result is a single image created by thousands of photos. This project required me to digitize all of my work. Since then, I have become fastidious in organizing all of my digital files. That exercise also led to the creation of something remarkable, the catalog raisonné of my art. Every piece has been documented and cataloged in a set of books in date order. You can follow the progression of my art from crayon drawings to the sophistication of today. During this period a large portion of the time was dedicat- ed to posters.They combine conceptual images with figures, poetry, and song lyrics. I was surrounded by music. I did not enjoy playing music but I liked to beconnected to it. Draw- ing was my way.

Jason’s Bar Mitzvah - I made a sensitive drawing of Jason reading his Torah portion which the Cantor sings. The Can- tor trained Jason to read his portion. The background looks like a piece of matzah. A nice touch. Slow Mover - My father had a life-threatening aortic aneu- rysm.The immediate family went to Houston Texas where an ingenious doctor cooled his body and repaired the weakness in his artery. It was scary. I painted and worte a poem while he was in surgery. Shark Valley - Based on a photo while on a bike trip to Shark Valley, a Florida State Park. It depicts a teenage alli- gator partially submerged in the water. The piece is now on permanent display at the University of Florida in the student center called the Rietz Union.

Dreams Come True - I earned multiple grants to open a call center in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Because of this, I spent a lot of quality time up there. I use wood that has beaver teeth marks in it to give it spirit then wrapped it with fur, string, and beads. I was given access to a wood shop to make the base. Insect Series - The beginning of an ongoing and evolving series based on bugs.

I also found the back of my heels throbbing constantly. This led to surgery on both of my Achilles heels. I did them one at a time. The rehab was extensive. During the rehab that I started a fascination with making bugs. Since I liked lots of small experiments with styles they make for a convenient object. Things that Happened 2003-2009: 2003 Space Shuttle exploded; Iran war; Yom Kipper war with Syria 2004 Mars Rover; Facebook launched 2005 Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Wilma; Wilma left us with no power for 11 days. 2007 Apple iPhone introduced 2009 Obama elected

Animal

ORIGINAL PHOTO CONCEPT

SHARK VALLEY, IS A PAINTING BASED ON A SET OF CANDID PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE ARTIST AT SHARK VALLEY STATE PARK, FLORIDA. ONE OF THE MOST EX- CITING FEATURES OF THIS PARK IS THE FREE-ROAMING ALLIGA- TORS. YOU CAN RIDE YOU BIKE AMONG THEM AND STAY ABOUT 10 FEET AWAY. THE PAINTING DEPICTS A YOUNG ‘GATOR BASKING IN THE SUN, SURROUNDED BY SUN-BAKED WHITE LIMESTONE AND THE COOL FRESH WATER OF A CA- NAL. VEGETATION AND NATURAL SAND MAKE THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE WARM AND COOL COLORS, CREATING A BEAUTI- FUL TRANSITION FROM ULTRA- MARINE TO IVORY WHITE.

IN THIS EARLY WORK THE SIG- NATURE BLOCK IS SIGNED STE- PHEN SHOOSTY. LATER IT IS SHORTENED TO SHOOSTY. THIS ISMOST LIKELY THE FIRST TIME I USED THE NAME SHOOSTY. LAT- ER IT WAS TRADEMARKED AND ALL OF THE WORK WAS SIMPLY SIGNED SHOOSTY. I WAS RUN- NING A BUSINESS AND SIGNING CHECKS. I DID NOT WANT MY CHECK SIGNATURE TO MATCH MY PAINTINGS. SHARK VALLEY , IS PART OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.

SHARK VALLEY APPRAISAL=

UF HOMECOMING QUEEN Univeristy of Florida Permanent Collection

2004 OIL ON CANVAS 48’ X 54’ FRAMED PEERMANENT COLLECT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HANGING AT THE RIETZ STUDENT UNION ON THE GAINESVILLE CAMPUS

Shark Valley

Major Work

2009

THIS PAINTING WAS AUCTIONED OFF AT AN EVENT FOR GLYCOGEN STOR- AGE DISEASE THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN AND ROCKY SCHULMAN 48 INCHES WIDE

Uba Tuba 48

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 6’ X 5’ SHOOSTY 2008

Uba Tuba

JAIME SHOOSTER BAR MITZVAH BOY

THE DIANE AND STEPHEN SHOOSTER FAMILY L-R (CASSIDY, CARLY, JASON, JAIME)

Family

A STAIRWELL IN SFADT, ISREAL. NO- TICE THE DIRTY LAUNDRY AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS AND THE SUBTLE COL- ORS SHIFTED IN THE PHOTOS FROM ORANGE TO BLUE AND PURPLE. THE SMALL SECTION IN THE FRONT WITH THE METAL RAILING IS A PARK CREAT- ED AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THE PROPERTY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT PLACE FOR A CHILD TO DOVEN IN PRAYER. I PROCEEDED TO DRAW AND

PAIT THIS LOCATION IN THE SWELTERING HEAT. THAT IS HOW I LEARN THE EXPRES- SION, “WILD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN,” REFERRING TO ONLY WILD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN WOULD STAND IN THAT KIND OF HEAT FOR ANY LENGHT OF TIME. I TOOK THESE PHOTOS WHILE MAKING THE PAINTING. IT WAS AMAZING TO ME TO SEE THE COLOR SHIFT. I NAMED IT, STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, THINKING, HEAV- EN, HAS DIRTY LAUNDERY WAITING.

SFADT, ISRAEL 2004

Stariway to Heaven Study

COMPLETED IN THE STUDIO OF CATRIEL EFRONY. QUOTE, “STEVE, LET GO WITH THE PAINT, BE FREE. LET IT DRIP.”

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 2005

Jaime’s Bar Mitzvah

Music

2003

Flute Player

2004 SHOOSTY

PIS - Pompano Indoor Skatepark

The Fluent THE FLUENT AT THE FACTORY FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA JUNE 2004

2006

Dave Mathews Concert

Still Life

2004 INK ON PAPER

Still Life

2004 INK ON PAPER

Still Life

15 YEARS OF MARRIAGE PHOTOMOSAIC

Diane and Stephen

DRAWING COMPLETED BY A STREET ARTIST ON THE TOP OF MONTMARTRE, PARIS, THE SAME LOCATION WHERE IMPRESSIONISM WAS START- ED. I WISH I VISITED MONTMARTE WHEN I FIRST WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST. JUST BEING THERE YOU FEEL SOMETHING OF WHAT THEY MUST HAVE FELT. HERE’S THE STORY I LEARNED: MONTMARTE IS LOCATED ON THE TALLEST HILL IN PARIS, A PERFECT PLACE FOR WINDMILLS. WINDMILLS ARE USED TO GROUND FLOUR. FLOUR TURNS INTO BREAD. BREAD CREATES CAFES TO SELL THE BREAD. ONCE YOU HAVE BREAD YOU NEED SOMETHING TO WASH IT DOWN. AT FIRST IT WAS MILK, BUT IT DIDN’T TAKE TOO LONG TO FIND WINE WAS A MORE POPULAR CHOICE. THUS A PARTY. RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER BELOW THE HILL IS ALSO THE FAMOUS CABARET, LE MOULIN ROUGE.

THE VIEW OF PARIS FROM MONTMARTE

THE MOULIN ROUGE

Portriat of the Artist

2003 OIL ON CLAYBOARD SHOOSTY

OUR FIRST SON, JASON’S, BAR MITZVAH, THE SA- CRED MOMENT WHEN A JEWISH BOY BECOMES A MAN. STANDING WITH THE CANTOR WHO HELPED TEACH HIM HIS SECTION OF THE TORAH. I MADE THE BACKGORUND INTO A PIECE OF MATZAH.

SIGNED STEPHEN SHOOSTER 5-10-2003 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS NOTE THE GUITAR PIC

Jason’s Bar Mitzvah

OAKWOOD, CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, Family Home 2005

THE COUSIN’S CLUB SITTING SHIVA FOR UNCLE MARVIN TEN LITTLE INDIANS IS A REFERENCE TO THE CHILDRENS RHYME:

TEN LITTLE INDIANS ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE INDIANS FOUR LITTLE, FIVE LITTLE, SIX LITTLE INDIANS SEVEN LITTLE, EIGHT LITTLE, NINE LITTLE INDIANS TEN LITTLE INDIAN BOYS. TEN LITTLE, NINE LITTLE, EIGHT LITTLE INDIANS SEVEN LITTLE, SIX LITTLE, FIVE LITTLE INDIANS FOUR LITTLE, THREE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE INDIANS ONE LITTLE INDIAN BOY.

HUMOR IN THE FACE OF MORTALITY.

2004 INK ON PAPER

Ten Litle Indians

Carly after Fishing

Jaime Age 14

Carly Age 9

Cassidy Reading on the John

Diane and Hunter

PAINTING BY DECLAN WALSH

IN 2004, I WENT TO THE PORTRAITURE SOCIETY OF AMERICA CONVENTION. BE- FORE THE CONVENTION, I FILLED OUT A FORM. THERE WERE TWO CHECKBOX- ES, ARTIST OR AGENT. I CHOOSE AGENT. LATER I WAS CALLED BY DECLAN WALSH. HE SAID I WAS THE ONLY AGENT IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. I TOLD HIM IT WAS A LARK WHEN I FILLED OUT THE FORM AND WE BECAME FRIENDS. I SHOWED HIM MY OFFICE WHICH AT THAT TIME HAD OVER 300 EMPLOYEES IN THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. IT WAS IM-

PRESSIVE. I WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GIVE OUR WORK MORE DEPTH OF CULTURE. I OFFERED HIM A FREE SPACE AND TOLD HIM I WOULD TELL ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT HIM TO SEE IF WE CAN SELL PAINTINGS. IN RETURN, I ASKED HIM TO MAKE A FEW PAINTINGS THAT RELATE TO THE FAMILY.

STEPHEN AND DECLAN

Stephen Shooster

Shooster’s Drive-In

CLOCKWISE FROM THE TOP LEFT: HERMAN IN FRONT OF SHOOSTER’S RESTAURANT IN CHESTER PENNSYLVA- NIA, STEPHEN AND DIANE SHOOSTER AND KIDS, FRANK SHOOSTER AND KIDS, HERMAN AND DOROTHY DRESSED FOR A DANCE, MICHAEL AND ALIZABETH SHOOSTER AND KIDS, WENDY AND MAX LEUCHTER AND KIDS, DORO- THY SHOOSTER IN THE GARDEN, DOROTHY SHOOSTER

WITH GRANDKIDS, DOROTHY RUNNING, DOROTHY ON HER HONEYMOON ON A ROW BOAT, GLOBAL RESPONSE CALL CENTER, DOROTHY RUNNING, DING-A-LING AN- SWERING SERVICE, HERMAN WITH GRANDKIDS, HER- MAN AT SHOOSTER’S GAS STATION.

INK ON PAPER HERMAN AND DOROTHY’S

50th Anniversary

Slow Mover BY STEPHEN SHOOSTER, FRIDAY, 3 JULY 2009 AT 4.30 PM, HOUSTON, TX WRITTEN WHILE MY DAD WAS HAVING MAJOR SURGERY

ONCE UPON A TIME I WANTED A ROARING ENGINE WITH RED AND WHITE STRIPES, A FAST MOVER. I WOULD ROLL DOWN THE MAIN STREET REVVING MY ENGINE AT STOP LIGHTS; ALL HEADS WOULD TURN, A FAST MOVER. THEN ONE DAY MY DAD FINDS OUT HE HAS A TICKING TIME BOMB IN HIS CHEST, A WEAKNESS IN THE ARTERY. WITHIN A WEEK MY WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN, FINDING MY MOM AND BROTHERS PLAYING SCRABBLE IN THE ICU WAITING ROOM WHILE MY DAD FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE. I LET MY MOM WIN EVERY TIME, TO LIGHTEN HER SPIRITS AND BECAUSE SHE’S WAY BETTER THAN ME. WITH A TUBE IN HIS THROAT AND HEART EXPOSED, BODY COOLED DOWN, WE LAUGH IRREVERENTLY, NERVOUSLY, FULL BELLY LAUGHS. WE HELD HOPE IN OUR THOUGHTS, NO OTHER CHOICE. FINALLY EIGHT HOURS LAT- ER... ALIVE... REPAIRED. THINKING BACK, ALL I WANTED WAS A FAST MOVER. NOW, FOR MY DAD, THE ONLY WAY BACK WAS THROUGH THE CHASM. THE ONLY WAY BACK TO OUR WORLD FOR HIM WAS THROUGH A DEEP VALLEY, BEING TEST- ED BY 1,000 CHALLENGES. BANG! RESTART THE HEART, STITCH BY STITCH. THWACK, THWACK, STAPLES IN THE CHEST. STITCH BY LOVING STITCH, PRONTO. ROLLING DOWN THE CAVERN INTO THE CAVE IT’S DARK; HE CAN’T SEE A THING... THE CAVE, THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, THE FIRST STEP, NO WINDOWS, LOTS OF AT- TENTION. HE HEARS A NOISE. A SUBWAY ASSAULT. HE THINKS, “HOW AM I BREATHING?” INTUBATED LIGHTS FLASH DRIP, DRIP, HE THINKS, “THE ENEMY MUST HAVE ME TIED DOWN.” HIS LEG TWITCHES... NO ENERGY... SLEEP. THE ONLY WAY BACK IS THROUGH THE CHASM. BANG, AWAKE AGAIN. CAN’T TALK. DRUGS MANAGE HIM, A LITTLE OF THIS... AWAKE, THAT... ASLEEP HAZE, NOISE. HE THINKS,“WHO AM I? WHO IS HE?”THE ROBOT IN HIM RESPONDS. HE THINKS.“I MUST BE CAPTURED.” REST, TORTURE, REST. HANDS FLAIL, HE THINKS “I MUST ES- CAPE, CAN’T TALK, CAN’T WARN MY BUDDIES. MARSHALING STRENGTH I HAVE BRO- KEN MY HANDCUFFS.” HE THINKS WITH NO THOUGHT OTHER THAN FREEDOM, JERKS THE TUBE FROM HIS THROAT, FREE, I... I CAN’T BREATHE, DYING, TRAPPED, MEDIC! SAVED! OXYGEN, SAVED. RE- GROUPING, HE THINKS, I HAVE TO ESCAPE. UNDER FIRE. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN. GRENADE!

THEY GOT ME. CAPTURED. TRUTH SERUM. CAN’T... CAN’T FIGHT, DELIRIUM. NAME, RANK AND SERIAL... SLURRR, TAKING PUNCHES. I’M HERE, KIND OF... DELIRIUM... I HEAR FELLOW PRISONERS, “GET OUT, I TELL THEM TO GET OUT... RESIST!” IT’S FUTILE - UNCONSCIOUS. I WOULD BE DRIVING DOWN MAIN STREET ALL HEADS TURNING, A FAST MOVER... ROARRRR MY BUDDIES... THEY ARE SAVING ME. CARRYING ME AWAY FROM THE ENEMY. CLOSE CALL. OUT OF THE CAVE. I HOPE THEY DAMAGED THOSE GUYS. WEAK ... DRIFTING... SLEEP. SAFE FOR NOW. “WHEW,” CLOSE CALL, RE-GROUP... TIRED BEYOND TIRED. NURSING ME BACK STILL STUCK IN THE VALLEY. “DOROTHY,” I CALL HER NAME, “GUIDE ME.” HIS STRENGTH RETURNS SLOWLY, HEART BEATING. AGAIN FELLOW SOLDIERS RESCUE HIM. DRAG HIM TO A FIELD HOSPITAL. MORE NURSES, STRENGTH, SLEEP. RACING DOWN MAIN STREET IN MY FAST MOVER... ALL HEADS TURN. HE THINKS, “THEY SENT ME BACK TO A REAL HOSPITAL. WALLS AND TOILETS COME INTO FOCUS. I MUST BE OUT OF THE VALLEY. I SEE DOROTHY - “HI.” “HI,” BACK... AND KIDS...THEY GET ME UP ON MY FEET... SO TIRED. THEY MAKE ME WALK. HAND ME A WALKER, AND TEETH, AND HEARING AIDS, AND GLASSES. I WALK SLOWLY, ONE STEP AT A TIME, TIRED; SIT, SLEEP, NEED HELP TO MOVE, ANYTHING. THE SUN RISES... THEY HAND ME MY TEETH, HEARING AIDS, GLASSES, BREATHING TOY, EVERY MORNING A ROUTINE, DRAW BLOOD... AND ME, I GOT MY SLOW MOVER READY FOR THE DAY ONE STEP... ANOTHER.

I GOT MY SLOW MOVER, WHO NEEDS A FAST CAR. I GOT MY SLOW MOVER... STILL... DAD SURVIVED

INK AND COLORED PENCILS ON PAPER FAMILY MEDICAL BLOOD PRESSURE RESULTS CENTER

Slow Mover

TWO DUCKS, WAS IN A SHOW AT THE IRON RIVER MU- SEUM, IRON RIVER, MICHIGAN 2005. COLLECTION OF CEDERNA INTERNATIONAL. IT INCLUDES A HANDMADE FRAME MADE FROM BIRCHWOOD AND LEATHER.

WATERCOLOR ON PAPER

Two Ducks

FOUND WOOD, LEATHER, FEATHERS, AND BEADS. DREAMS COME TRUE, REF- ERES TO THE OPENING OF A NEW BUSINESS I WAS DEEP- LY INVOLVED IN IRON RIVER, MICHIGAN. THIS SCULPTURE WAS CRE- ATED DURING ITS INCEPTION.

FOUND WOOD FEATHERS BEADS LEATHER NATIVE MATERIALS

Dreams Come True

2004

Hunter Sleeping

Portrait

SITTING ON A COUCH UNDER ONE OF MY PAINTINGS

Carly Shooster

CHICAGO BUSINESSMAN WITH A LOT OF CHARISMA.

Howard Goldman

STEPHEN SHOOSTER MAY 2005

Self Portrait

Kids Camp

RAYNA ENGLE, THE OLDEST LIVING TEENAGER JEWISH SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

Kadima

Tours

FROZEN IN TIME, THREE AMER- ICAN SOLDIERS CONFRONT THE MOST HORRIFIC SITE THEY HAVE EVER SEEN, A WALL OF BLACK GRANITE SHINNY WITH PEOPLE FLOWING BY REFLECT- ING AGAINST THE HIGH POLISH. ENGRAVED IN SMALL LETTERS, ACCROSS THE ENTIRE EX- PANSE, THE NAMES OF FALLEN

COMRADES. ARE THESE THE OLNLY SOLDIERS LEFT? WHAT WILL THEY REPORT TO THI- ER CAPTAIN? FROZEN IN TIME EXCEPT FOR THE MEMORY. A LIVING MEMORIAL. JUNE 2003 - SHOOSTY

DAUGHTER CARLY AND THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL

JUNE 2003 WASHINGTON D.C.

Vietnam Memorial

U.S. ARMY BAND RECITAL WASHINGTON D.C. FRIDAY NIGHT 8PM JUNE 2003

The Capitol

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO ON A SAIL FISH- ING TRIP TO MEXICO ON A PRIVATE YACHT IN 2004 WITH THOMPSON CIGARS. I DROVE TO THEIR OFFICE IN TAMPA AND BOARDED A SMALL PRIVATE PLANE. IT LANDED IN ISLE MEJOR, MEXICO. I WAS WITH DOUG CROWE THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THOMPSON AND TWO OTHER VENDORS THAT WORKED FOR THEM. ONE WAS A MAN NAMED RUDY WHO WAS ONCE IN THE ARMY. THE FISHING WAS WORLD- CLASS. THE BOAT HAD A CAPTAIN, FIRST MATE, AND A SHIP’S MATE. WE SAT IN THE BACK UNDER THE SHADE WATCHING THE DEEP BLUE WATER AND OUR TALL FISHING POLES WHICH WERE SITTING IN LONG METAL CUPS. IN THE SKY WE FLEW SOME KITE LINES THAT KEPT THE FISHING LINES FAR FROM THE BOAT. ONCE A FISH STRIKED THE LINETHE KITES WOULD DETACH AND THE ROD WOULD BE AC- TIVE. THE WHOLE THING WAS AN ART. THE YOUNG SHIP MATE WAS A LOCAL MEX- ICAN BOY. HE CAREFUL- LY MADE THE BAIT READY, PERFECTLY TIEING A SMALL FISH WITH A LEADER LINE. ONCE A HUGE FISH WAS ON THE LINE AND WE STRUG- GLED TO BRING IT IN THE

CAPTAIN BACKED UP THE BOAT UP. I WAS SMITTEN TO GO ON THE TRIP AND SPEND TIME ON THE PRIVATE PLANE AND BOAT BUT THE EXPE- RIENCE OF CATCHING FISH WAS AWFUL. THE GUYS WERE DRINKING ALCOHOL. I DON’T DRINK, THE BOAT CREATED A SICKLY MOTOR OIL SMELL, THE ROLLING SEAS WERE SICKENING, AND AS A FISHERMAN, I FOUND THE EXERCISE OF BACKING UP THE BOAT TO BE DISAPPOINTING. I PRE- FER BACKWATER FISHING. THAT NIGHT RUDY PICKED A FIGHT WITH ME. HE WAS SUCH A MEAN PERSON I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE SLEEPING AT THE APART- MENT. THAT NIGHT I DID A CONTEST WITH ONE OF THE OTHER GUYS AND WE BOTH DID 100 PUSHUPS. IT WAS A TESTOSERONE FILLED TRIP. THE NEXT DAY I DECIDED NOT TO GO ON THE BOAT. INSTEAD, I GOT A GAS POWERED GOLF CART AND TOOLED AROUND THE IS- LAND TO DO DRAWING AND PAINTINGS. AT ONE COR- NER OF THE ISLAND, THERE IS A SCULPTURE GARDEN THAT JUTS OUT INTO THE OCEAN. IT’S A VERY FINE PARK. I LOVED THAT.

2004 MEXICO

Isla Mujeres

Isla Mujeres Apartments 2004 MEXICO

2004 MEXICO SIGNED LATER WIT THE WRONG DATE.

Isla Mujeres

ISLE MUJERES SCULPTURE GARDEN

2004 MEXICO

Isla Mujeres Sculpture Garden

THOMPSON CIGAR TOOK ME ON A TRIP SAILFISHING. THE BOATING WAS TOUGH, SO I PAINTED MY MASTERPIECE OR AT LEAST SPENT THE DAY PAINTING. STEVE 2004

2004 STEPHEN SHOOSTY

Isla Mujeres Sculpture Garden

Israel Landscape THE HILLS OF GALILEE, ISRAEL FROM SFADT 2005

BASED ON A DRAWING AT KRAKOW CASTLE BY MY SON JAIME. WE SAW WATER PIPERS WITH THE FAC- ES OF DRAGONS PLAYFULLY ATTACHED. HERE IS ST. GEORGE STANDING ON THE DRAGON IN FRONT OF A ROSETTE WINDOW HELD UP BY TWO IONIC COL-

UMNS. THE ROOF IS MADE OF STONE AND SHAPED TO ALLOW WATER TO FLOW IN THE GUTTER AND OUT THE DRAGON’S MOUNTH, A TWIST ON A ‘FIRE BREATING DRAGON.’

2009 Krakow Castle

Bugs

Insect Series

IN 2007 SHOOSTER COMPLETED A SET OF INSECT WATERCOLORS. USING THE SILHOUETTE BODIES OF INSECTS HE CREATED STYLIZED VERSION AS IF CONCEPTS FOR JEWELERY. OF NOTE IS THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE COMMON FLY, AND THE KLIMT INSPIRED HYMENOTERA. Common Fly

LADYBUG

HORNED BEETLE

BLUE HORNED BEETLE

CHRYSOMELIDAE

SCARAB VER 2

SCARAB VER 3

CURCULIONDAE

LADYBUG

LUCANIDAE

FLOWER BUG

LIGHTENING BUG

SCARAB VER 1

WASP

YELLOW WASP

MOTH

HYMENOTERA

LEAFBUG

CICADAE

MALE NYMPH

WATER NYMPH FEMALE

PURPLE WASP

WATER BUG

DRAGONFLY

Posters

2007

Hell in a Bucket WATERCOLOR IN PAPER WITH METALLIC MARKERS 2007 CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 22 A 537 1200 0060

DIANE AND STEPHEN AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL

WATERCOLOR IN PAPER WITH METALLIC MARKERS 2007 CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 22 A 537 1200 0060

U.S. Blues

WATERCOLOR IN PAPER WITH METALLIC MARKERS 2007 CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 22 A 537 1200 0060

Stories Rich in Fantasy

Choose to Dream WATERCOLOR IN PAPER WITH METALLIC MARKERS 2007 CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 22 A 537 1200 0060

Heartbeats Flutter 2007 MISSING THEY SHOUT: FREEDOM, LAUGHTER, JOY, LIFE. THEY DANCE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THE DAY AND EVERYDAY & NIGHT THE DANCE NEVER STOPS HEARTBEATS FLUTTER. INHABITIONS

BACKGROUND - WHILE TAKING A DAY TO DRAW AT MOMA (THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK CITY), AND SEEING THE GAUGIN PAINTING, I SAW INNO- CENSE, NATIVE MYTHOLOGY, AND A SECURITY GUARD. THE SECURI- TY GUARD WAS MORE INTEREST- ING THAN THE PAINTING AT THE MOMENT, ALIVE AND VIBRANT, ALERT, YET PASSIVE. I SAW VIG- ILANCE. THE GUARD, WAS IN A ROOM THAT IS SAFE, COOL, PRO- TECTED, AND HE NEEDS TO BE FOREVER WATCHFUL. VIGILANCE IS WHAT ALLOWS THE FIGURES IN THE PAINTING TO BE CHILD-LIKE WITHOUT KNOWING THEY WERE BEING SAFEGUARDED. “VIGILANCE STANDS IDLE ALERT, EVER ALERT. AS INNOCENCE BECKONS A SPIRIT AWAKENS SHE KNOWS NOT WHY, NOY PSCH, CHILD LIKE” - SHOOSTY

Vigilance

Tribute to Miles Davis

Pegasus

Pow-Wow

Hello Friends

SHOOSTY 2008

THE INVENTION OF LOCK AND CHAINS TO ENSLAVE AND EMANCIPATE. GREAT MUSIC SEVERE COME FROM EX- CRUCIATING AGONY BUILT ON THE BACKS OF SLAVES. IT STILL GOES ON. SINGING THE BLUES.

Locks & Chains

Pot Belly Stove

BOB CASE’S WIFE, ANNE, DIED. THE CENTER OF THIS PAINTING IS A COPY OF HER TAT- TOO. THE REST ARE STORIES AND WORDS

TO DESCRIBE HER LIFE. I DID NOT KNOW ANNE. I KNEW BOB. HE WAS HERMAN’S IN- VESTMENT ADVISOR.

COLLECTION OF BOB AND DEBI CASE

Tribute to Anne

BASED ON A SCULPTURES FROM THE CITY OF UR. THE LARGE EYES ARE FILLED WITH LAPIS LAZOLI. LARGE EYES. SYMPATHETIC OR ROYAL. WORKERS TOIL ALL DAY EV- ERYDAY WHILE THE KING’S SARTRE CONJURES MYTH AND ASKS THE GODS MANY FOR DIRECTION AND GUID- ANCE. PROBING, PIERCING, POWER- FUL

Large Eyes

Bullheaded

Talent Farm

Study

Gaugin Exhibit Studies 2004

SHOOSTY 1989-2009 THE FINE ART OF STEPHEN SHOOSTER, AKA SHOOSTY

441 SOUTH STATE ROAD 7 MARGATE, FLORIDA 33068 954-537-1200

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