Windlight Quill and Pen - Volume 1, Issue 1

Windlight magazine is owned and run by Johannes1977, one of our Galleria Kakku artists. When I saw that they were collecting short stories and poems for a new literary journal, I was excited but very nervous, as I had just started writing fiction in English, and did not feel very confident. But to my absolute delight my story made it!

Windlight Quill and Pen - Volume 1, Issue 1 is now out for free as an ebook on Smashwords and on Issuu, and it will be available in Barnes and Nobles, Kobo, iTunes, and Scribed, soon.

The book was edited by John Herring, Inara Pey and Eleseren Brianna and features stories and poems by R. Crap Mariner, Eleseren Brianna, Glitterprincess Destiny, Kamille Kamala, Dawnbeam Dreamscape, Sabreman Carter, BayJoy, Judith Cullen aka Caledonia Skytower, Huckleberry Hax, Hobby Writer, Journey McLaglen aka Cindy Landers, Bryn Oh, Inara Pey, Ahn Avion, Pieni Resident, and John Herring aka Johannes1977 Resident.

Purple cat for Bri now at Galleria Kakku. Pie's Art Walk Art after event.

Art Walk is over and being taken down today. It is so sad to see it go every year.
I wanted to write a quick note about what happens to my art.

You can still donate to Help Bri with her dream to become a teacher. The 100% donation piece and the poster with the link to her GoFundMe page are at the Galleria Kakku staircase behind the poster wall.

The other few pieces I had up for Art Walk are at my little shop at Small World Art Gallery & Mall alongside my Vio series.

Veljkissa / Brother cat - The Shared Adventure 2016 at SL13B

I really recommend this new project by Instincta Van Helsinki at SL13B. The festival opens June 19th at SL noon. I was lucky to assist Instincta in the project as a location and prop manager and costume designer, so I saw the whole creative process. There is the quality and style you would expect from her, with a lot of feeling and thought put into the story the piece tells. The sounds were by Stem Van Helsinki, whom she has done many previous projects with.

Veljkissa / Brother cat - The Shared Adventure 2016 is about love:

"Welcome to the fountain of memories. This is a Story about undying love.
When someone you have a deep affection for becomes a memory, that memory will be your treasure.
That's what happened to our little guy, who never imagined his brother would be so far away.  But he knows that they will meet again in Nangijala or some other place". 

Instincta owns and runs the Valo gallery with Stem.

She also has a booth at Galleria Kakku and a sculpture on our courtyard. If you have not visited yet, now is the time!

Vio series by Pieni and opening of exhibit by Karma Weymann today 12pmSLT

I have owned Galleria Kakku for a while now and finally decided to get my act together and showcase some of my own art. I have had exhibits in Second Life before but quite sporadically. I do some art in real life, but not as much as I would like to.

Vio is a series of 22 images made by combining Second Life photography and materials such as watercolor papers on Gimp. I have also included a quote that inspired me.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I

- I took the one less traveled by,

and that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost

While I was doing a blog post about the Small World Art Gallery, I decided to rent a little shop at their mall. My series is now also available there. This place is good for visibility, so I recommend it to any artist. They have events that bring a lot of people. And plenty of great art to inspire you. (adult sim)

Today Saturday June 11th, at 12pm SLT they have the opening of an exhibit by Karma Weymann, who has not showcased in Second Life before but has quite a following on Flickr. There is going to be a dj and she is promising that these are her best works for your viewing pleasure.

Art Walk post 8: Maymay Matova, Miss Longtail, Izo Ryba, Pieni

Here are some works I found at the Barrel House for Art Walk.

Maymay's art is famous among tinies and beginning to become so among the SL art scene in general. Her happy drawings of little critters, nature and farm life make people want to fill their houses with them. I know this for a fact, as I did it at mine, and have seen several people do it. Some of her works are by her store.

She also has a spot in the hedge maze below, by a big cactus with pink flowers. Make sure to pick up her art in some real life products as well.

I sneaked in and put a few works next to hers in the Barrel House. The purple cat is a donation item to help Bri become the great teacher she is destined to be.

Miss Longtail is a great visual artist, as well as a Live Singer. She is also a popular dinkie designer. I love her unique drawing style and she has great taste in everything from how to decorate her studio to using her art in real life products. Her art is close to the bridge to Windmill house.

Last but not least, Izo Ryba did some really fun portraits of her tiny friends. She is a well known talented designer of tiny items, especially those of Japanese nature.