Cabe

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Cabe Booth is a Dallas based painter and illustrator specializing in photo realism.
Click to see this listing nowI am a Dallas native. In my teenage years I have been a National Junior Olympic Fencer for 4 years and a DJ for KNON in the 80's (at the time I was the youngest DJ in the country) with a show called Audio Abuse. During those years I spent my free time skateboarding at the clown ramp with other local Dallas skaters (Phillips, Hollenbeck, Roach, Wilkes, Craig Johnson ect.) and hanging out at the Twilight Room (and all its incarnations) and Theater Gallery.
After graduating from Lake Highlands High School I spent 2 years at UT in Austin attempting my horrendous mistake of business school. After the University politely asked me to leave in 1989 I spent a year in Dallas before deciding on a career in art. I arrived in Denton in 1990 and enrolled in the visual art school there. While in Denton I joined the infamous Delta Lodge. I spent most of my time organizing concerts at the house or in the backyard with bands like Vibrolux, Hagfish, Tripping Daisy, Brutal Juice and Baboon with quite a bit of time upstairs drinking Natural Light and smoking Basic cigarettes in my room while doing large paintings or murals in the house. In 1991 I was given the task of booking Fry Street Fair, a job I continued to do until 2004. I have always treasured that job and feel it was one of the most important things I have ever had the pleasure of being involved with. But as all things do, it has changed over the years and different forces came into play which eventually convinced me to voluntarily step down from the job in 2004 to allow the younger kids at the Delta Lodge to enjoy the thrill of booking the event like I had enjoyed for so many years. I graduated in 1995 with a BFA in Fine Arts and moved back to Dallas to work in band management and booking. I was the booking agent for Love Swing, Vibrolux and Tablet for 2 years or so until the bands either moved on or signed with major label. After that I returned to concentrating on my art. After a couple years of mild depression and little work, the Curtain Club called me to start doing band portraits for the new venue. Starting in 1998 I began painting detailed portraits of many Dallas headliners. Since starting I have painted well over 150 portraits for the club which now coat the walls inside. Using a style of broken wood panels I also began creating large multi panel images of aircraft and flight, mainly centering on WW2 aviation. In 2003 I was offered the job of doing large 4'x4' portraits at what is now Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie. This added client finally allowed me to become self-sufficient as an artist (something I never thought possible). Since starting at Nokia I have painted over 250 autographed panels including artists such as Ringo Starr, White Stripes, Elvis Costello, Chris Rock, Willie Nelson and many more (If you see a band playing there, then there is a 99.9% chance they have a portrait. All of these paintings unfortunately are hung in the backstage area and not visible to the public. I do wish that my friends and family could view them as easily as the Curtain Club works.
In 2000 I also started booking again at the Curtain Club, at first full time and them taking on only Thursdays to allow me to set up a more solid lineup that focused on the Metroplex's most talented bands such as Pleasant Grove, Paperchase, Lift to Experience, Centromatic, Little Grizzly, Baptist Generals and others along that vein, but I have since retired from booking bands.. In February 2002 I quit drinking and didn't touch a drop until October of 2003. During that time I removed myself from my booking responsibilities to allow myself a sober environement. Those 20 months were very important to me getting my brain back and a healthy approach to drinking and moderation (I still like to "get polluted", but I space it out). Now that I am back in the bars, it is much more enjoyable and responsible situation.
During the sober time I worked on the Howard Dean's presidential campaign helping organize the layout and security for his Dallas speech in front of city hall.
Today I live in a duplex in the Lakewood area of Dallas. I tend to frequent Lakewood Landing down the block, but I also enjoy Doublewide, Meridian Room, Fallout Lounge and the Cavern. Deep Ellum has lost it's luster to me after 20 or so years of being down there and I seek less stagnant haunts to spend my time. I have my art studio in my home and love to play video games on my smoking PC, harass my 2 cats and smooch on Kelly my girly girl. Other than that, life is pretty simple......... Hope all this crap doesn't sound like I am tooting my own horn, just wanted to actually write about myself. I just thought a life history would be the best way to describe the whole crazy mess.
Recently I added 2 new venues that I do portraits for, PIzza Hut Park in Frisco and the new Palladium Ballroom in Dallas. On average I have been painting 10 portraits a month. With the additon of these 2 venues my workload is going to be around 15-25 paintings a month. So I am a busy boy these days. So I might see you at my funeral, since it seems that is the only time I am going to get to relax.
Anyways, visit my rarely updated website at CabeBooth.com
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