79-Year-Old Former Engineer Blueprints Own Reincarnation

79-Year-Old Former Engineer Blueprints Own Reincarnation Says of the Feat: “This is How You Do It”

Purpose fueled it. He had something to do. In order to live that other life, the one he’d begun to crave in his first, well-lived and joy-filled life, he had to come back. Retirement wasn’t the pivotal moment, but it was one of many over the years. Reincarnation became more than an idea. It became a project, one with a set of discernable tasks that he could achieve following a logical process.

Artist, collector and pioneering Trianglist Howard Schoor says of his rebirth, “Evolution is probably a better word. This began long before retirement. But no one knew. So, this all seems very sudden.” ‘This’ is the artist’s recent launch of his online gallery and art market space. “For years I’d been painting these triangles,” Schoor said. “It took me years to realize that this geometric shape was bubbling up from deep within my own subconscious. An engineer in his past life, Howard Schoor lived with the triangle for over five decades. “It was my tool and a constant companion.”
At 79, and apparently fully evolved, Schoor is the Trianglist. His work: Trianglism. “I decided to be a professional artist. I built a business around my art.” Schoor sees the ‘business’ of art as substantially about the ‘brand’ and success heavily reliant on good branding. Displaying his trademark transparency, he pulled no punches. “I was a collector long before I began to paint. I figured out that the business of art is akin to a dead language. Sure, people bandy about its popular words and phrases. But very few understand it and even fewer are fluent.” Schoor sees this as the consumer’s disadvantage. “It can be largely, intentionally smoke and mirrors.”
Schoor said transparency, or the lack thereof, harms consumers. “I’m telling people why I’m painting. I’m transparent about what I hope to achieve. I tell you what my art sells for and has sold for.” The trick moving forward is to leverage this strong foundation to sell art. Already, that’s happening. Straight talk and clearly desirable paintings have seen Schoor sell, in less than four (4) months since launching howardschoorart.com online gallery, five original paintings and four Giclées. The site’s launch was the last task in the foundation of Schoor’s reincarnation project.
“There’s a lot more to my story,” Schoor asserted. “There’s the art itself, of course, and my expectation to sell individual pieces of my work for $50,000 each in a relatively short period of time. But, I also hope my story motivates others of a similar age and situation. There’s art in the very act of reincarnation itself.” He explained, “Believe it. Live it. That’s what I’m doing. Don’t you think?”
With nuggets of wisdom like this, you’d naturally expect Schoor to go deep describing his vibrant colorful original works and Giclées, each anchored by a triangle. Speaking of the now large body of work, Schoor said confidently, “It is what it is.”
For more information on the work, the artist, or to speak with Howard Schoor directly, contact 732.740.8797 or email info@howardschoorart.com. Studio visits are welcomed by appointment in the gallery/studio, located at 603 Mattison Avenue in Asbury Park, New Jersey.