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<title>Shoosty Studio RSS</title><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index.html</link><description>Shoosty Stuio News&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2007 Stephen Shooster</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-08-01T03:04:55-04:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:36:06 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Steves latest work - A tribute to Miles Davis</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>painting</category><dc:date>2008-08-01T03:04:55-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/a5ef4121028e1452dd7d639e10bf167c-66.html#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/a5ef4121028e1452dd7d639e10bf167c-66.html#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>imagine you are entering a highway but not a regular highway</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>communications</category><dc:date>2008-08-01T01:36:56-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/467e8ae877dec43c5684b986e192466d-65.html#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/467e8ae877dec43c5684b986e192466d-65.html#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We walk 'cept when we use crutches and a wheel chair. 


...We spend our days smoothing the way towards a higher plane.


...We have found ways to make things spin even bubble memory can spin just add a loop. 


...We step onto a platform called the internet and zoomo we are flying.


I seek an internet connection to get back out on the net.   I talk to myself on a phone... but by magic what I say is sliced, diced, and sent to a distant end in microseconds. 

...I wonder what you (the you whom you have become through continuous history) would be doing if it were 200 years ago? 


...One of my selves is back in the old country. 


...Its not that long based on the history of the world. 


And what is this place... does it exist if I don't? 

...We live in a golden age where i can type on a Blog (when was this word invented) and when I save the record it will ping a server alerting all of my readers to the news.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Site Redesign</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>Web</category><dc:date>2008-07-16T02:05:41-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/e67e3d2fc678529a66bb95f5534734e4-64.html#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/e67e3d2fc678529a66bb95f5534734e4-64.html#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We have reorganized the site to enable creativity in all the arts, visual, audio and writing.


This will open a channel to a whole new push on the possibilities.


July 16th this is going to be a day I won't forget. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>the mark of greatness</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-07-01T21:11:51-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/2781bfbe15869359a904670b7f61c77f-63.html#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/2781bfbe15869359a904670b7f61c77f-63.html#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The mark of a great organization is not that things happen which are bad or uncontrollable but how they handle those things.


Here is an image of the Robia lunette of Saint Michael commissioned 1475 for the church of San Michele Arcangelo in Fraenza, Italy.   Recently the MET museum where it resides announced it fell and was damaged.   They did not have to make this announcement.   If they had not I never would have known.   The MET exhibitions are so extensive I don't think anyone could keep up in a single lifetime.   But the mere fact that a message was sent to all members alerting them of this tragedy and their plans on fixing it is commendable.   Whomever had the "Chuzpah" to make this announcement deserves our gratitude and an award for open-ness and most importantly an award for the eternal vigilance we expect from the institution.   Proud to be a member.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More on Bernard Vogel</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>Watercolor</category><dc:date>2008-03-20T22:58:10-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/8b97067d396845995f692373a3b0eafd-61.html#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/8b97067d396845995f692373a3b0eafd-61.html#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ here is a portrait I found of Bernard Vogel


Below are some examples of his landscape architecture painting.   These works are masterpieces because of their fluidity, atmosphere, sharp linear forms, use of color and shapes that seem to be in a fisheye view.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Mysterious Norman Raeben by Bert Cartwright</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-03T01:12:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/75dd29346834c8cc4604ff6b02612729-55.html#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/75dd29346834c8cc4604ff6b02612729-55.html#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Dylan also suggested that Norman&rsquo;s teaching and influence so altered his outlook upon life that Sara, his wife, could no longer understand him, and this was a contributory factor in the breakdown of the Dylans&rsquo; marriage. 

...It was some time later when I was finally able to identify Dylan&rsquo;s mysterious man called Norman as Norman Raeben, born in Russia in 1901, who visited the USA with his family when be was three years old and emigrated for permanent residence when he was about 14. 

...The time with Norman helped Dylan&rsquo;s psyche be redirected sufficiently for him to write some new songs, the songs that were included on what is still his most celebrated LP, Blood On The Tracks:


...Speaking to Mary Travers on April 26, 1975, Dylan commented upon the concept of time, the point he tried to make being not only that &ldquo;the past, the present and the future all exists&rdquo;, but that &ldquo;it&rsquo;s all the same&rdquo; &mdash; something learned from Norman, Dylan told Jonathan Cott, who used to teach that:


...Dylan&rsquo;s assertion to Malt Damsker that he didn&rsquo;t perform the songs on Blood On The Tracks particularly well may be surprising but, he went on, &ldquo;they can be changed... 

...I was just trying to make it like a painting where you can see the different parts but then you also see the whole of it.   With that particular song, that&rsquo;s what I was trying to do... with the concept of time, and the way the characters change from the first person to the third person, and you&rsquo;re never quite sure if the third person is talking or the first person is talking. 

...Small wonder, then, that Dylan was most annoyed by those who criticized the film&rsquo;s length, and perhaps it is not inappropriate to mention a more recent statement of annoyance &mdash; at those who tried to pin down one of his no-time, no-person songs from Blood On The Tracks:


...Many times he spoke of parallels between song and painting &mdash; one recalls, for example, Dylan&rsquo;s introduction of &ldquo;Love Minus Zero/No Limit&rdquo; in concerts in 1965 as &ldquo;a painting in maroon and silver&rdquo; or &ldquo;a painting in purple&rdquo;, but only after studying with Norman Raeben was he to recapture his apparently lost ability to write such songs, now with the notable difference of conscious composition.   And if Blood On The Tracks was to be the first attempt to translate what Dylan had learned from Norman into song, it was Street-Legal which Dylan would come to regard as the culmination of the insights into the nature of time as no-time. 

...Never until I got to Blood On The Tracks did I finally get a hold of what I needed to get a hold of, and once I got hold of it, Blood On The Tracks wasn&rsquo;t it either, and neither was Desire. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Art saved my life - Marvin Franklin&#x2c; April 13th&#x2c; 1952 - April 29th 2007</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>heros</category><dc:date>2008-01-27T23:50:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/0d2d67192e840ad9cd791e2a920e2871-59.html#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/0d2d67192e840ad9cd791e2a920e2871-59.html#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is a story about a fellow who was an artist second in work but I am sure if you were to ask him he would have said "I am an artist".   He worked underground on the subway and he died doing his work. something about getting hit by a train. the tragedy is why this story came to my eyes but the story is by far more poignant then any tragedy.   Marvin Franklin is someone I never knew and by the looks of him being an imposing black man from the inner city it would have been difficult to get to know him.   Even from his perspective it was difficult for him to get to know his subjects, the local people he saw each day while traveling the subway and living in the inner city. ...  And it could not have been done by anyone but him, it could not have been done with a camera, and sorry to say it might never have been seen if he did not die in a tragic way.


...Our modern world has spurned the internet, and fast living, and lots of manufactured goods but would this fellow have traded it all to live like John Sargent about 150 years ago? ...  Some might take offense to compare the two artists as John Singer Sargent is one of the masters of all time. its just that Marvin Franklin work combined with the totality of his existence deserves credit. 

...Best in Show&rdquo; was presented by Commissioner Martha Hirst of NYC's Department of Citywide Administrative Services, to Marvin Franklin, a subway track inspector by night and a dedicated art student at the Art Students' League.  ...  Several years ago the Club hosted an exhibition of work by people from Law Enforcement and not only work from those who do the artists&rsquo; sketches!   This too was an excellent idea and helped to encourage and support people who are unfamiliar with the art clubs and organizations to become more involved. 

...I do not know the hand signal of the "dude" from his neighborhood but I am sure that they were deserved.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Artist Statement</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-20T11:04:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/17e0ba18fb8a63f59e3b954030c4d8ae-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/17e0ba18fb8a63f59e3b954030c4d8ae-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Seeing is Painting, from the perspective of the one holding the brush .. however there are degrees... so at best, this takes some time and effort and ability. 

...Seeing is Drawing, no one can see better then someone who draws what they see.  


...Play with words, write them frequently, make a word of the day part of your daily ritual, note every word you don&rsquo;t understand and make a point to look it up, embrace wikipedia, and urban dictionary, words become books, they are windows that men have fought centuries for to make sure you have the freedom to pick up anyone you wish. 

...How many centuries have past before men who counted on their fingers realized they needed a Null Value. ...  Make sure you give more then you take.   If you see someone with nothing give them something. 


...Look it up if your interested. ...  I am just as clueless as you but maybe together if we approach things with humility, we can explore and learn, share and find each other the most important aspect of our existence.


The way I see it, it is only in the continual study of humanities that we have conversations like this. ...  I vote to have conversations like this daily.   Fine Art embraces the best of each of us and gives them a voice. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Like the angels in the Italian Renaissance</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-20T02:57:04-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/2f0569315b6ca88f4ec74b2e7aafe018-58.html#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/2f0569315b6ca88f4ec74b2e7aafe018-58.html#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Everyone should have a photo like this.   A halo of consciousness.   A good person.   The act of teaching a perfect task for this worldly angel.


Jerusalem, Israel 2005]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Namaste     /     Welcome</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>Welcome</category><dc:date>2008-01-19T23:30:29-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/8bea16a3c55de17f14fc1f72fa45a92a-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/8bea16a3c55de17f14fc1f72fa45a92a-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is a painting by a friend, Steve Majeski a master of the digital arts with any eye for the renaissance.    The cool thing about this picture is I look like Uncle Harry only a generation younger. 

...I wish I can tell you about his pool table... when I was 10 years old... ...  I like pool but at the age of 10 I had never touched a stick.   Well, I stacked the balls and set the queue readied my stick and wham... made a nice big tear in the new felt! 


...I make a painting of him and my aunt for a gift on his anniversary or birthday, 90 years old. ...  Not too much later however the photographer took a picture in front of my painting with 15 people.   My uncle stepped just a little too close to the painting and it got on his suit! ...  I imagined he would take his jacket off and hang it at home and it would get the rest of his clothing full of paint. ...  Later I got the courage and told him but not before  I took a long walk or something. 


I place  this picture on my web site becuase honoring others both artists and subjects is just as important if not more important than sharing my work and words.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Catriel Efrony - Master of Art&#x2c; Mater of Life - my friend</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>heros</category><dc:date>2008-01-19T21:31:18-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c59796af5a84bb65b50308afd3e66900-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c59796af5a84bb65b50308afd3e66900-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was on a tour with my temple trying to give my son a meaningful Bar Mitzvah so we went to Israel and spent 12 days touring the ancient cities.


What a great thing to do. ... and I am sure that in a few years, say 20, my son will awaken his consciousness and realize we were given and gift of this trip together.


...He said "Steven it is Sabbath, you can not draw and paint on Sabbath" I said "but Schlomo I am a Cohen!" ...  So he said "Steven it is written, if a Cohen tell you to do the wrong thing you should not follow him". 

...Maybe that adds t o its charm but it did not inspire my work plus i did not want to paint inside the temple where the people praying might misinterpret my being there. 

...As a painter you can imagine my interest as light is the discussion all the time. and once again I see this allergory and a threom a proof of what I have thought all along about painting. 

...Not like a park you have evere imagined but a home that had its roof fall during an earthquake and converted into a park with a fine piece of iron work and a simple arch. ...  Here I saw a "stairway to heaven" with an arch perfectly suited to set off the Bar Mitzvah boy in an ecstatic state of torah worship. ...  I think it was therapeutic for him as well... yelling at me "Steve open up, let the paint drip and run" In the end I had my masterpiece and bought one of his.   I am truley grateful for htis time wiht him and consider this short period one of the most important in my painting career.


...Here is an image of a wall under construction, you can see it is double sided with rocks and a hollow center which can be filled for strength.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Introducing New Work 2007-2008</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>Latest Work</category><dc:date>2008-01-19T20:44:32-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/0ebda2eb406e5e8e3d4a8421eb138491-47.html#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/0ebda2eb406e5e8e3d4a8421eb138491-47.html#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Introducing the new 2007-2008 Line Up of Shoosty Originals


                                                                  


For more details see "Latest Work"
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>To understand Norman Raeben you have to listen to Bob&#x27;s song</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-19T01:18:33-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/71532494b38248bda2001a42f7e5f70a-56.html#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/71532494b38248bda2001a42f7e5f70a-56.html#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I am not a christian but I am moved by words and song and music.   I don't think I have ever heard words like this before with so much meaning and power and presence. 

...When he Returns  (you can click this link to hear the song)


...For like a thief in the night, He'll replace wrong with right


...Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through,


He unleashed His power at an unknown hour that no one knew.


How long can I listen to the lies of prejudice?


How long can I stay drunk on fear out in the wilderness?


Can I cast it aside, all this loyalty and this pride?


Will I ever learn that there'll be no peace, that the war won't cease


...Of every earthly plan that be known to man, He is unconcerned,
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Norman Raeben - and Bob Dylan</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-19T00:33:41-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/3420edeecc0d0e968337605bc14dec8d-54.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/3420edeecc0d0e968337605bc14dec8d-54.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is a quote by Bob Dylan explaining how Norman Raeben helped him see without time.   We seem to forget that we did not always have watches and schedules. 


"'Norman Raeben taught me how to see...in a way that allowed me to do consciously what I unconsciously felt,' Dylan writes in 1978. ...  I wasn't sure it could be done in songs because I'd never written a song like that.   But when I started doing it, the first album I made was Blood on the Tracks.   Everybody agrees it was pretty different, and what's different about it is there's a code in the lyrics and also there's no sense of time.'   He went on to explain that this artistic renaissance had come at a price: once he learned to refocus his energies on what he did best, his wife ceased to understand him."   &mdash; Nadine Epstein and Rebecca Frankel,"Bob Dylan The Unauthorized Spiritual Biography", Moment, August 2005


...Here is another quote I found in Italian and translated to english.   Dylan waxing on about Norman Raeben or more specifically what he tried to teach his class.   Dylan he has always praised the power of the art: "the great pictures would have to be exposed in the places attend to you from the persons commonly" said far away in 1960. "the persons would feel better if they could admire every day a picture of Picasso in the place where they eat".
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Norman Raeben the continuation of threading the life of a master artist</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-19T00:29:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c6dd07352d42356e392716289dc4c6b7-53.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c6dd07352d42356e392716289dc4c6b7-53.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is a quote I found by Jerrold Green referring to Norman Raeben.   It is another example of the artist as teacher affecting people in  a deep and significant way.   A way which not only touches the soul but is now reaching into another generation, mine!.


He was accepted in the prestigious Cooper Union College's architecture program, but opted instead for a degree in studio art from Harper College, majoring in sculpture.   After graduation he went to work for his father in the garment industry, taking drawing and painting classes in his spare time.   In a studio located in Carnegie Hall, Green found a celebrated teacher who would shape his views on art and life: the painter Norman Raeben, youngest son of the famed storyteller Sholom Aleichem.   Raeben trained his students to use all of their senses along with scientific approaches to develop their powers of observation.   "In addition to painting, he had us reading Proust and writing about our sense memories," says Green.   "He encouraged us to talk about objects not only by using their standard names, but by finding new and original ways to describe them-- a skill that has been extremely helpful in looking at, and talking about, the color of a stone." ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Auca Indian Drawing</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-11T20:18:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/52ce4d07482903105b798cef609d41fc-52.html#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/52ce4d07482903105b798cef609d41fc-52.html#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[12" x 8 " Pencil and Paper, Dayuma's Home


This is a drawing of the kitchen of an Ecuadorian rainforest hut 1978.   The hut is on stilts with a log that has cuts for the staircase.


At the top of the stairs was a monkey tied to a rope to provide amusement and keep people from falling accidently.


...I remember being in my own room with a screen over the makeshift bed. the toilet is outside.   It is a log with a hole over a stream. and the shower is the stream. ...  Its moving very fast and the water is murky muddy all the time.   I remember loosing a soap on a rope and getting lots of grief for doing this.   The place was located 50 miles from the nearest road.   Sad to think today there is most probably a road. this is the place where 5 missionaries were killed trying to make contact with this noble people.   Dayuma was the grandmother of my girlfriend's sister. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Creative Journey</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-09T20:37:26-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/e36815d26e7acd7048ca3341e167f3fa-51.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/e36815d26e7acd7048ca3341e167f3fa-51.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I once had a lesson from an accountant.


He described an upside down bell or U shape then when on with his story.... 


At the bottom left is the creative idea.   The line starts going up as the idea is applied to Production.   Once production starts a TEAM begins to take this to the top of the U and then profits start flattening out.   Now the reason for this story is to show the value of the creative.   Unless the creative comes up with a new idea that the production can start making the ADMINISTRATORS start coming in on the far right of the curve and bring it down even further.


The point is that we are evolving.   You may not see it when you look around but look at the stock market.   If it is not changing and growing then it is DE-Volving. 


Anyway you look at we are changing and "Creativity" is leading the parade.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Metropolitan Museum of Art - News</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-09T11:24:29-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/8e96c346b11abd7e80e941652c67e309-50.html#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/8e96c346b11abd7e80e941652c67e309-50.html#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After Three Decades as Director, Philippe de Montebello Announces Retirement from The Metropolitan Museum of Art


		


(New York, January 8, 2008)&mdash;The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that Philippe de Montebello&mdash;whose long and storied career at the Museum has spanned nearly a third of the institution's entire history&mdash;will retire after more than 30 years as its eighth, and longest-serving, Director.   Mr. de Montebello, who first joined the staff as a curatorial assistant in 1963, became Director in 1977, and assumed the additional role of Chief Executive Officer in 1998, plans to step down by December 31, 2008.


"To say that his decision marks the end of an era surely constitutes one of the great understatements, not only in the Museum's life, but in the cultural life of the city, the state, the nation, and the world," said James R.   Houghton, Chairman of the Metropolitan's Board of Trustees.   "Philippe de Montebello's manifest contributions to the Met span four decades bridging two different centuries.   He leaves an incomparable legacy of accomplishment that has significantly enhanced the institution and brilliantly served its vast international public.   No museum director anywhere has done more to expand and enrich the appreciation of art for more generations and with greater taste, erudition, diplomacy, and vision than Philippe de Montebello.   As much as we regret his planned departure, we join in celebrating achievements that will sustain the Metropolitan&mdash;its collections, its programs, and its magnificent galleries&mdash;for generations to come."


for the rest of the news release]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Norman Raeben - The Ten Commandments of Art</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-07T20:45:12-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/9a74330bb994c7b30ad7d26163795b6f-48.html#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/9a74330bb994c7b30ad7d26163795b6f-48.html#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bernard Vogel - 1st Registered Shoosty Watercolor SuperStar</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><category>superstar</category><dc:date>2008-01-07T08:44:49-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/f8261f27436c0716136e4130ec83c469-46.html#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/f8261f27436c0716136e4130ec83c469-46.html#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As a fine artist and writer of a blog on &ldquo;the spirit of art&rdquo; I am completely immersed in wanting to learn more about your work. 

...Under your hand shapes become volumes, volumes become diamonds sparkling, and the static image become a whirlwind echoing the universe with stars flying and planets rotating. 


The only negative thing I can say is that I wish I could purchase many of your works and this short message just might make it a bit harder as the prices should soar to equate to the scope and dimension of the result.


...The pencil drawing makes it easier to detect what is going on in the construction of the work.   It's like a black and white photo to a photographer, or a napkin in a coffee shop to a poetic writer. 

...In this piece Bernard shows us his unique style in creating the still life as a series of blocks with white lines. ...  It is a shape painting and a rare example of the genius that can be teased out of still life painting.


The difference between a student and a master is that each image has the unmistakable style yet the focal exercise show yet another view of how he executes the result.   Here is another example of a still life with the result is nothing I have ever seen or expected prior. 

...More on Bernard later... you have got to visit his site or his galleries he is highly collectable in my opinion. 

...Dare I say you can compare his work to any of the old masters and it will hold its ground a stunning accomplishment
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Who is Norman Raeben?</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-04T10:11:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/9960f204f3c6886e64d7690b64564d26-45.html#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/9960f204f3c6886e64d7690b64564d26-45.html#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Walking down the virtual path Jn 1st I decided to buy a Sholem Alechem book on amazon.com  trouble is I cant spell very well and Sholem alechem is the Jewish national anthem what I was really looking for was found when I entered that into Wikipedia and it gave me a reference to Sholem Aliechem the author.


Stumbling in a dark cave but wanting to explore my roots I took it upon myself to learn everything I can about Yiddish, especially culture, last year and that is when I created my book list and choose Sholem alechiem as the first, and found... 

...I read a little bio on this esteemed author and found he wrote Teve the Milkman... 

...As to be the child of an author of this caliber meant the child would be extraordinary. 

...I now need to know everything about Norman as this is the kind of story that most interests me. 

...So I look a little further and find a few more links and stumble upon a student of the master who happens to live in Miami... ...  Her name is Carolyn Schlam and she was a student of Norman as well. 

...I know this is a long message but I could not help myself to tell a little tale.


...She is a wonderful artist and was a student of Norman Raeben.   Please click on her name to see her work you will be in the presence of great work! 

...Here is another image from Diana's web site showing a class of Norma's Students. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>City Scape</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-02T08:24:04-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/1873a01862bec0df5977f9a7fa64b692-44.html#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/1873a01862bec0df5977f9a7fa64b692-44.html#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I majored in Fine Art with a Minor in Architecture.   As a lesson to all did you know that Michelangelo's parents did not want him to be an artist?   The same is true for me but maybe the comparison is way too dramatic.


While in Architecture school I stumbled upon Pablo Soleri, and more importantly Arcosanti an experimental city in the desert of Arizona.   He represents the ideal to me. 


As a man he is showing what is possible while building a dream. the dream is a kind of like a space ship crashed on earth.   All the living quarters are tight with a severe focus on energy efficiency thus leaving the land open and natural.   No cars in the city.


City Scape, Acrylic on Canvas, 1978, 5' x 4' (apx) Shoosty]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Self Portrait</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-02T07:59:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/af89bc6f996ad2b7d5bf395c51a63c95-43.html#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/af89bc6f996ad2b7d5bf395c51a63c95-43.html#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Self Portrait in a mirror with my daughter looking on. 

...Oil on Canvas board. 12" x 12" Shoosty January 2001


In a style like Chuck Close notable differences are the almost totem pole surface qualities and the size.   Chuck works very large and this image is almost jewel-like being small.


Here is another one a few more years back:


Self Portrait, 14" x 12", apx 1980 Oil on Canvas, Shoosty


This one is in the style of Guaguin.   Being that he had great color sense and was a role model for running away to a South Pacific Island and living  a bohemian life it seemed fitting.   No kids, not married and vision of living on an island with exotic people and canvas.. too bad Paul Gauguin had a wife and children and basically abandoned them to create immortality. ...  He sold his soul and his families soul to follow a path he probably could not have stopped. 

...I moved from New Jersey with strong interests in Science and Math and came to Florida discovering Fine Art. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Metaphysical Still Life</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-01T13:21:41-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/7bc13c424ceec6e4e47f585531bc8c34-42.html#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/7bc13c424ceec6e4e47f585531bc8c34-42.html#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Oil on Canvas, Shoosty, 1978, apx. 20" x 16"


This is my first oil painting in college. there is a story here for later on but the main composition shows the bottle in the middle is brighter then the room, just like metaphysics.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>On a new thread - 2008</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-01T11:56:59-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/48b8ac303ee3050ab06c7dc80d68e819-41.html#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/48b8ac303ee3050ab06c7dc80d68e819-41.html#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On a roll to find a New set of books today, Jan. 1st 2008 I went back to a novel I read in 2007 called "The Adventures of Motel" written by a Jewish author in the original form of Yiddish, his name now emblazoned as one of the best of the genre is Sholom Aliechem. ...  Well, I found my small read and made a purchase but somehow something caught my eye, actually is was a "twist of fate" since I can't spell worth beans I first stumbled upon Sholom Alechem the Israel national song and pondered where is my author so I went to Wikipedia and she straightened me out "clear as a bell", I spelled it wrong. but wiki does not just stop at this their is a little blurb,  something about his son was a PAINTER (alarm bells ring for me - Painter) and somehow this son was a huge inspiration for Bob Dylan. 

...Now I am sitting here listening to, you guessed it, Bod Dylan - Down in the Flood followed by Jokerman and having scoured the web for everything about this son of a famous author who was able to inspire the master of poetry and song. 

...Somehow he learned of a yogi, well no just a simple painter who painted with metaphysics, well not really because a painter seems surrounded by paint and you can't really see metaphysics anyway.   Well, this painter was confronted by a man who stumbled up the loft and put his head around the door. ...  Bob did not readily pick up on this but being quick minded he said "Sure" but that is where the push-me pull-me started. 

...Bob started, I guess like a person awakening from a sleep, you know lazily, un-sure and after 30 seconds the master removed the vase and said "please continue". ...  It's a great exercise and one I talk about frequently... not the exact exercise but I always say drawing teaches you to see and seeing in the greater sense may very well be beyond the physical. ...  Who knows you might find yourself with writers block one day and this simple lesson might just open you back up to be IN THE NOW and see what you can see with your own eyes and your own mind translating the images through your hand, like a kaleidoscope.


...It seems that his fame is helping this process along because I just took a look at the work and find it very Bob like. 

...Well, I mean, I started drawing it and I couldn&rsquo;t remember shit about this vase &mdash; I&rsquo;d looked at it but I didn&rsquo;t see it. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Torture of Talent</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-29T18:36:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/aba91a69db74cac2143d60d3863b2467-35.html#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/aba91a69db74cac2143d60d3863b2467-35.html#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not torture in the sense of Halloween but some driving force that makes you skip meals and miss events because you a driven by something deep inside. 

...This elusive success is not to say the effort has been fruitless, on the contrary, I have been enriched hundreds of times over by my quest and besides today I proclaim "I have made it" My mind is expansive and filled with images. ...  As a good craftsman knows every tiny nuance makes a difference it is easy to see how to make something just a little better. 


...For a trained artist that is a good thing as familiarity brings a deep grounding to allow you to know when you are breaking new ground or when you are simply repeating the past. ...  I guess that is also good thing since life should be full of wonderment&hellip; I just wish it could be easy no on second thought no it should not be too easy. 


...Some of the biggest successes are gamblers and of course they are the biggest losers as well but I am not talking about poker and such but that risk/reward lies at the heart of all business. ...  I don&rsquo;t have to look to far to stumble upon a friend from China whom would be dirt poor if they did not do everything within there limited means to fight to the top of the educational chain. 

...Not that I don&rsquo;t like other languages or everything that is exotic but I am just on a quest and lack ability on those other languages. ...  I can&rsquo;t spell&hellip; that is for sure and I can&rsquo;t do Physics very well or Economics either but somehow I managed to ace Calculus and somehow I manage to hear things in my head but have great difficulty expressing them or communicating them on the level that I want to share. ...  But that is also the point when working in a team as a member your derive a certain amount of appreciation of the team but what about yourself. 

...This same person, someone I truly admire helped me see the extreme beauty of concrete telephone poles not only have they changed the landscape of our daily lives becoming ubiquitous, blending in, in our view but the consistency of the product allows them to be a commodity and allows the rest of our limited sciences especially the limits surrounding delivery, placement, installation, loading to work most efficiently. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spent Fuel</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-26T18:32:13-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/933a8d07ecf6f58fb9b8910984017a3f-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/933a8d07ecf6f58fb9b8910984017a3f-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For me I feel I am educating those around me about the arts as well as maintaining my focus on things that most interest me, the visual field of perception filtered through the camera of my mind. 

...	If I had to choose one word to describe reason for my my efforts it would be trying to have a conversation on a level that I want to listen, at level that is not mundane but that engages me fully on many levels, that gives me a chance to have conversations with the universe, awakening and remaining on that level for long periods of time. ...  You might find this strange but to me I can group conversations on transcendence, normal communication, playfulness, even sarcasm into a word that allows me to enjoy what I am doing without getting too caught up in the details. 

...Meanwhile I stumbled around and found myself surrounded by what I thought were tourists with a guide and stepped back to keep my distance but I watched and listened and the fellow, the guide said &ldquo;and this is the ancient such and such, that that is the ancient xyz, and welcome to Israel and your 6 month stay as UN Peace Keepers&rdquo;. 

...You would think that if this is true it would apply to all artists and craftsman but alas these conversations are hard to arrive at and have taken a lifetime of practice I guess not unlike transcendental meditation or any exercise that helps you control your mind and ultimately your destiny, spent fuel. 

...But I like to be grounded so thinking about the beginning, cave man, you can imagine that to create an artist , or a writer, or a scientist you have to embrace specialization. 

...We need each of these and many more to raise the largest population ever on Earth and more importantly educate them especially in the arts because it is the arts that make life enjoyable, not just fostering tolerance but yelling it. 

...In the end ashes to ashes or possibly a chair or how about a giant mast on a tall ship driving through a stormy sea, or better yet the ships keel carrying mythological, Jason and the Argonauts, &ldquo;as it (the ship) rolls over the head of Neptune looking up from under the water, Jason escapes with the golden fleece&rdquo;. 

...If you want to be an artist or a writer start drawing today and seek out guides, teachers not just of the specific craft but of the flow, the form, the composition, the poetry. ...  Outwardly I function on the day to day plane with simple words or tasks but my imagination is rich and painting, drawing, poetry, talking, food and more are the tools I use to cultivate that which is the richest, my mind.


...Hopefully, given the right light, and the proper diet you can take the energy required to make your own journey where my &ldquo;spent-fuel&rdquo; or art-craft becomes a road map more easily followed. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dallas - Story of an Artist on vacation</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-25T18:34:15-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/000216dcece7385ca49b9b403230bfc1-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/000216dcece7385ca49b9b403230bfc1-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Dallas - Story of an Artist in Dallas on Vacation 


I went to a convention a day ahead of time so I could see the museum. ...  The museum happened to be a couple of city blocks away from the hotel.   I walked on over and arrived before it opened.   I waited and a small crowd began to gather. ...  I did a quick tour and focused on status statues. ...  I found a place and began drawing.   I worked the drawing for over an hour when a security guard stopped me and asked what was I doing. ...  I held my ground wondering when a supervisor would come and continued my drawing.   That night I was the last person to leave. 


We you have strong beliefs in something you should not allow anything to get in the way of them assuming of course they are honorable. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Meet me on the edge of the Milky Way</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-24T18:28:50-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/9988b49019f043f7cf505d0d320b054c-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/9988b49019f043f7cf505d0d320b054c-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[He has this unique ability to be a friend while keeping his eye on the ball.   Sometimes I wonder if I can do that same being untested under his wing.   Most of the times I relish being under his wing because it allows me to feel un-tethered in other ways. 

...I guess most of them are directly related to basic skills, Breathing, Walking and such. but there are a few which have time for ideas.   And those ideas are universal... meaning they cant be destroyed. so maybe one day we will be free. 

...So I ask you if we are one day to be free and the universe is a big place maybe we should pick a place so as not to get too far away from each other.   At first I thought the local Steak and Shake but that does not give much hope to the future a billion years from now.   So maybe it would be better to choose a place that would be easier to find through the millennium.   I guess its cold dark and empty but maybe to a soul its like a play ground and who knows being spirit in form may mean that space time travel is a &ldquo;breeze&rdquo;.   So let&rsquo;s choose a place so we don&rsquo;t get lost and lets choose somewhere in outer space so we don&rsquo;t become too confined to our current world like the milky way. 

...I hope not to see you soon but its nice to have a place in mind ahead of time.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Aim for what you want your subconscious to focus on</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-22T18:38:02-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c2cf5b7fbc0572a3e0c2981402031312-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c2cf5b7fbc0572a3e0c2981402031312-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Aim for what you want your subconscious to focus on


It might be easier to define what my work is not.   I am careful to point my psyche to thoughts that inspire.   I do my best to avoid dark thoughts and experiences, Especially horror films or things easily avoided which can harm your thinking for extended periods of time.   Why submit your subconscious to something that will shock and make it scared?   It takes time to dispose of this garbage from your subconscious like a coral reef having to resolve contaminated water.   The biggest shame of all is that during this period your wasting precious quality time.   Time that could be used for the reverse&hellip; making people feel welcome and appreciated.   It&rsquo;s a choice.   It&rsquo;s my choice.   However recently, I have started to consider the ugly because we should &ldquo;Never Forget&rsquo; some atrocities so maybe it is time for my Guernica You will have to come back to see.   
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Would you sell your soul to sculpt like Michelangelo? or Paint like Rembrandt?</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-22T18:35:18-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c71aca1b533776cf7d8a82da8f8cc473-34.html#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c71aca1b533776cf7d8a82da8f8cc473-34.html#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Would you sell your soul to sculpt like Michelangelo?   Or Paint like Rembrandt?


We have stories that show how the old masters lived on a daily basis.   It seems the lost art or methods are not so lost once we consider these.


	John Singer Sargent &ndash; Woke at dawn, Draws most of the day, had dinner and then went to  meetings to discuss art.   He does this day after day after day.   Imagine the year 1820 and consider the distractions.   It was a much simpler time.   And maybe this is one of the keys to success.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Feel the tug of Mortality</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-22T18:33:27-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/f797e068e6a097e6272d0c099ba78e1b-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/f797e068e6a097e6272d0c099ba78e1b-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Feel the Tug of Mortality


When I paint I can feel the tug of mortality.   The infinite potential for composition leaves me dumbfounded.   I still paint because I know that this sense of mortality is one of the key driving forces of life . . . to stay alive and to share it on many levels.   For me it is easy in visual format as it seems less contradictory than words.   John Singer Sargent says something like&hellip; &ldquo;Learn all you can or become a mannerist.&rdquo;   In other words, your individual life experience can be the only guide to your composition; everything else is just that--someone else&rsquo;s ideas or experience. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Being an Artist</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-22T15:56:33-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/244b64eaa132eb2451214d7278404401-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/244b64eaa132eb2451214d7278404401-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Being an artist is having the ability to discriminate clearly what is good and bad about a painting or drawing.


Being an Artist is learning to master materials that make it easy to create.


	Relieved of the 3rd dimension which leads to sculpture and Architecture the Artist can travel lightly not just Plein Air but it does not take much to have enough tools to create something.


...Depending on where you take this mark depends on how you relate to your environment.


Depending on where you take this mark depends on all the learning that you can muster and all the unlearning that may need to also be learned.


We get wound up like clocks just a bit too tight yet it is in the winding that we learn.   What the teachers cant tell is if they are going overboard this is the unlearning that comes much later.


To allow paint to drip and make it meaningful is not easy yet once you learn it or let it you realize how right it is.


...Being an artist allows you to flow within the continuum of all other artists to be compared and classified.


...Being an artist to the center of your being gives you the ability to have an ongoing conversation that has the capacity to lead to new worlds.


...Being an artist if your really careful will help you in ways that are unanticipated. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Art of Music</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-22T11:29:34-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/3bc6b5deacdd62a6c05f9916494e3651-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/3bc6b5deacdd62a6c05f9916494e3651-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Jason and Jaime Shooster - Fantastic Rock Music by new artists full of all the energy of youth.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Peering at the future from my University of Florida Studio </title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-19T17:27:54-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/8352acfb9b32fcc3daab7ab298033cf6-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/8352acfb9b32fcc3daab7ab298033cf6-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[University of Florida 1981, working on a concrete installation piece.   A painting to be set in a wall.    Using Aluminum foil to make a low relief form and filling this with concrete to build  tile.   Each tile is then spray painted from a low angle to create a subtle color change.   The whole pieces was about 20 feet by 20 feet and has since been destroyed.   A general overlooking the battlefield.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>technorati</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-17T09:01:28-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/bc2b39516578541a6616478f9ff3a6f4-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/bc2b39516578541a6616478f9ff3a6f4-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://technorati.com/claim/5isi69hed" rel="me">Technorati Profile</a>


...Here is what my rank is as of the first day of entry.   It's Dec. 17th the first day of my birth on Technorati.   Rating 8,911,336 with no authority.   Let's see if we can change this and how fast.


Shoosty Fine Arts - Namaste


...poetry, drawing, art criticism, painting, photoshop, alligators, artist statement, watercolor, vigilance, crayons, pencils, figurative, watercolor pencils, peace keepers, namaste art, fine art links, 60's posters


...Fine Arts, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Music - Like a whisper in a noisy room come take a visit and reduce the noise so you can expand your mind.


...that is monumental for me. 


my tags are growing and the rating has jumped.


today Jan 17 the rating is 3,053,157
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>My Family</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-17T08:43:58-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/d503b829104d967b9d9861179fa268d5-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/d503b829104d967b9d9861179fa268d5-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I credit this to my son.   He was three when he did it.   I was studying the ancient Mesopotamian sculptures from UR.   The ones with the big eyes.   I was showing him how to create art with a large surface and pastels.   We stumbled upon this image together but it would never have happened without him.   The picture is funny.   It's Jason on my shoulders next to mom and his brother Jaime and the crazy Shepherd, Jedi.   The hat he is wearing is something I will never forget as a father because he would not take it off for about 1 year.   This is a personal work but sharing it with you makes it even more fun.


Acrylic on Canvas, 1993 My Family - Jason Shooster]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Color Study</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-17T08:30:39-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/47984588c82e38c8e7209daa7b31fdf2-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/47984588c82e38c8e7209daa7b31fdf2-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The idea is to make a painting that is grey to a color blind person.   By only changing the hues but not the range of contrast.   I did not achieve my goal as a picture in black and white will reveal the shapes but I got close and the idea is still evident.   The final image is large. 8 ft x 6 ft.   Under the proper light their is a rhythm and magic created b he shapes.   I hope one day for it to be discovered and put in the proper museum environment for it was made.


If you stumble across this and know of a museum that would like an original piece of fine art I would very much like to know.   Please send me a message.


...6 ft x 8 ft


1980 BFA Student Work University of Florida


Close up with better show of the colors.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vigilance</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-16T12:37:18-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/a5966715261bbb5eef91715f2d1269f1-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/a5966715261bbb5eef91715f2d1269f1-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Vigilance.


The purpose of a museum.


The cost of Freedom.


A story.


Inspired by taking my drawing pad to the museum and studying the Guaguin painting I stumbled upon the security guard looking at me looking at him.   He became the main element in my completed piece.   The original is watercolor pencils on paper and ink and the final results were appended via photoshop and printed as a Giclee.


Shoosty
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What is Painting?</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-15T19:10:05-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/ed2d1fa893d70ba4058a24684272502f-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/ed2d1fa893d70ba4058a24684272502f-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The funny thing is that I am better off saying nothing because it is undefinable.


But having a mouth and fingers becomes a liability sometimes so I will give it a try.


The easiest thing to explain is What is NOT painting. 

...Painting is not sculpture but I guess on some level it does have dimension.


Painting is not Drawing yet I am positive I could have a fine argument over that one.


...I think this one might slip by although architects readily point out the lyrical and painterly aspects of their work and the light.


This return to light seems to come up all the time when trying to figure it out


...I am sure quite a lot of people would say that modern art was painted by blind people.


How about his is a painting a movie?   here we might stumble upon a reasonable no way.   How foolish I can be since the directors will certainly disagree.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Should I get a Masters Degree in Fine Art? comments welcome and encouraged</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-15T10:58:15-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/40d406d430768c5a0cb0f232e691b855-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/40d406d430768c5a0cb0f232e691b855-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I did a quick calculation and the cost is 48K based on the units needs to obtain an MFA from a BFA.   This is not undoable especially over a period of time however much has happened since I graduated University of Florida, BFA 1982 with a Minor in Architecture. 

The original plan was to go to Ohio State and obtain a masters in Architecture then go back and get involved in Environmental Art and build giant projects.

Instead I took a right turn into my family business and today I am a Co-CEO or Global Response Corporation www.globalresponse.com with a focus all all things technical and certifications in Nortel &ndash; Microsoft, etc.   Today, I find myself in the role of chief psychologist of a technical staff of 18 plus consultants keeping me totally insulated from the day to day and focusing instead on the big picture.   It seems I have focused on PICTURES my whole life as I never stopped, not for a day or even a minute creating something. 

...And it would be nice to have the designation of Master of Fine Arts, as designated by a peer group of experts.... ...  Basically you pretty much know when you did something right and you know that while your doing it your setting the example for others. 

...But to do a formal study program I would like to know if it is possible to receive credit for work between formal college and today then to refocus on the gaps, understand the cost and come up with a reasonable plan of attack that will allow me to continue my duties at work, send 4 kids to college (the first one going next year) and keep my wife from throwing everything in the house at me (just  a little joke, she is very supportive and is encouraging me to do this).. .but their are subtle truths to jokes never-the-less and I have lots of things that I have to do to have &ldquo;my time&rdquo;.

...And I seem to find at least an extra 10 hours a day working on art as my mind runs in parallel so although I am chained to a desk I have allocated sufficient space in my mind to continue work on the Fine Arts. 

...To get an idea of my work please share my web site(s)   - www.shoosty.com (there are links their to my new blog www.shoostystudio.littleoak.net
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Abstract Wife</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-12T09:18:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/81781b7eab1a98884b3879158a09394b-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/81781b7eab1a98884b3879158a09394b-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Abstract Wife


Lots of sun, paint and a honeymoon in Hawaii.   You never know what will happen.


Abstract Wife, Oil on Canvas, 14" x 10", 1989, Stephen Shooster]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Figure Study</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-12T09:12:12-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/d1857e4a7eb8c85cb23e0887e482a702-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/d1857e4a7eb8c85cb23e0887e482a702-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Figure Study


10 minute sketches once in a while payoff in a handsome way.


Figure Study, Oil on Canvas, 12" x 12" 1989]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>My first son - The place of birth</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-12T09:08:56-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/3cf5e0b1392f576c6f1a6d61b8a9711e-17.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/3cf5e0b1392f576c6f1a6d61b8a9711e-17.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Hospital room - thank you!


]This is the room where my first son was born.   While mom and he rested I took some timeout while still filled with the excitement of having a child.   This pristine image is what I came up with.   Thank you world for giving so much attention to child birth that he was delivered via C-section a perfect child.


Birth Room - C-Section, 1990, Shoosty Oil on Canvas 14" x 12"
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Columbus Ship</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-12T09:04:08-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/9bf12794fb17766adf1f1b3e6e633fe8-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/9bf12794fb17766adf1f1b3e6e633fe8-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Columbus Ship


Reproductions of the ships Columbus sailed came to Florida as part of a tour showing there muscle and ability to make the journey.   They are small boats smothered with tar with small quarters to protect the sailors and a catwalk to access the yard arm.   I took the day off and painted what I saw.   The Captain was pleased to see someone so interested in his ship that he gave me a private tour.   Painting has given me a free pass to many events.


Oil on Canvas 10" x 8", Shoosty 1989]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>HeartBeats Flutter</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-11T22:29:10-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c5724cec0b1eff1f73ad22acb866d2f8-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c5724cec0b1eff1f73ad22acb866d2f8-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Heartbeats Flutter


Heartbeats Flutter - Inhibitions missing they shout freedom, Laughter, Joy, Life.   They dance through the night and the day and everyday & night the dance never stops - Heartbeats Flutter. 19&rdquo; x 14&rdquo; Watercolor Pencil and Ink on heavy paper.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shoosters Drive-In</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-11T22:26:54-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/4e96308eea92d74bfccf6275994183e1-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/4e96308eea92d74bfccf6275994183e1-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[By combining 20+ photos in photoshop and then printing the result with a Giclee printer the result is stunning super realism.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alligator Basking on the Rocks</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-11T22:20:46-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/e9e2505d11d8af4540dda19d2b7522f5-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/e9e2505d11d8af4540dda19d2b7522f5-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the best national parks in Florida, Shark Valley is located on highway 41 near the Southern Tip of Florida.   It is a single lane loop that is about 7 miles one way to a lookout tower in the pristine Everglades.   As far as the eye can see there is Everglades from this point.   The only thing interrupting the view is Turkey Point Nuclear power plant.   The power plant is so far away that it hardly disturbs the peace or the view.   The most exciting thing about this park is that the Alligators are free roaming and you are encouraged to take you bicycle for the trip. 


Alone with nature the 'gators sitting in the road like dinosaurs waiting to collect a toll they bother no one unless watching there clutch of babies.   Only at this time does the park post a ranger for the protection of all. 


...Teenage Alligator Basking on a Coral Rock at Shark Valley Florida, 6&rsquo; x 4.5 &lsquo; Oil on canvas, 2004


...Blocking out the shapes


...checking the accuracy with photoshop and transparent layers
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Beginnings - Flag Day</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-11T22:00:24-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/15baae4ef747607048ad47d7dd24f5a9-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/15baae4ef747607048ad47d7dd24f5a9-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Beginnings


 


Humble Beginnings are a good way to start anything.


- Shoosty


Crayon on paper


1965


Shoosty


10 cm x 8 cm


For more Beginnings see Artist Collections.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Abstract Color Field</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-10T15:46:09-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/46b01c888c9395629a88c57d144f94a2-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/46b01c888c9395629a88c57d144f94a2-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Abstract Expressionism.   The combination of color folds and squiggly characters that seem to turn into words and sentences.   We are programmed for speech and language this image evokes language naturally.


Abstract Folds with meaningful lines


20 cm x 20 cm


Acrylic on Canvas 


Shoosty 1985
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Video Game War</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-10T15:38:41-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/5cfb7fcaf1c8c601730fdea487e1fb1b-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/5cfb7fcaf1c8c601730fdea487e1fb1b-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Battle Groups and Simulations are staples for the modern world.   Paintings are a natural reflection of that world. 


Echos of Tiberium Sun


Acrylic on Canvas 150 cm x 100 cm


Shoosty]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Beginnings - Tending the Fields</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-10T15:19:29-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/5c41769db961fadf782960215f9e3835-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/5c41769db961fadf782960215f9e3835-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A stout horse and an able rider among fields full of amber wheat ready for harvest. 


It's a simple crayon sketch with a work ethic.


Horse and Able Body


Crayon on Paper


10 cm x 8 cm


For more Beginnings see Artist Collections.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blessed are the Peace Keepers</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-10T12:22:28-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/6c1889876f4fd8facb9dd814144b0eeb-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/6c1889876f4fd8facb9dd814144b0eeb-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was looking for something while on my tour, something ethereal.   A sign, a burning bush or some kind of experience to show my connection to this place, my world, my spirit.   I was tired, trapped on a bus with Educators, Politicians, and business people.   Well not really trapped because when you put a group together like this everyone becomes a kid. ...  So 15 churches later it get a bit tiring and we end of at Beatitudes overlooking the sea of Galilee, which seems more like a lake.   Its the place where Jesus discovered a fish with a coin in the mouth. 

...Before leaving the bus one of the fellows was reading his bible, the section "Blessed are the Peace Keepers", or so I thought.


I decided not to take the tour with the group but to instead just kind of get lost. ...  I listened to it just a little until something caught my attention... his wrap up. "and this is this, that is that and welcome to Israel on your six month tour as UN Peace Keepers. ...  It was a few years later when repeating this story that I learned the real expression is "Blessed are the Peace Makers" It makes all the difference in the world to learn the real thing.


Blessed are the Peace Makers for they shall inherit the world 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Indian Fancy Dancer</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-10T12:18:25-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c3a4d9a15f58e02207be384b7163f289-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/c3a4d9a15f58e02207be384b7163f289-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There is nothing on earth like Indian Fancy Dancers. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Watercolor IN the Dead Sea</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-10T12:03:30-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/25638a6c6304f012f12e688f9e411191-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/25638a6c6304f012f12e688f9e411191-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sitting on a lounge chair in the saltiest sea in the world tourists cant help but attempt the cold water.   Me being from Florida I know too much about the water and am very happy with toes in the water and a place to dip my paint brush.


Now that is cool... to dip your brush into an ocean, a sea, a body of water.   Not just any water but an ancient sea and here I am in the sun looking at other sentient beings and somehow by just touching my brush to the sea i am grounded as a part of history connected for all time as my tiny little watercolor comes to life.


dipping my brush in the salty dead sea.   Later I know that I am expecting some excitement.   I have no clue what the salt will do to the pigments and how the salt will affect the paper. 


time passed and the pigments look fine.   The paper however has a punished quality with a crystalline patina. 


Dead Sea with the Jordan hills in the background, 1998 10 cm x 8 cm


Notice the salt effect on the paper]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Painting</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-10T09:11:01-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/25b699c41e5d4420a902a81343ea633f-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/25b699c41e5d4420a902a81343ea633f-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Fine Art painting provides the most freedom of expression of the arts.   By being unencumbered by physical realities and the cost of construction materials you can invent windows into virtually limitless spaces of the mind. 


We in the year 2007 take for granted the canvas or linen and the safety approved paints while the invention of same cost lives thousands of years of development.   We are the keepers of this great cauldron called the accumulation of all of human knowledge.   As good keepers we must document, protect and mainly teach the skills which we have come to learn.   It is only in the continuum that any of this has any meaning.   We have have advanced in the past few years unlike never before our mission is to maintain and extend the historical precedence. 


shout for joy, encourage wonderment, and never stop painting!


...Not metal but the surface shimmers and the light changes around them.   They are never the same.   Zillions of different colors combined with human forms intended and unintended.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Drawing</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-09T23:41:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/34d7397f516e223dc0aa2c37f9b53279-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/34d7397f516e223dc0aa2c37f9b53279-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Drawing teaches you to see.   If you draw what you see you see things you never saw.   Once your in your studio it is not enough to reproduce what you see as modern photography and film make this wasteful.   It is the extra emotion, the twists and turns the humanity that allows something new to enter the world... if your lucky.


The Ecuadorian Rain Forest. 20+ years ago I flew into the forest on a small plane and landed on a grass airfield to visit the AUCA indians.   This is a drawing of the inside of the stilt home that I stayed in. 8" x 12" Pencil on paper, 1984, shoosty


Note these are  the famous Wuaorani Indias also known as the Auca Indians who use blow guns to kill monkeys and killed 5 christian missionaries many years ago.   A movie called "End of the Spear" was produced about them as well as many books.


here is a tour guide   


...18531 Glenview Ct #5 ...  Phone # 661-632-6434 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>American Natural History Museum</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-24T22:27:12-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/56351c0dec0a883b5be9aac2ff76e961-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/56351c0dec0a883b5be9aac2ff76e961-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I took my time, made what I thought would be images that would certainly get there attention and asked for a commission... not even focused on the money just to try and get  some experience and to have a superb reference. 


...Everyone has budgets so I thought this is a way to get something for very little.   I guess my call to action was too weak and made for the potential of an uncomfortable conversation. 

......... here is a copy of the letter.... it is addressed to the co-curators of the Mythical Beast event.

...I recently visited your museum with my 12 year old child who is fascinated with all things mythical but mostly Mermaids. ...  I explain to let the joy of being loose on the drawing surface be echoed by wherever you are.   You can imagine the excitement being next to these big creatures that stand so still making it possible to see so very well and imagine the possibilities, conjuring stories and adventures.

Enclosed I have created a new poster to mark the experience and thought it might be nice to share a copy with each of you. 

If you don&rsquo;t mind I only ask one thing to share it with your team.   If you have any comments or need any more posters I would love to hear from you or any part of your team.   I wonder if it would be possible to be included in future exhibitions as a poster artist my only goal is some small amount of recognition?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>marquette</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-08-13T16:14:23-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/7afff73dddaa765334e87151f54d9b2b-67.html#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/7afff73dddaa765334e87151f54d9b2b-67.html#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>adsense</title><dc:creator>shoosty1@mac.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Fine Art blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-06-30T17:40:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/5cc439b13c16d90852d27f2868bf9f9e-39.html#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.shoosty.com/index_files/5cc439b13c16d90852d27f2868bf9f9e-39.html#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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