The entrance to the
#FoxValleyMall in the far-west
#Chicago suburb of
#AuroraIllinois . Like many U.S. shopping malls, it was once a sprawling mass of indoor chain stores and the place where teens and adults would hang out. Now it has many empty shops.
Like many American malls, about half of the mall building has been demolished, and expensive "yuppie" apartment buildings have been built in that former section of the mall, with very little green space.
The city has worked hard to keep up and revitalize the remaining section of the mall. This large
#mural portrays the icon of this part of
#Illinois , called the
#FoxValley.
The artist here has done an excellent job of designing the image so that it blends with its surroundings and looks like it's coming out of the raised garden bed in front of it. The swashes of blue are symbolic imagery of the Fox River. And the repeated pattern on the nearby backdropped wall to the left of the painting is also a series of foxes.
The artist's name is Kayla Newman. A link to a time-lapse video showing her painting the mural is in the comments below.
#Art #StreetArt #FoxRiver #ShoppingMalls #Malls #Storefronts #Foxes #PixelFox #Fox #FoxArt #Retail
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