Foox
April 5th, 2008
Art Whino opens the doors of its new second location at the National Harbor
with:
FOOX: The art of David and Jessica Foox
Alexandria, V.A. Art Whino
(www.artwhino.com) Art Whino
opens the doors of its new second location at the National Harbor with: FOOX:
The art of David and Jessica Foox, April 5th, 2008 from 6pm to Midnight at our
new location. The event is FREE and open to the public.
The exhibition
will run through April 19th from 10 am – 10 pm from Monday – Saturday, and Noon
– 6pm Sundays.
This grand opening event will be from 6pm – Midnight, and
also feature music from DJ Lil'e. Join us for an evening of exceptional art,
great music
Art Whino’s new address of its second location:
173
Waterfront Street,
National Harbor, MD
20745
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David Foox
Mr Foox creates art for the love of
beautiful things, hidden messages and meanings, and all that is
magical.
"My goal is to overwhelm the mind with images and colors that
swim with each other and throughout the canvas or board. I have adopted an
approach that is part anime, part pop, and part old skool shading. Being color
blind myself has simply meant using stronger contrasts in shading and more reds
and browns. It also means that while something looks well shaded to me, it must
REALLY pop for anyone else with normal vision! My inspiration comes from: the
number "8", dragons, graf lettering, inane politics, time and space travel, good
kicks, acrylics, the color "ice blue", and loud music. Thanks for reading this
far." Mr Foox resides and creates in Dallas Texas with his wife and partner
Jessica and their Wheaton terrier Stetson. Together they continue to create a
prolific body of work for representative galleries and people that ask nicely.
Mr Foox loves his art the way he loves his Texas steak - well done champ. Born
in South Africa but reared in New Zealand, Mr Foox makes quite the Texas
transplant.
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Jessica Foox
I was born in Hadley, MA in the 80's. I
grew up surrounded by a mixed Euro-Mediterranean heritage. Growing up with such
contrasting cultures and surroundings has greatly influenced my art. I started
with simple monochrome sketchings. I would always draw humans - mostly the
female form. I think being one myself (human and female that is) made me feel
more comfortable making pictures of them.
After studying art therapy and
working in the field, I decided to leave this career path and pursue painting
full time. In short, I started doing what I love.
Street art played an
enormous role in why I started painting - because it allowed me to add color to
my drawings. Teaching yourself to paint and to create your own reality on each
canvas is one of the greatest joys an artist can experience. It may have taken
me longer than most, but I was born an artist. When my husband David and I met
and started working together- we both new it was our dream and we dropped all of
our extra baggage to fully get into it.
I don't limit myself to
painting any specific thing, but looking at my work anyone can see that I paint
a lot of human creatures. I feel like being a human allows my mind to work very
intimately with the subject on my canvas. Limbs, musculature, flesh, hair,
breasts, and even feet - they all fascinate me. I love painting the human body.
It is a vessel we are all given to roam around in. I love to explore ideas of
human consciousness, awareness, dreamlike states, and emotion in my paintings.
Being exposed vulnerable sensual and whimsical. Painting on a clean canvas is
like creating my own dreams without sleeping. If you can dream it, it will come.
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Black Cats Resident
DJ Lil'e
Black Cats Resident DJ Lil'e, aka Erin Myers,
specializes in rare extended mixes and one-hit wonders whose names have been
swallowed by time. Remember Flesh for Lulu, Kon Kan or Anything Box? But Lil'e
does not sacrifice a solid dance floor just to showcase her extensive record
collection.
Lil'e, 32, who started "Right Round" in 2002, focuses on
skillful mixing, but she still finds a few moments of each song to step back
from her mixer and do a little dancing herself. When she plays at other venues
such as Felix or Saint-Ex, Lil'e strays far from the '80s, breaking out
underground hip-hop, big beat and assorted
electronica.
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Art Whino's Grand
Opening of its second location at the National Harbor
We are pleased to announce we will be opening a
second Art Whino location in the prestigious new National Harbor Waterfront
Development. Click here for more
information on the development. This new location will be open 7 days a week. It
will have expanded hours from 10am-10pm and late hours on Fridays and Saturdays
and plans for a wine bar.
http://www.nationalharbor.com
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