Suzume Zuki and Pieni: a new duo exhibit at Raglan Tree Gallery for April-May of 2017

Raglan Tree Gallery

There is a new duo exhibit at Raglan Tree Gallery for April-May of 2017. The gallery is curated by Panacea Pangaea and the posters were made by her using our profile images.

Suzume Zuki

Suzume Zuki is a very talented illustrator, whose fan I have been for a while now. Her drawings show a lot of skill, and her themes are sure to capture the imagination. Some of her pieces are exclusive for this exhibit. She has a permanent booth in Galleria Kakku and has had several exhibits in Second Life. In real life her works have been featured on products such as calendars. Follow her on Flickr and check out her awesome SL pictures!

Pieni

I have a few of my drawings up, and each of them are first shown at this exhibit. One of my drawings, called Pink Bunny, is a 100% donation item to help with Louise's Cancer Treatment. As you may know, I own Galleria Kakku and have exhibited in Raglan Shire before, during the annual Art Walk and at the tree gallery.

Wild

Details:

Shoes: Empire: Lunaria, Luxebox
Hair: Moon: Tessellate, Luxe Box
Dress: Scandalize: Labins,Yellow, Tres Chic
Eyes: Song: Nash, The Kawaii Project
Nails: Alaskametro: Tropics/Gold, Chrome French
Skin: Imabee: Stigma, Danae, Skin Fair
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body - Lara
Head: Catwa: Kimberly
Shape: my own

Pose: Verocity: Into the Woods 2, ITW Hunt #24
Location: MetaLES ..O.. ArT Virtual Space: Wild Lost Line by Morlita Quan
Windlight: region

Sea of Dreams

Over the edge of the purple down,
   Where the single lamplight gleams,
Know ye the road to the Merciful Town
   That is hard by the Sea of Dreams – 
Where the poor may lay their wrongs away,
   And the sick may forget to weep?
But we – pity us! Oh, pity us!
   We wakeful; ah, pity us! –
We must go back with Policeman Day – 
   Back from the City of Sleep!

Weary they turn from the scroll and crown,
   Fetter and prayer and plough – 
They that go up to the Merciful Town,
   For her gates are closing now.
It is their right in the Baths of Night
   Body and soul to steep,
But we – pity us! ah, pity us!
   We wakeful; oh, pity us! –
We must go back with Policeman Day –
   Back from the City of Sleep!

Over the edge of the purple down,
   Ere the tender dreams begin,
Look – we may look – at the Merciful Town,
   But we may not enter in!
Outcasts all, from her guarded wall
   Back to our watch we creep:
We – pity us! ah, pity us!
   We wakeful; ah, pity us! –
We that go back with Policeman Day –
   Back from the City of Sleep!

(The City of Sleep by Rudyard Kipling 1865–1936)

Details:

Hair: No Match: No Other, Hello Tuesday
Shoes: Hilly Haalan: Lila Pumps, Hello Tuesday
Shirt: Ricielli: Anika, Hello Tuesday
Lipstick: Glam Affair: Medison, Catwa, SET 4, Kustom9 gacha
Eyebrows: Oo Yuki: Vor Brows 04, Catwa, Kustom9 gacha
Skirt: Entice: My Happy Ending, Black, Tres Chic
Earrings: Slackgirl: Viper, Designer Circle gift
Skin: 7 Deadly Skins: Tessie, chestnut, omega, Designer Circle gift
Eyes: Inkheart: Soul, Mandala Blue, World Tour 2017 hunt
Nails: La Boheme: Imbolc, Skin Fair gift
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body - Lara
Head: Catwa: Kimberly
Shape: my own

Pose: IOS: Aishka Pose 2 R, old Color Me
Location: Ocho Tango Place
Windlight: region

Another lazy day

Details:

Blouse: Tres Blah: Relaxed, Maitreya, Black, C88
Boots: Bueno: Ana, Black, C88
Hair: Emotions: Ulrika, The Liaison Collaborative
Eyes: Yeux: Lucia, Ocean Dark, Swank
Nails: Nailed It: Basics, Skin Set, Swank
Skin: Pumec: March 7, The Chapter Four
Leggings: Ricielli: Leather Leggings, Cosmopolitan
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body - Lara
Head: Catwa: Kimberly
Shape: my own

Pose: Marukin: Plain: Another lazy day 2, C88

Location: Digital Art - Cammino e Vivo Capovolto, Retrospect

Side by Side: Derry McMahon and Bear Silvershade

Windlight: Fairy Light Pink, Paulina

There are great exhibits side by side by Derry McMahon and Bear Silvershade at Raglan Tree Gallery, until end of March, 2017.

They of course exhibit side by side at Galleria Kakku, too, having secured permanent booths right from the start of the gallery. Both have very recognizable styles. And it is no surprise that they are storytellers as well as artists.

 Bear is a photojournalist in real life and has been known to read stories at the  Seanchai Library.

Derry founded the library in 2008, when it was known as the WOI Library. Now retired from her work there as a librarian and a storyteller, she has become known as a very talented SL photographer.

I also found their shops at Heron Shire Warf. Getting lost in their images is a journey worth taking.

Galleria Kakku artists at home and featured elsewhere

I recently blogged The MadPea International Food Fair for Feed a Smile, which is open from February 18th to 4th of March, and mentioned there were a few familiar names from Galleria Kakku among those featured at the Art Exhibit curated by Kultivate Magazine.

There are some new pieces in their booths at Galleria Kakku, so I thought I would show you.

Isis Boa said her new works were inspired by a dream. I absolutely love the intensity of her works in her booth.

Kayly Iali is showcasing her drawings, which are amazing. She says in her description, that the technique was inspired by the Drawing Demonstration of Costa Vavagiakis on Youtube. She also appears in this book about 5-Minute Sketches. And for good reason.

Suzume Zuki makes colorful and beautiful art which seems to come from it's own fantastic world.

Jolie has her own Art Dream gallery and is quickly becoming a name in the SL art world. I can see why.

Art at MadPea International Food Fair

The MadPea International Food Fair from February 18th to 4th of March, is full of food themed goodies, and 50% of the proceeds are going to the Feed a Smile / Live and Learn in Kenya charity that helps impoverished children in the Rhonda Slums of Nakuru, Kenya. They have live events, and so much shopping to do, that you will stay busy all day. But did you see there was an art exhibit, too? And quite a good one at that. Mad Pea really brings it, when they have events. The exhibit was curated by Kultivate Magazine, which has been involved in quite a few charity events as of late, I have noticed.

(Artists from Galleria Kakku featured at the Food Fair: Suzume Zuki, Isis Boa, Johannes1977, Jolie, Kayly Iali)

I first heard of this event, when Suzume Zuki told me she had been accepted as one of the artists. Her beautiful art has always been special to me. I had to wait a bit before I got to the fair, because I have been crashing a lot lately, in Second Life. But now that I managed a visit, I noticed they have some other great artists familiar from Galleria Kakku, too! I am so excited for them all. Take a look at all of the art, though, there are great pieces out.

The fair is huge, two sims in size. So there will be a lot for you to explore. I took a few pictures, but really it is impossible to get all of it in a few shots. This is a great charity and a fun event, and I am glad to see so many people participating. You can see the digital counter with the sum raised live on their website and at the event. It has jumped quite a bit every day, such a great job!

Drax Files has a great video on what Feed a Smile is doing in SL. Lindens may seem like small change to some but with events this size, people are really making a difference. Just 100L$ pays for a meal for one child. 

(Windlight: Dusty)

Fairy Dark

Today's location, The Forest Beyond, is an exhibit by Ceakay Ballyhoo. Inara Pey wrote a great post about it, with more details. I went to a reading at the sim by Caledonia Skytower from Seanchai Library, she is such a charismatic reader. They said there might be a second reading later on. The sim has a story you can follow, that includes many of the characters and places (just look for the rocks with "story" on them), but CK is collecting writings about it by other people, too. I liked the use of imagery and writing together. And the art is very unique in style.

Details:

Shoes: Essenz: Cordoba, Pink, Maitreya, One Billion Rising gift
Eyes: Oo Yuki: Nou Eye 10, Catwa, gacha, Kustom9
Skin: Glam Affair: Kika, Catwa, Jamaica 02, Gacha Garden
Headband: Luas: Cute & Creepy, Gacha Garden
Flowers: Naminoke: Love-in-idleness bouquet #1
Nails: CB: Shelly Valentine Nail Color, 2nd Level, dollarbie
Hair: Like: Malama, 50L promo
Outfit: Glitch: Candy, color hud, Swank
Head: Catwa: Kimberly, Bento
Body: Maitreya: Lara Mesh body
Shape: my own
Pose: Icons Of Style: Persefona #4

Location: Mistwood Isle & CKB Art Gallery - The Forest Beyond
Windlight: Fairy Dark Blue (Paulina)

Creative critters Suzume Zuki and Indigo Puddle

Suzume Zuki and Indigo Puddle

I have been meaning to post about these two pawsome artists and designers for a while now. They have so many creative ideas, and I love how fun they make their shops and everything they do. Their shops at Whispering Hearts are opposite each other. Indigo's is like a little piece of desert in a shopping mall. Suzume's is cute and sophisticated. I can not show everything in just one blog post, plus I did not want to do too many spoilers, so you should just hop inworld and check them out. Indigo's Greenhouse changes decor somewhat regularly. There is a lot of cool stuff to see, plus some surprises. Suzume has art both in the Galleria Kakku booth and upstairs of her Whispering Hearts store. Indigo has some art in his both stores. The Raglan Shire one is filled with tiny portraits, which are really fantastic.


Indigo's Shop at Whispering Hearts
Indigo's at Raglan Shire
Indigos Greenhouse
(The fox painting in the greenhouse picture is by Elinor Caiman Sands)
Indigo: My Earth dress for Dinkies
Indigo: My Earth outfit for Dinkies

Indigo: Bucket of gooooo
Indigo: Tiny portraits

Suzume Zuki (stores only open until 10th of February, please hurry!)
Mainstore
Whispering Hearts store
Green Skull Boots for Dinkies
Blue Dotty Boots for Dinkies
Dinkie Stockings Stripe/White/Bright
Top and Star Leggings / pink
Comic Pow Top (with color hud)
Happy Animal Leggings for Dinkies

Strawberry Seat
Panda Beanbags
Doughnut Seat for Tinies & Dinkies

Suzume Zuki at Galleria Kakku (her gallery booth stays)

Avatars: dinkies at Tiny Inc.

Windlight: TOR Scifi Wild Palms

When I do count the clock that tells the time

When I do count the clock that tells the time, 
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; 
When I behold the violet past prime, 
And sable curls all silver’d o’er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves 
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer’s green all girded up in sheaves 
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard, 
Then of thy beauty do I question make, 
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake
And die as fast as they see others grow; 
   And nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence
   Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence. 

Sonnet 12: When I do count the clock that tells the time by William Shakespeare

Details:

Skin: Pumec: Lucky Letter 1, group lucky board
Hair: Elua: Micah, Black pack, The Mens Dept
Earrings: Doe: Heartbeat, The Gacha Garden
Eyes: Song: Mao: Brown, The Gacha Garden
Shoes: G&D: Hart to Hart, Suede, pink, Hello Tuesday
Pants: Vision: S&F Jeans, Beatrice, Dark Gray, Hello Tuesday
Nails: Livia: Valentine, Truth or Dare 2
Sweater: KC: Cassie
Head: Catwa: Kimberly, Bento
Body: Maitreya: Lara Mesh body
Shape: my own

Pose: IOS: Aishka Pose 2 R, old Color Me

Location: Exhibit by River Eden at Vision of Beauty Art Complex
Windlight: Bryn Oh's Bluniverse

A lovely mile

Details:

My own heart let me more have pity on; let
Me live to my sad self hereafter kind,
Charitable; not live this tormented mind
With this tormented mind tormenting yet.
I cast for comfort I can no more get
By groping round my comfortless, than blind
Eyes in their dark can day or thirst can find
Thirst's all-in-all in all a world of wet.

Soul, self; come, poor Jackself, I do advise
You, jaded, let be; call off thoughts awhile
Elsewhere; leave comfort root-room; let joy size
At God knows when to God knows what; whose smile
's not wrung, see you; unforeseen times rather — as skies
Betweenpie mountains — lights a lovely mile.

My own heart let me more have pity on by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Skin: Essences: CorrieD02, #10, gacha
Eyes: Inkheart: Soul, Brown Sugar (Thanks InkHeart!)
Jacket: L&B Swear: Zipp Leather Jacket, Womens, Oxblood
Shoes: ChicChica: Laurinda Noir, The Gacha Garden
Jewellery: Bubble: Crystal Amulet Set, The Gacha Garden
Pants: Paper Arrow: Cuffed Cordyroy pants, FLF
Hair: Clawtooth: Up and Away Essentials Pack, FLF
Nails: Nail Me: Mmm Coffee, Ball of Yarn Hunt

Pose: Icons Of Style: Persefona #1

Windlight: Annan Adored Light Explosion II
Location: Elin Egoyan exhibit at Paris Metro Art Gallery

Two new artists at Galleria Kakku

I am very excited about two new artists at Galleria Kakku. Both are first time exhibitors in Second Life, and both show so much talent! Their booths are on the third floor of the gallery.

 Isis Boa: Galleria Kakku, Flickr

Lolo: Galleria Kakku

Odette

Details:

Hair: Ayashi: Nobuko, Black set, Men Only Monthly
Skirt and belt: Avale: Odette, Tres Chic
Top: Apple Heart Inc.: Lara C. Outfit, 2nd Level Exclusive
Boots: E-Clipse Design: Narcotic Dope Combats, Maitreya, Black, Shiny Shabby
Skin: Pumec: May #14, gacha, Shiny Shabby
Crown: NeverWish: Crown, Black, Vintage Gacha gift

Headdress: Bite&Claw: Ionna Circlet, Black, Vintage Gacha gift

Choker: Junbug: Dragonfly, Beryl, Vintage Gacha gift
Nails: Alme: Glam Winter, Gold, On9

Eyes: Song: Miau, Earth Eye, The Kawaii Project

Pose: Serendipity: Cute doll pose pack 1/3, 2nd Level Gift

Location: Theda Tammas installation at Art Project / Blue Orange (Closed door from the metro station)

A visit to the Layachi Art Gallery

Silas Merlin introduced me to a fantastic artist called Layachi Ihnen, whose exhibit "Visions éphémères ...  éphémeral visions" at  Layachi Art Gallery opened today and will be open for two weeks. I find his use of acrylic painting and digital technologies together to be intriguing. You should also visit his main gallery here.

I Broke the Spell

I broke the spell that held me long,
The dear, dear witchery of song.
I said, the poet’s idle lore
Shall waste my prime of years no more,
For Poetry, though heavenly born,
Consorts with poverty and scorn.

I broke the spell–nor deemed its power
Could fetter me another hour.
Ah, thoughtless! how could I forget
Its causes were around me yet?
For wheresoe’er I looked, the while,
Was Nature’s everlasting smile.

Still came and lingered on my sight
Of flowers and streams the bloom and light,
And glory of the stars and sun; –
And these and poetry are one.
They, ere the world had held me long,
Recalled me to the love of song.

“I Broke the Spell That Held Me Long” by William Cullen Bryant

Details:

Shoes: Empire: Alchemic, Luxe box January
Hair: Lamb: Widowspeak, Luxe box January
Top: Foxes: Luxe box outfit, January
Tattoo: Nanika: Mehendi henna tattoo, Cosmetic Faire gift
Nails: Kokolores: Light Nude Nails, Omega, Cosmetic Faire
Pants: MayCreations: mesh laced pants, black leather (older mesh, try demo!)
Skin: Pumec: Exclusive skin gift, Catwa applier, The Crossroads
Eyes: Lotus: Starry eyes, Brown, The Chapter Four gift

Pose: Highway65: Model Collection 9

Location: Maymay Matova's Art Island
Maymay has a Special Exhibit at Galleria Kakku currently, until end of February. She also has a shop at Whispering Hearts, near the exhibit, and a regular booth  at the gallery.

Windlight: Annyka's Soft Lavender Day

The kindest use a knife

Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Lust,
Some with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.

from The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

Details:

Skin: Pumec: Albino, group gift (group join 99L)
Eyes: Sintiklia: Frozen, Gift
Dress: Kaithleen's: T-Shirt, Blue, Hello Tuesday
Hair: Analog dog: Charlotte, The Gacha Gardians Gift
Nails: Livia: Crescent-Glitter Free Demo [Slink/Omega/Maitreya]
Scarf : Orquidea: Snowflake, gift
Shoes: LRD: October 2014 Females Short Boots, group gift
Ring: Zenith: Boho , Tear, group gift
Tights: E&O: color Tight turqoise, Maitreya, Color Me Project gift
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Atooly: Atoji 004, The Gacha Guardians
Location: Blue Orange Club and Art Project (artwork in the backround by in inaka and Gitu Aura)
Windlight: region

Pictures: 6th of January, 2017 The opening of the Special Exhibit of Maymay Matova at Galleria Kakku

6th of January, 2017 The opening of the Special Exhibit of Maymay Matova at Galleria Kakku with Miss Longtail and DJ Story. The Pictures. (Main location for Galleria Kakku here).