| "The Andy Warhol Of Dryer Lint" |
I am the featured artist guest at a local resort called Stroudsmoor this summer! The opening is June 18th, but my work will be there until September. The artist reception is at 4:30 and then at night is a performance from Meghan Cary, whose latest album is on the charts.
I hope some of you can make it. (I’ll be sending out invites to all my Patreons!)
Here’s a link to the resort’s web page, showing some of my work and giving my bio.
I had a great time at the opening for a show at the Peters School of Craft Gallery in New Jersey!
A portrait I recently did of my niece Taija and her baby!
The New Hope Arts Center has a gallery opening this weekend (Jan 11) and out of the 120 artist in the show, they chose mine as one of three to represent the show in this article from the Bucks County Herald newspaper!
On my Instagram page, I post updates twice a week or so of works in progress. Here’s a video combining those posts so you can see how this piece was made!
My latest work — John Oliver as an owl, and not just any owl: It’s a “Spectacled Owl”
This piece has just been accepted for the State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca, New York, and the opening is on December 6th! Maybe some of you could make it!
I was honored to be accepted into a show at The Heidi Gallery (that’s it’s name!) in Livingston, New Jersey. The show runs through December.
I had a great time today at the Lehigh Art Alliance’s show in Bethlehem, PA. My piece was awarded an honorable mention, which, considering the number of pieces in the show, is quite an honor!
Here’s what I have been able to get done this year so far — not as much as usual because I’m still in recovery and doing physical therapy. Hope you like them!
Click on a picture for a closer look:
The Salad was Nice But the Peppers Are Too Hot
Deep Down, Sharon Wanted to be a Butterfly
Cindy Hopes to Break her Huge Bubble Record
Steve’s Leaf is Working Well as a Parachute
You can see my work at the Medford Arts Center in Medford, New Jersey from now till September 5th! Click here to hear me talk about it in a video!
My piece “The Doctor’s Tea Party” came in second, which was very nice! Here’s what the judge said about it: “This tells a story and I want to know more. It has a sensibility about it that pleases the eye. It carries colors nicely throughout, and the composition is pleasing. I like the flowers coming down, the glasses match the mouse, the browns are represented nicely and so are the greens. The focal point of the yellow bow just completes the composition.”
The opening was amazing. There was a huge storm that hit just before, felling trees and knocking out the power. People had to look at the art with the flashlights on their phones!
So I am currently showing here, at the New Hope Arts Center, at the Baum School of Art, at A Mano Gallery, and of course in many Ripley’s Believe it or Not Galleries around the world. In October, you’ll also find me at the Heidi Gallery in Livingston, New Jersey!
Be sure to join my Instagram page for twice-weekly demonstrations of my current work.
Here are some pictures from the opening!
I had a great time tonight at the New Hope Art Center’s opening of their latest show: Structures and Constructions in Fiber. It runs through August 18. My “da Vinci in Dryer Lint” piece got some nice attention there! Click on a picture to enlarge it.
I was honored that two local state representatives (Maureen Madden and Tarah Probst) invited me to be a part of their annual Women’s Expo in my hometown today!
I had a nice chat with Jim Evansiko who owns Gamut Gallery. If you’re an artist looking to get into galleries, you should watch this! We discuss what galleries are looking for, how to impress them, how to find the right one for you, and how to avoid scams.
I am still recovering and can’t do any artwork right now, but a year or so ago, I did daily updates on Facebook of my progress on one of my pieces. If you want to see the entire thing, it’s now available on my YouTube channel!
Heidi’s husband Michael here.
Those of you who are friends of Heidi’s on Facebook or follow her on Instagram know that a little over a month ago, she fell, dislocated her shoulder, and broke her upper arm. Because of the lymphedema she suffers in that arm, they could not put a cast on it, so they just have it restrained. This means her arm is all swollen from the lymphedema since she cannot get into her massaging machine to reduce the swelling, and she is in constant pain. She’s pretty much been bedridden for the past month, and is expected to continue to be that way for quite a while.
As a result, she has not been able to make any artwork at all.
She very much appreciates the cards and lint people have sent her, as well as those who have joined her Patreon page in support. Most of the packages that were sent to her (which obviously contain lint) have been unopened for now until she is better, but she hopes to send everyone thank you notes later. If you sent something and have not received one of her 2024 calendars, please email her and let her know. (And if you want one but are not one of her lint providers or Patreons, we can send it to you postage paid for $15 assuming you’re in the US.)
So thanks again. New artwork will be eventually coming, we promise!
The address to send things is Heidi Hooper, PO Box 333, Tannersville, Pennsylvania 18372.
I’m a guest on Art Talk with April’s blog today! Please check it out!
I had a great time at the Gamut Gallery art opening last night. The show will run through December, so hopefully some of you can make it!
Gamut gallery in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania has a new show that opens this weekend, September 16, and runs for a few months. I hope my local friends can make the opening!
I had a great time at the gallery opening tonight at Penn State Lehigh. Did a few interviews for the media, met some new friends, and really enjoyed myself! It will be there for a few months.
I’ll be featured in a new show with fellow artist Marissa Grello in a new show at the Community Gallery at Penn State’s Lehigh campus. Hope to see some of you there!
Here are my most recent pieces. I hope you enjoy them!
Inspector #7 Checks out the Corn
Engineer Dad Shows off his Train Set
Albert Knows He Must Practice in Order to Win the Competition
As a disabled person myself, I was pleased to be invited to participate in the 2023 Disability Pride Festival at Penn State’s Lehigh campus in Allentown this next Saturday (July 22). My work will be shown there and I hope to see you there as well! Details at the link.
Pennsylvania magazine has an article about me in their latest issue. Click here to read the article!
I had a great time at the Balticon convention recently, and my panel about creating dryer lint art had a nice crowd!
ALSO: If you’re not a friend on Facebook or a follower on Instagram, you’re missing a lot of my posts! I’ve been doing daily updates of all the pieces I’m working on, so you can see the process happening bit by bit and make comments. Come join me!
WNEP did a very nice article about me today! Take a look!
Here’s my latest work, which includes my friends Ben & Amy, who are getting married soon!
Ben & Amy
Dina is Not Happy with her New Sewing Machine
Mr. Bellamy Demands a Rematch
I was pleased to be a guest on Rambling Rosie’s video blog this week! Hope you enjoy it.
Here’s my latest, which is currently showing at State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca, New York!
Here I am delivering art to the State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca. If you’re in the area, be sure to check them out! I’ll be there through the end of the year (unless they sell!)
Today, I dropped off my “Magritte in Dryer Lint” piece to the Atlantic Highlands Art Council for their show “Faces and Facades.” The opening reception is next weekend (November 19) and the show runs through December 24th. I unfortunately won’t make the opening because I will be showing at Philcon, the Philadelphia Science Fiction convention.
After dropping it off, I then spent the day with my husband Michael, watching the seagulls and enjoying the ocean breeze with a nice view of New York City in the distance. 
Some of you may be aware that I have been going through radiation treatments for breast cancer lately, so I’m way behind in my projects and in updating my web page. I thank all of you who sent kind words.
In the meantime, I was thrilled to once again be accepted in the Pennsylvania State Museum’s “Art of the State” show in the capital, featuring the top 100 artists in Pennsylvania. This was my second year applying and my second year being accepted!
In response to people asking how I do my work, I have updated my “About Dryer Lint” page. Check it out!
Jonathan Has Hit Writer’s Block
Melissa’s Latest Masterpiece
Chuck’s Cookout is Ready
Here I am, turning in my artwork that was accepted for the “Art of the State” show at the Pennsylvania State Museum, which annually shows the best artwork from around the state. Thousands enter, and only a hundred get in. This is my second year for being accepted!
Those of you who are patrons or friends on Facebook know that I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I have had one operation and radiation treatment is next. So I haven’t been as productive as I would have liked to have been. I thank all of you who have sent me kind thoughts and words and who have joined my Patreon page in support. It means an awful lot to me, and it comforts me. In any event, here are some pieces I have completed in the last few months. I hope you’ll enjoy them!
Ukranian Refugee
A Cold One After Work
Is It Here Yet?
Sir Aloysius P. Throttlebottom
The Clam Digger
“Professor Byrd Hopes for a Grant”
“Miss Anne Elk Reaches for the High Note”
“Y. I. Otter Photobombs Eleanor” 
Here’s the latest piece. (Mrs. Premise, of course, is my cat.)
You can now see my work at a visual on-line gallery from the Limehouse Art Foundation in London, England.
The show is called “Art from the Heart.” Here’s the link, and here’s a capture of the page with my work!
My latest piece!
Someone went around my hometown and caught all the art snowmen in a video! You can see mine at around 19:00 in this video!
The web page Weird Universe decided I was worth mentioning!
It’s been a busy few months for me! Click here to see a new article that a local TV station posted today about my artwork. I later learned that it has been shared with other TV stations and has been seen in other parts of the country, such as Kansas City, Sacramento, Milwaukee, and Altoona (just to start with!).
I was a guest on Access Hollywood today! Here’s picture of host Mario Lopez showing off the dryer lint piece I did for him. You should see his expression when it was uncovered!
Here’s an article from a local Pennsylvania TV station about my art, mentioning that my work will be showing locally at Gamut Gallery, with the opening next weekend (October 9th).
