Suzume Zuki, Kayly Iali and Silas Merlin featured at Small World Art Gallery

Suzume Zuki recently joined Galleria Kakku and is now showcasing at a new gallery as well! She sent me the landmark and soon as I had a free moment I hopped over for a look. You may know her works from Art Walk, and her recent exhibit at Raglan Shire Tree Gallery. She has a gallery of her own by her store in Raglan Commons.

This new showcase of hers will not disappoint. I was glad to see such a sizable selection of her works.

Small World Art Gallery is owned and curated by Mikey Jefford. It had it's official opening on June 4th, 2016. There is plenty of space on land level and in the sky. You can find both 2D and 3D works of art.

The gallery has been already blogged by two big art bloggers Ziki Questi and Inara Pey, Questi being one of the featured artists herself.

I did find some other familiar names, too. Silas Merlin has a beautiful location for his art with a view out to the garden from one window and towards the sea from another. A new selection of his works always brings pleasant surprises. You can find both his sculptures and paintings here.

The industrial look of the gallery building really makes the earthy colors of the paintings by Kayly Iali pop. Plenty of light to show all the every day treasures she makes so inviting for us. She is constantly producing new works and I recommend you follow her real life blog to keep up to date.

Make sure to visit both the landlevel and the skybox galleries. And look around as some of the sculptures are on the grounds and around the public spaces.

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Today 1pm SLT at Gallery 24: Miss Longtail live for the reception for Ieko Catnap!

Today Sunday May 21st, 1pm SLT at Gallery 24, curated by Kayly Iali, Miss Longtail is singing live for the reception for Ieko Catnap! This will be a lovely event.

Pictures in my personal album.

Second post about Art Walk: Kimly Crystal, Kayly Iali, Etherea Parrott, RedGoddess

(Art Walk 2016 post 1 here).

I have to start my second post about Art Walk with a personal note. I absolutely adore the work Kimly Crystal did. These images are full of color, depth and imagination. And I am not just saying that because she is my SL sister and will tickle my footpaws. Neither do I say it just because she used me as a model. I did love getting my fancy art gallery owner mustache in the close up. Her art is by the Theatre doorway on left.

Kayly Iali's works are to the right of the theatre door, towards the back, on the exterior wall. Her watercolors and calligraphy are excellent. As you know she is a trained artist, showcasing in real life as well as in SL, and owns Gallery 24 at Avalon. I wrote a profile on her some time ago, as she is one of the artists of Galleria Kakku. I love her ability to show how special every day things and moments can be.

I always knew Etheria Parrott was a multitalented person. She was an important part of the team who built the new Raglan Shire sim and is well known for creating the dinkies. But I had not realised how amazing she is as a painter. Her works are between Kimly's and Kayly's on two levels.

I happened to see RedGoddess setting up her art, and we had a nice chat. We had met before at one of the readings at her gallery. Make sure to check out her works on one of the upper platforms. Also visit Gallery Rouge and SpeakEasy, where they have open mic poetry and story readings every Sunday at 11am SLT.

Do you know how to get around in Raglan Shire? Apart from the popular Art Walk feature, the caterpillar, you can use the slingshot. Just sit on it and click your destination in the menu that pops up. There are slingshots everywhere on the sim.

You can of course use the tour acorn as well, if it stops by near you.

Maymay Matova and Miss Longtail have an exhibit opening at Gallery 24

Two of our own artists Maymay Matova and Miss Longtail have an exhibit opening at Gallery 24 (curated by Kayly Iali) on 12th of March, 2-4 pm SLT. Live singer Miss Longtail and DJ Story provide the entertainment! The exhibit featuring real life drawings and paintings by both artists will run through March and April.

At the risk of getting tickles for going too early, I went to see if there was anything there I could show a picture of without giving too much of a spoiler. So I got a peek at the party spot for you.

And because tinies never wait for permission, of course I found Brandi Whittenton already there, browsing! Hehe. She promised to allow a picture, soon as she touched up her make up. She was plenty gorgeous before as well. ;)

Artist Profile: Kayly Iali

Kayly Iali, real name Marlene Lee, is an alla prima painter, who paints still lifes and abstracts as well as her first love: portraits. She graduated as a studio artist in 2009 from California State University at Sacramento. That same year she joined Second Life and has been exhibiting virtually since 2010. In real life she participates in art competitions and has been jurored into a couple major regional ones. She sells original paintings through Etsy.com and prints through Pixels.com. She is also a skilled calligrapher.

You should check out the real life blog, as there are amazing works there that Kayly has done. I especially loved the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, during which she produced for example these abstracts, and a bunch of portraits, including a self portrait. I do enjoy the paintings of fruit, as well, they look ready to eat.

I took some pictures of Kayly's exhibits in Second Life. Check out her information notecard inworld for more. You can get one through the signs at the galleries.


East West Galleries by Kayly Iali


Gallery 24 curated by Kayly Iali


Creations Park Art Gallery


Kayly Iali's Exhibit, Galleria Kakku


Kayly Iali's Gallery, The Raglan Shire Wharf & Coastal Fort


Kelly Yap's Art Gallery, The Boutique on the Art Walk


Kayly Iali at StarZ Art Corner


Kayly Iali at Windlight Art Gallery

Looking for a small piece of art in real life? Here is some information about Kayly's Tiny Paintings Exhibit.

"Tiny Paintings Exhibit by Kayly Iali
These paintings are only 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.
Tiny oil paintings on paper.
They are known as ACEO, Artist Cards, Editions and Originals.
They are different from Artists Tradings Cards in that they can be sold.
They are done up quickly - in an hour. I can experiment, and not really worry about making this a perfect painting. They serve as warm up exercises for the bigger paintings.
In RL they are available for purchase in my Etsy Shop".