In 2024, Stephen and his wife, Diane, moved to North Florida near The University of Florida to be with their kids, and at age 66, he applied for his Master’s Degree in Art and Technology. Their home seems to be surrounded by a Juras - sic park. The dinosaurs are gone, leaving small lizards. The pterodactyls are hummingbirds and butterflies. The world has been tamed. There are roads and walkways, electricity, air conditioning, cars, and a flat-screen TV hanging on the wall. Stephen spends most of his time on the com - puter. Diane is a Real Estate agent. They work well together. She is industrious, and you can find him most days on his desk. The volume of his art - work flows fast; documenting it is a more tedious process. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania in May, of 1958. He was the 3rd of four children of Herman and Dorothy Shooster. His parents are both first-gen - eration Jewish Americans. Their families came from Russia, dirt poor. Today, you know that re - gion as the Ukraine. Stephen graduated from The University of Flori - da in 1982, with a degree in Fine Art and a minor in Architecture. After, he worked with his father at his small telephone answering service. It had ten employees. The timing was perfect. By 1988, 800-number toll-free calling was rolled out and to capture some of this business, they created a call center. Stephen built the technology, earning a software patent along the way.
Shooster, 1981, University of Florida
Noir Self Portrait Close-Up. 1979, Shoosty, Charcoal
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