Chip on Loan from Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce

"Chip" greets visitors by the door to Building 1 with a friendly neigh.Champion Chip, a life-size fiberglass horse decorated with computer chip parts and circuits will be at GW until mid-March.

He is part of an exhibit called “Horsing Around Loudoun,” which is a countywide, outdoor arts project initiated by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce in celebration of Loudoun’s longstanding equine tradition. Local artists have transformed 25, life-size fiberglass horse sculptures into unique works of art. The works of art have been placed in public locations around the county and will remain on display until a gala auction on March 25.

Champion Chip was painted by Penny Hauffe. She grew up in South West Africa (now Namibia) where she expressed her enthusiasm for art by painting clothes on her toy bunny and shoes onto her bare feet. Encouraged by family and friends over the years, she attended art classes in California and the United Kingdom. Hauffe began her freelance art career in the United States in 1997 and has been busy painting ever since. Hauffe’s other work can be seen at www.pennypaint.com.

More information about “Horsing Around Loudoun” can be found online at: http://horsingaroundloudoun.org/