Zeeva Quintessa
This Exhibit is a successful exhibit once again. We had the part on December 5th. It was a smaller than usual turnout, may have been the time or it may have been any of a lot of different reasons.
I was quite impressed with her new work. Many of these pieces I had not seen before. I am posting 2 of the paintings here and my interpretation of what each the paintings message is.
I will talk about how I interpreted "Sometimes We Break" first, as I was drawn to this one again and again. I do not know what drew me, the colors or the different things in the painting. Finally the day of the party I verbalized what the painting said to me. With the sunset in the background and the open space, it reminded me of the end of a happy movie, where the hero rides off into the sunset and all is good. Then seeing the filmstrip broken and the curtains blowing in the wind, the couple reflected in the filmstrip and the name of the piece I got to thinking. Sometimes we break. Well the film strip was torn, so that signified the sometimes we do break. What is the deeper meaning though. "Sometimes We Break" well sometimes we as people do break, in our souls, in our hearts and in our spirit. Sometimes the happy ending portrayed in the movies never happens for many people. Sometimes life breaks our heart so bad that we can never see the happy ending and ride into the sunset. Thought provoking yes for me it is.
The last person to be at the opening party stayed and viewed the paintings with me. I had told him about what I saw in "Sometimes We Break" He said "Oh I can see that now. What do you see in the other one "Between Two Worlds"?" I stood there and looked at it. Then I saw it
The sword or dagger on the ground signifies a fight or struggle. The broken dress form, the chairs falling from the sky all signify material things. I saw the dress form as a metaphor of material. I saw a transparent woman in the background. There were birds and plants and wild things. This painting could be the struggle between the material world and the natural world. It could actually have a few different meanings. For example the struggle from being in the real world and the second life world. The struggle between being in the real world and the spiritual world. The struggle within oneself over the many things one deals with in life. Do I want to keep working hard and earning money so I can have the nice things that catch my eye, or do I want to just enjoy the natural things in life that are around me every day, and be more serene?
Both of these paintings are thought provoking to me.
An artist who can make one think so deeply by he work she shows is a very talented artist.
Zeeva is such an artist!
Here is Zeeva Quintessa's Biography, as written by Zeeva
About the artist / photographer
Rez / Birthday - July 4, 2008
My first few days in Second Life were spent playing as a “Vampire”, running around trying to suck people dry of their blood (seems very silly to me now), but it was fun at the moment for me. I was also amazed by the fashion that was being produced here, some extremely nice outfits – very much like wearable art. So needless to say the next few months I wandered around to find new stores and fun things to experience. That is how
I discovered so many different “artsy” style sims, some truly amazing builds, I was in awe. So much that I found myself spending more and more time searching these types of
areas out. The type of places you could sit at for hours, never speaking, never moving...to just be there.
As time went on, I started to photograph these sims that I had come know and love. With a little help of some personal background music my photos became a bit more complex with textures I had hand painted on the computer or in RL then uploaded. These images and the process were (still is) always an emotional experience for me, often times bringing tears to my eyes for some feeling that was brought to surface by the location, the image and the music playing at that time. My photos are mainly done for me, as it can be very therapeutic...however it was wonderful to find out others were also taking notice of some of my creations – hence the SL career launch as a photographer. I now have two galleries which showcase some of my photos and artwork. I feel very lucky to have found a calling in SL.
On my non-photo taking days I can often be found sailing or flying at the Blake Sea areas of Second Life. It’s very inspirational to me and I find a lot of peace just riding the SL winds. With so many different activities to do, I think I will be here in SL for a good bit of time, seeing what sort of trouble I can get into.
She has a couple of places where she has her work.
Zee West Gallery and Photo Studio
Z Image Gallery
MJ Rainforest -DJ-
Our DJ was MJ Rainforest (Shell-Shell) has been a DJ for a good portion of her time here in SL. She is one of the few DJ I know that will actually search out specific music at your request and set up the gig with what you want. She plays almost every type of music. She tries to appropriately match the music to the venue and the event. I am so happy to have her here, when I need her. I value the friendship I have with Shell.Below are photographs of the Party on The 5th.
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