<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><strong style="color: #333365; "><div><span style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d96628833010537014e51970b-800wi.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Natalia Fabia, “Hooker DreamEscape”" class="at-xid-6a00e5537d96628833010537014e51970b " src="/images/old/6a00e5537d96628833010537014e51970b-350wi.jpg" style="width: 350px; " /></a> <br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; "><a href="http://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com/#/home/" target="_blank">Corey Helford Gallery</a></span></strong><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;has been displaying some of the sexiest paintings by far and this time they&#0160;</span><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">will be presenting&#0160;</span><strong style="color: #333365; "><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">“Hooker DreamEscape”,</span></strong><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;a series of new works by Los Angeles artist&#0160;</span><strong style="color: #333365; "><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">Natalia Fabia</span></strong><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">. Following her widely acclaimed 2008 exhibition,&#0160;</span><strong style="color: #333365; "><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">“Hooker Safari”</span></strong><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">, Fabia’s second solo show at the Gallery continues her tales of&#0160;seduction by revealing the forbidden desires and secret fantasies of her modern-day belle de jours. Providing tongue-in-cheek “dream-escapes” with jewel-toned forests and candy-colored landscapes, the artist creates the ideal environment for her bold seductresses to indulge themselves in life’s little pleasures. As one siren is discovered capriciously binging on pizza in a child’s room, another quietly relaxes alone in a pool at midnight, enjoying a cigarette. Fabia’s unique style evolves for&#0160;</span><strong style="color: #333365; "><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">“Hooker</span></strong><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;</span><strong style="color: #333365; "><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">DreamEscape”,</span></strong><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;capturing a more heightened realism in this collection of oil-on-panel works, topped off, as always, by the artist’s signature glitter veneer. The exhibition will also feature a limited edition of fifteen Lucite chandeliers, each baroque design elegantly displaying custom charms and hand-signed and numbered by the artist. The reception for&#0160;</span><strong style="color: #333365; "><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">“Hooker DreamEscape”&#0160;</span></strong><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 13px; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; ">is open to the public, and will take place on Saturday, February 21 from 7 to 10pm. The show will be on view until March 14, 2009. You know we had to tell you about this especially since the paintings have beautiful women in them. See more pics on the next page.&#0160;</span></span></p><div><span style="color: #111111; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span></div>  <!--more--> <p><br /><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d96628833010537014f0f970b-800wi.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Natalia Fabia, “Hooker DreamEscape”" class="at-xid-6a00e5537d96628833010537014f0f970b " src="/images/old/6a00e5537d96628833010537014f0f970b-350wi.jpg" style="width: 350px; " /></a> </p> 