The Artist / Scientist:

Hi, I’m David DiPaola. StoryinArt.com has been a lifetime in the making. Ever since a young age, art has been a part of my life. My earliest memories are drawing horses from the numerous Arabian horse magazines my mom had on the coffee table. At first she thought I traced the images but she quickly learned I had a unique gift. In elementary school, I really struggled early on but the bright spot on every report card was “O” for outstanding in art. In middle and high school, I took every art class I could experimenting with various compositions, techniques and media. In my senior year, I took advanced placement art and scored a perfect score on my portfolio centered around wildlife. My art teacher said I could go to any art school in the country but I felt my creativity as an artist was drained from the intense effort I dedicated to the craft. So instead, I decided to purse a career as an engineer where I merged my skills in math, science and art to design products.

In the 20 years after college I pursued a career in engineering and leadership. I was still being creative but now in the design of products and leading teams. My creativity and attention to detail set me apart as an engineer and leader which culminated in leading a successful small business as an engineering consultant and then becoming an executive leading global R&D for a large technology company. During this time, I only did one piece of art; a portrait of my wife as a Christmas gift the first year we were dating. However, along this journey I purchased a video camera and began capturing some of my travel adventures on film. On one adventure I saw the northern lights in Alaska. It was absolutely breathtaking. This started my passion for digital media.

After leaving the corporate world, I went back to consulting and purchased a higher end DSLR camera to record vlogs for my consulting business. Simultaneously, my wife had been encouraging me to get a hobby. She saw that I poured all my energy into raising our daughters, being a husband, and my profession and left no time for myself. So on our next vacation I brought the new camera and started taking photographs of the exotic animals in the safari park we visited. Instantly I was hooked.

Shortly after we returned from our trip, I decided to join a local photography club and enter their year end competition. I quickly learned this was no ordinary club and the photography was outstanding. My photos were good but simply not competition worthy. I wanted to improve so I surrounded myself with really great photographers and learned from the best. The years I spent in fine arts helped me advance quickly. I already new the essential piece of captivating the soul through the story told by a well composed work of art. Soon I began winning awards and people were asking me for prints and the story that captured the shot. This led to the creation of StoryinArt.com. As you will see from the photographs, my work is centered around the stunning beauty of nature, wildlife, landscapes, architecture, and astrophotography. This then led to videography and I now have 45 K subscribers on YouTube.