"Yellowstone" at Westover Library, Arlington, Virginia, August 15 - September 30, 2017

Curated by Greg Embree, this was DJ Choupin's first curated show, which transferred to the Westover Library after 3 months on exhibit at the Cherrydale Library. The website cherrydalelibrary.org said "Cherrydale Library's current photo exhibit includes some spectacular wintertime photographs of sections of Yellowstone National Park accessible only by snowmobile." Mr. Embree also made art-quality prints of the included photos, which he matted and framed. His captions for this curated show add interest and context to the photos.

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Lodgepole Pines

Lodgepole pine forests cover 80 percent of the total forested areas in Yellowstone National Park. Lodgepole pine is named for its common use as structural poles for the Native American tipi shelter. A typical tipi is constructed using 15 to 18 pines. The long, straight, and lightweight characteristics of the species made it ideal for horse transport by the buffalo-hunting nomadic tribes of the Great Plains. Tribes made long journeys across the plains to acquire lodgepole pines, which grew only in mountainous areas.
---Greg Embree, curator

"If you are on your way out the south entrance of Yellowstone in winter, you get treated to this mesmerizing line of lodgepole pine trees on a straight stretch of roadway...all over-the-snow."
---DJ Choupin

Note: Artists contribute 20% of sales made during their exhibit to the Friends of the Arlington County Library, to help support Library programming.