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 on the front page of the Pocono Record today! Read the article here.

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).

The State Museum of Pennsylvania has an annual show where the highlight artists in the state. This was my first year applying. Out of over 2000 entries, they chose 100 and my piece “Winter” was one of them! Today was the opening, and I was there to meet the other artists and art fans! It will be there through the end of the year, so if you get out to Harrisburg, it’s the big museum right next to the capitol building!

Here’s a link to a gallery of all the artwork.

Here’s the link to all the artists with their resume and statements.

Here are some pictures of me at the gallery, talking to people about my artwork, and relaxing with some brunch across the street from the museum!

American Spark did a short documentary about me!  Have a look!

Here’s the video of me receiving the Courage Award from the American Cancer Society during a local telethon recently. (My husband Michael A. Ventrella is with me!)

This weekend, I’ll be receiving a “Courage Award” from the American Cancer Society during their annual local telethon for my work in inspiring other cancer patients to move on with their lives after treatment. Here I am being interviewed on local channel 13!

A quick video where I thank people for sending me lint while showing off my latest work, my studio, and my cat Doctor Who

My new series. I’m really enjoying them! I hope you will, too!

I just received notice that my piece “Winter” has been accepted for a show at the State Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  According to my acceptance letter, 2,200 works were considered and 104 were chosen.

The show’s reception will be on September 26 and will run through January.  I’ll announce more on my Facebook page as the date gets closer!

Remember:  The more lint you send and the better it is, the more (and better) gifts you get from me every year!  (And you get even more if you’re a patron!).  Send to Heidi Hooper, PO Box 333, Tannersville, PA 18372.

My latest commission for a fan and his favorite cat!

If you’re a friend on Facebook, you know that I broke the wrist on my one good arm, so for a few months now, I have been unable to do much art. Maybe I can get in an hour a day before the pain sets in. I’m improving every day, but it’s slow going. Here is a consignment piece I did for a friend, though! Hope you like it.

The Circle magazine for kids did a two-page full color article about my work (and even mentioned me on the cover). I’m honored!

Exhibizone (an online gallery) is featuring my “winter” piece! 

My piece “Dali #3” is now showing at Las Laguna Gallery in Los Angeles, California!

My latest series of cards is now available! They’re all 11 x 14 and of course made completely out of dryer lint. I had fun thinking of the various emotions each card should have, and what the woman of that card would look like. Hope you enjoy them!

My Isaac Asimov piece can now be seen at Las Lagunas Gallery in Los Angeles! Click on the heart on the web page to show your support!

My work can now be seen at Gamut Art Gallery in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania!

I was interviewed recently for an artist’s podcast. Hope you enjoy it!

The State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca has my “Summer” piece for their December show.

Check it out!

Here are my latest dryer lint pieces (some with feathers!).

My piece “Frida Katlo” is now showing at Las Laguna Gallery in Los Angeles!

(and then a day after I posted this, I heard from them that it has sold!)

I’m in a new juried show at Gallery 114 in Portland, Oregon. However, because of the virus, it’s an online exhibition only. Check it out!

Here’s my latest work: Summer!

Workhouse Arts Center in northern Virginia hosts one of the largest and most prominent “Fiber Arts” exhibitions every year. My Frank Frazetta piece was accepted for this year’s show, but once the virus hit, the show was changed to an online show only. You can click here to see the exhibits.

They asked me for a video of how I made the work. Check it out!

And it’s finished!

EDITED:  I had planned on being at a few conventions and shows this year, but given the virus, all have been cancelled. Hope everyone stays safe and healthy.

March 21: NJ Makers Day, Warren, NJ. CANCELLED

April 3- 5: Heliosphere, Tarrytown, NY. CANCELLED

April 24 – 26: Ravencon, Williamsburg, VA. CANCELLED

May 22 – 25: Balticon, Baltimore, MD. CANCELLED

November 20 – 22: Philcon, Philadelphia, CANCELLED

Oh well, maybe next year

There was a great turn out for Gamut Gallery’s opening (December 7).

Here’s my snowman, located in downtown Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania!

I will be at the Philcon convention the weekend of November 8th.

I’ll be doing a dryer lint demonstration Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m., and then at 2:00, I’ll be on a panel called “Art and Illustration for Profit” with other guests Ray Ridenour, Tess Kissinger, Mike McPhail, Luke Stelmaszek, and Stephanie Law. The description of the panel is: “Book covers? Magazine illustrations? Art shows? Commissions? Prints and posters? How does an artist make money in a genre art field?”

Philcon is an annual science fiction convention held in the Philadelphia area, where you can view great art, meet famous writers, artists, and editors, visit a great dealer’s room, and hang out with fellow nerds.

Also, here’s my latest work: Beauty!

Got a minute (literally)?  Over the summer, the filmmakers at 60 Second Docs spent a day with me and here, months later, is the interview narrowed down to only sixty seconds!

I had a great time at the Emerge Gallery in Saugerties, New York for the opening for their show with art about the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. My “Abbey Road” piece is featured there.

I’ll be at Emerge Gallery in Saugerties, New York on August 3rd from 5 – 8 for the opening of their show “(All You Need Is) Satisfaction” with artwork inspired by The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. My Abbey Road piece will be featured. Saugerties is a cute little town near Woodstock, and I really like the gallery. If you’re in the area, please stop by!

Also, I just finished my latest work, a cat tribute to the Frazetta piece I recently did of the Egyptian Queen.

The web page The Spruce mentioned me today!  In an article called “6 Creative Ways to Reuse Laundry Dryer Lint” they said:  “You may not become as accomplished as Heidi Hooper, the professed “Andy Warhol of Dryer Lint”, but here are six creative ways to reuse and recycle something that is usually just thrown away.

My latest piece of “artist selfies” is Frank Frazetta’s “Egyptian Queen” with Frank looking on from above. Frank lived in my town of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (where his family runs his museum). Sadly, I never got to meet him, but I became friends with his son Bill who runs Frazetta’s Costume Shop in town (which is of course decorated with lots of Frazetta artwork). Bill gave me permission to do this piece, and here’s a picture of us posing with it (as well as the pencil sketch I did beforehand) in his store!  Click on the picture for a larger view.

I’ll be a guest artist at the Balticon convention in Baltimore this weekend (May 24 – 27). I’ll have work in the art show and will be on a few discussion panels about costuming. Here’s my schedule!

Tools for Crafting: What’s Worth It? (Friday 6pm) With Pavlina Gardner (moderator), Dame Dahlia, Karen Schnaubelt, Heidi Hooper. Tools can get very expensive, and costumers and crafters need a lot of them. Which items are worth a splurge, which should you buy on sale, and which can you get for free?

Fabric Embellishment (Saturday 3pm) With Carol Salemi, Alanna Whitestar, Heidi Hooper. Embellishment is one way to make a costume really pop on stage and adds depth when seen up close. Come learn about beads, rhinestones, soutache, and other techniques for enhancing your look.

From Design to Reality (Sunday 11am) With Gaia Eirich (moderator), Betsy Marks Delaney, Lisa Ashton, Alanna Whitestar, Heidi Hooper. How to select patterns, pick appropriate fabrics, and other skills required for turning two-dimensional idea into a three-dimensional object.

Working With Difficult Materials (Monday 10am) With Pavlina Gardner, Leslie Johnston, Karen Schnaubelt, Gaia Eirich, Heidi Hooper. Fear not leather, pleather, velvet, or lace; use cardboard, cork board and feet that pace! Panelists will divulge secrets to handling difficult materials.

 
I won second place in the Pocono Arts Council’s show today.

I met Isaac Asimov a few times. The first was at a convention where I was wearing a very revealing costume. We were on the elevator together and he spent the entire time staring at my boobs.

Anyway, here’s my tribute to him! I used gray lint as the Foundation. (Get it?)

Mel Brooks points to me while standing in front of my work

I have just found out that my work has been accepted for the Wayne Art Center’s annual juried show, which will have its opening on Sunday, March 31st. They accepted my Wonder Woman piece as well as my Toulouse Latrec piece (the one that was seen on “To Tell The Truth“). I hope to see some of you there!  (EDIT:  Someone purchased the Toulouse Latrec piece at the show!)

I have just been informed that I have been accepted for the Art League of Rhode Island’s juried show “Twisting Fibers” which will run from March 8 through May 8 at Gallery 175 in Pawtucket. I am told that my piece “Dali #3” was selected over 388 other submissions. The reception and Award Ceremony will be on March 14 from 5:30 to 8:00, and I plan to be there.

Virginia Commonwealth University, where I received my Bachelors in Fine Arts, has a nice article about me in their newsletter this week!