Tribute to Django Reinhardt Print

Stephen Shooster, also known as Shoosty®, was born in 1958 in Chester, Pennsylvania. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in Architecture in 1982 at the University of Florida. He enjoyed a successful corporate career by day and a prolific painting career by night. He is also the author of, ‘The Horse Adjutant,’ a story about a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, and is featured in Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Art. From Local Beginnings to Global Response Shooster’s corporate career took him from working with his family in an answering service business, using old-fashioned wooden switchboards to navigating the company successfully through the convergence of computers and telephony, patenting software along the way that is the de facto method used by all call centers today. His company, Global Response, serves some of the finest brands in the world, including Toyota, Lane Bryant, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA - The Modern Museum of Art. Shoosty® by Night, Invoking the Spirits Using the signature Shoosty® his painting career spans over 50 years and is recognizable by his trademark use of color and shape. Influenced by travel, music, tribal cultures and family, Shoosty’s work takes the viewer on a wild ride invoking the spirits of Picasso, Braque, Gauguin, Chagall, Matisse, Ad Reinhardt, Japanese Woodblocks, NW Indian stylized objects and Illustrated Manuscripts to create his paintings which range from the sublime to groovy. Shoosty’s sculpture and paintings are rare. They appear in a few public and private collections around the world. Construction for Eternity Combining his artistic ability with his zeal for technology and lifelong learning, Shoosty® is as comfortable with oil paints as he is with technology. His primary concern is using the arts to provide creative leadership to those who surround him.