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.

Two more days left of the Maymay Matova exhibit at Galleria Kakku!

Reminder: Two more days left of the Maymay Matova exhibit at Galleria Kakku! Go quick before end of month. Meet the animals, in pictures and in person. Ice skate and spend some time. Thank you to Maymay for a happy making experience!

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.

Ricco Saenz: Black + White + Other Colors and The Photo Game

I am excited about Ricco Saenz joining Galleria Kakku. And his first exhibit is very inspiring. I find Ricco to be a very perceptive, thinking artist, who seems to have things to say with his art, every time. With these works, I am not always sure which one I prefer out of the pairs, they seem to tell a different story in the same spot. Both captivating. But I will let him tell you in his own words:

"Black + White + Other Colors is a selection of pictures taken by Ricco Saenz at 1920’s New York Project in SL. The images come in pairs, each of them in black & white and in colors. More than  just offering two options for the same photo, the idea is to provide the opportunity to examine, by comparing those versions, how colors and monochromatic shading change the perceptions that one has of those images. The exhibition opens on February 20 and runs throughout March and April at Galleria Kakku (3rd floor). Everyone is invited!"

Windlight: Places: Old New York

You may have heard of his other new project, The Photo Game, a collaboration with Boudicca Amat at the gallery located at An Uncertain Destiny. He blogged it in greater detail himself. The concept of the exhibit is that they both picked three works of art from each other's Flickr pages, and then commented on them. It was a new evolution of a project they have been doing online since September 21st, 2016.

Windlight: region

The set up is inviting. I found it lifted each artwork into focus individually, but also made them all work together nicely.

Windlight: region

I recommend commenting on the art, as it changes the experience a little. Putting your feelings into words is a challenge that makes you look at the pieces more carefully. 

Windlight: region

I like that both artists clearly took time to think about their comments. They were respectful and are clearly aware of the progress of each other as artists. One can tell they are both well versed in how to look at art.

Windlight: region

The location itself is great for a peaceful stroll. It rains, but we are not made of sugar.

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

Ruby

Detail:

Gloves and rings: Snatch: Basic Latex Gloves/All Colors, sale until Jan 31st
Dress: Junbug: Audrey Strapless, Ruby, Fifty Linden Fridays
Hair: Elikatira: Tonya, Exclusives, FLF
Shoes: Pure Poison: Felicia, FLF
Skin: Glam Affair: Natalia, Catwa, Jamaica, After Party, FLF
Eyes: Inkheart (new location!): Eternal, Galaxy, PPRS (Thanks InkHeart!)
Nails: Sweet Abigailia: Nail set - cosmetics fair gifty, Cosmetic Faire gift

Pose: Serendipity: Cute doll pose pack 2/3, 2nd Level Gift
Location: DiXmiX Gallery - online (exhibit by Cammino e Vivo Capovolto)
Windlight: Bree's Appleblossom

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

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.

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).