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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.
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UF HOMECOMING QUEEN Univeristy of Florida Permanent Collection
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