New Guest Artist  Aely Witte

 

  We have a new guest artist from May 1 through May 31, 2013. Her work is hanging in the gallery now. She definitely has a different type of exhibit than I have had in the gallery before.

 

"SL or RL? " exhibit..

I am glad to provide the artist a chance to show some of her art. This is a new exhibit by an artist showing her photographic art for the first time in Second Life.

Aely Witte is an accomplished model, producer and director in SL. She is also a content creator.  In RL she is a street photographer.  Her art is a form of photojournalism where intimately, usually from only several meters,  she captures real people in their moments of joy, love, sadness, excitement and their special acts of being "human".  "SL or RL?" is a comparative exhibit of how similar our virtual and human uniqueness is.

So can you tell which photographs are Second Life and which are Real Life?

 

Aely Witte currently does not have a gallery or gallery space elsewhere here in sl. This exhibit will determine if she wants to have a space.

So buy some of her art if you are able to.

 

Also all proceeds from Aely's art sales will be donated to the Epilepsy Foundation.

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/

 

 

 

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Guest Artist Shangreloo Kuhn Exhibit

Shangreloo Kuhn exhibits her art for 1 month.

We have the Fabulous Fantasy art of Shangreloo Kuhn on display as our guest artist this month. She creates fantasy art of unrivaled skill to share with us. Some of this art has never been seen in SL before. The exhibit starts today April 1st and runs through April 30th.


We are having an exhibit party with live music by the talented writer performer Capos Calderwood aka Alex Whitmore Alex Whitmore.com.


Please come and take a peak at the exhibit, let the fantasy engulf you for a night of enjoyment, great music, friends dancing and food. If you can't come by tonight, please stop by sometime during the month. Our guest artist has posted to her blog which can be read here. http://shangreloo.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/opening-today-at-emmalena-damours-gallery/

Easter Egg Hunt and new areas for artists

Wow things have been changing around here! With the winter version of the Summer Sunrise and Sunsets Hunt over with we are onto new ventures.

First of all I have acquired the land next to the /gallery and have added 2 buildings for artist rental or other vendor rental. There are 8 new spaces to rent. Here is a photo.


Gallery Annex at Rivendale Horan
There is already one space rented out, besides the 2 spaces I am using for the Frame shop and for household and miscellaneous items.

We also have an Easter Egg hunt going on.

The hunt is for the egg itself. There are 16 different designer eggs. All of them have original textures. Most of them can be used all year in a display. Some of them say "Happy Easter". There are also 3 different egg holders to display your eggs. The pewter one, the walnut one and the cherry wood holder. One of the eggs contains a pewter holder, which is copy and transfer, so you can display any of the eggs you find.The Hunt goes through Easter Sunday. Below is an idea of what you are looking for. Each egg is $1L.


We hope to see you soon!

There is a new hunt for the gallery coming up. I will be organizing a new hunt in the next 6 weeks. Summer Sunrise and Sunsets On The Equator!

You can access more information on the hunt at: Summer Sunrise and Sunsets Of The Equator

It has been a long time since I took the time to blog. I apologize for my neglect. I have been very busy. I have been learning and creating. Though the creating is the best part. I haven't actually painted an acrylic in quite some time, though I replaced old paint a couple of months ago. So last Sunday I put down a drop cloth, put a canvas on an easel, and started to paint. The painting is called "Dawn Of The Storm", which I will show you below. I am so excited about the new art that can be seen at the Gallery or at my RL website. "Carman Turner Fine Art"  I will also be displaying one digital Fractal paintng, called "Flowers In Vase". My secret identity has been revealed! Hehe! You will see that my real name is displayed on some of the art in SL, as well as my Avatar name.

"Dawn Of The Storm"

"Flowers In Vase"

I have a website for my RL art and photography and you too can get your own website by clicking through the advertisement below.

It has been an interesting month for the gallery and me. From the Lilith Cates exhibit opening party, to the Summer Sunrise and Sunset hunt and then to an addition to the gallery for unique frames which I am now designing and making for sale.
To start off I am posting just a few of the opening photos.

Our Artist Lilith and Jonatar	MJ Rainforest our DJ
A crowded Gallery	People having fun
Emma (Me)

I have been a busy Curator and Artist. I found a cool program in SL that pre-configures Blender. The program is Jass and it takes blender and adds the python scripts and primstar all into one very easy to use program for creating sculpty for SL. I then have been taking the tutorials that are available by having primstar and Jass. The results are amazing. I have had Blender installed on both of my computers for a long time, but have been totally clueless as to how to use it. The 2 tutorials I previously took are for people that already have an idea as to what the program is. Installing the python scripts into Blender was not clearly explained and I felt unqualified to do it on my own after several attempts. Jass made it really easy, as all was done for me on installation. So, with just a couple of tutorials I was able to do what I have been wanting to do. Make some frames for sale in the gallery. I also was playing around with a sculpt torus and made what was looking like a shark, so I continued manipulating it. The result was a 4 prim sculpture with 3 sculpt and one regular prim. Not bad for a first attempt at sculptures. It is near the landing point in the gallery.
Emmalena Damour's Art Gallery and Photo Studio

Below are a couple of photos of the Frame Shop I added to the gallery and the Shark Sculture which I appropriately named Jumping Through Fire!

The new Frame Shop addition.	One of the new frames.
Another of the new frames.	Many frames available.
Heart Frame	Jumping Through Fire

News at the Gallery!
Finally starting with guest artists again. Since I now own the land at this location I am starting the guest artists back up. When I was renting the land I could not use SL Events to post exhibits, so I gave up on having guest artists. Now I am once again in full swing with guest artists. I am also organizing a hunt. The hunt is called the Summer Sunrise and Sunset Hunt. The hunt starts on July 15 and goes through August 15th.
Summer Sunrise and Sunset Hunt Blog
My new guest artist, Lilith Cates will be hanging her work on Thursday July 5, 2012. She will be hanging RL artwork that has been adapted to be hung in Second Life. I have seen some of this work and it is exhilarating! There will be a party for the exhibit on Tuesday July 10th at 6pm SLT. I hope to see you all there.Emmalena Damour's Art Gallery


This is a quote from Lilith's Bio!
"I have been creating all different forms of art for over 30 years.
I use many different art forms Drawing, painting, chalks, photography, wood carving, marble carving, pottery,  and many other types of creative outlets.

I am inspired by the universe... "

Here is some of Lilith's Art.