About the Artist - Dale Hoopingarner

I have been an avid nature lover all my life, starting with early Boy Scout campouts and hikes and continuing with gardening and kayaking today.  I love the scanner photography technique – the way the detail and depth preserves the transient beauty of flowers.  I never know for sure what combination of flowers and plants will work best on the scanner, so it is always a joyous act of discovery when a beautiful picture emerges on the computer screen.

I first learned the scanner photography technique from Ellen Hoverkamp, a Connecticut-based artist and teacher, through a seminar at Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts.  My work tends more towards specimens and "growing" settings, whereas Ellen's artistry is displayed with her tasteful bouquets and elegant arrangements.  Ellen's work can be viewed at http://www.myneighborsgarden.com.

Exhibits

•  Joint exhibit at The Woodshed Gallery, September 27th through October 29th, 2011

•  Premier Image Gallery joint exhibit of the Blackstone Valley Art Association and the Franklin Art Association, honorable mention with Yearnings, August, 2011

•  Franklin Art Association's Spring 2011 Art Show, First Place in photography with Clematis

•  Arts Center of Southborough, Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibit, April, 2011, with "Yearnings" and Shibumi

•  Post Road Art Center, "Flower Show 2010" juried art show with "Yearnings", Pat Walker, Director of Education at the Danforth Museum, judge

•  Dual exhibit at the Norfolk Public Library, February, 2010 - 139 Main Street, Norfolk, MA 02056-1432

•  Cultural Art Alliance of Hopkinton's "Focus" juried photography show, Hopkinton, MA, October 2, 2009, through October 23, 2009 -- Judge's Award for Yearnings

•  EMC Corporation executive office suite exhibit, April-June 2009

•  Premier Image Gallery June 2008 Exhibit and Competition - First Place with Shibumi

•  Cultural Art Alliance of Hopkinton's "Different Views" photography show, Hopkinton, MA, January 24, 2008, through March 12, 2008

•  Franklin Art Association's "Spring Awakenings" exhibit, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, MA, May 12-June 1, 2007

•  Featured Artist for West Coast Imaging,  April 2007

Galleries

•  The Frameshop and Gallery, Natick, MA

•  Hammertown, Great Barrington, MA

Shows/Fairs

•  Heritage Craft Fair, Keefe Technical School, 750 Winter Street, Framingham, MA - March 15, 2008

•  Gallery of Arts and Crafts, Milford, MA - November 24, 2007