Thursday, December 1, 2011

Seasonal Holiday Art at the OZLAND Art Gallery - December 2011

Enjoy Seasonal Holiday artwork from our own King Sven and Queen LLola. Send holiday greetings to your family and friends with our Holiday Greeting Card Exhibit.


ALL artwork is free to BUY and share with your family and friends. Visit our exhibit at the OZLAND ART GALLERY for the month of December.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

"Inside Art" 3-D Interactive Art by Ginger Lorakeet - November 2011

Ginger Lorakeet was born in Australia but now lives in Arizona. She works out of her home on her computer and uses Photoshop to edit her artwork for SL. She spent most of her later years at school in Art and Design. During that time, she won awards for photography, design, and graphics. Since finishing school, she's continued creating art, both in and out of Second Life.

In SL she takes online art and merges it with SL animations to create "Inside Art", the name of her interactive 3D layered artwork. The SL Avatar right clicks on the artwork and chooses SIT for an immersive experience, becoming part of the artwork!!!


The idea was inspired by a technique she learned from a good friend and builder in SL. Come "immerse" yourself in her artwork the month of November, at the OZLAND Art Gallery. Make sure you take home the FREE gift she has made too!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Tarot Card Paintings by alba2 Rossini at the OZLAND Art Gallery

The OZLAND Art Gallery welcomes back Alba2 Rossini.

When she last exhibited in OZLAND back in June of 2009 she only had 14 of the Major Arcana cards painted now 2 years later she will be exhibiting all 22!

Alba lives and works in Torino, Italy. She has spent some time in the United States and Venezuela, and her time there has influenced her vision of color and composition. She prefers oil painting because of the stickiness and brightness of the medium.
Oil painting also allows her to play with brightness and volumes. Her Tarot Cards, on board, are excellent examples of how she has mastered her art.

Visit the OZLAND Art Gallery for the month of October and make sure you take home the FREE gifts that Alba has made especially for this exhibit, and enjoy her Tarot Card Oil Paintings!

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Aria's Daydreams Digital Artwork by Ariadenise Bellic at the OZLAND Art Gallery

Ariadenise Bellic lives and works out of her home in the USA. She considers herself an "artsy" person and enjoys music as well as drawing. She went to college for three years for vocal perfomance but has no formal training in drawing. She is totally self taught.

Working from her computer she uses Corel Painter and a mouse to create her Digital artwork. Her inspiration? "Just whatever pops into her brain!"

Right now she is selling her work ONLY in SL, but she would like to print and sell her work someday in RL .

Visit the OZLAND Art Gallery for the month of September and see these Digital pieces of Art. They are simple pieces of art that make a very emotional statement. Make sure you take home the FREE GIFT that Aria has made specially for vistors to the gallery.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

"Meta-Landscaping with Friends" Quilts by Karalee Larsson and Zhu Juran at the OZLAND Art Gallery

Karalee Larsson and Zhu Juran met in SL the spring of 2007 and were original members of the Quilters in SL group. Kara and Zhu have worked on several joint RL quilt projects and have exhibited on numerous occasions in SL.

Karalee Larsson appreciates anything design related from photography and fiber arts to architecture, interior design and fashion. She enjoys taking photographs and manipulating them in Photoshop; she also has a passion for creating quilts. After focusing on family and a career in libraries for numerous years, Karalee has recently been able to focus more on photography and on quilt making.

Zhu Juran originally came to SL to look into virtual quilting, and almost immediately met Kara. Being completely new to virtual worlds, her learning curve was steep to say the least. She is still learning new things in SL and hopelessly addicted to it! She has been making quilts IRL for over 15 years.

Their feature quilts, the Meta-Landscape series, were the next logical step for both: creating a RL quilt from a virtual landscape which was created entirely in SL and not altered outside of it.

Come visit the OZLAND Art Gallery, the month of August, and see their collaborative quilts and take home the free gifts they made.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Riali Sandalwood "Whimsical Critters" at the OZLAND Art Gallery July 2011

Riali Sandalwood comes from an artistic and musical family in which she was always encouraged to nurture her innate artistic abilities through drawing, painting and pottery. She lives and works as an Art/Creative Director out of Mumbai, India. She has a special love of terracotta sculpture. Riali also channeled her love for music into classical Indian carnatic music through formal vocal training. Her pictures have the vibrant colors and bold lines of woodblock prints, from which she has drawn inspiration, and are reminiscent of the fine illustrations used in high quality children's books. Her shapes also remind the viewer of the simple bold shapes associated with pottery. Come visit the OZLAND Art Gallery, the month of July, and see her Whimsical Critters and take home the free gifts she has made.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

"Thar's Gold in Them Thar Pixels" Fractal Artwork by Leonie Szczepanski

Leonie Szczepanski specializes in fractal artwork and she's been making them for the past twelve years. Essentially a fractal (google it for masses more info) is a formula which describes a natural object. Some examples are seashells, leaves, flowers, trees and cityscapes.

Using fractal graphic generators and graphics programs she creates images, then displays them as paintings. She also puts the textures on practical things as well. She found that she had already been doodling fractals before she'd even heard of them which was in the early 1990's!

Making colourful and interesting pictures is most important to Leonie. Sometimes she chooses names that are pertinent to her at the moment but usually they are fairly random! It's up to the individual viewer to decide what they envision in them. Take your cue from Rorschach inkblots!

Come and see Leonie's ALL NEW Fractal Artwork during the month of June at the OZLAND Art Gallery. Make sure you pick up the FREE GIFT that Leonie has made too.

Are "You" ready to challenge your writing skills? Then participate in our OZLAND Picture Stories writing series.  Each month a new picture will be picked, from our OZLAND Artist of the Month collection, with different themes. Your goal is to write a 500-1000 word... poem... essay... or story about the picture picked. This is a chance for you to challenge your writing skills each month. Story can be written in ANY genre... sci fi... romance... ghost... fantasy... fiction... non-fiction... biography... mystery... historical... whatever your writing genre... feel free to experiment. More Information 

Monday, May 2, 2011

PaliantArt Drawings by Sandralee Palianta in the OZLAND Art Gallery

Sandralee Palianta lives in Arizona where she loves to draw with Sharpie Markers and has even been accepted by the Sharpie Pen company to be in their "Sharpie Showcase" on their corporate website. She is proficient with all major graphics software programs and even enjoys Photography.

Her work in SL includes an exhibit at the Gateway Galleries. She has created paintings that are her own interpretations of the symbols that are part of theme The Perfect Form in Star Journey. She depicts the energies of the Star of Austerity and Star of Independence, also other symbols including The Field and The Fog. Her artwork is cleverly executed with Sharpie markers and many with the bold use of color.

These and other artistic drawings of Sandralee's can be seen the month of May at the OZLAND Art Gallery.

Make sure you pick up the FREE GIFT that Sandralee has made.



Are "You" ready to challenge your writing skills? Then participate in our OZLAND Picture Stories writing series.  Each month a new picture will be picked, from our OZLAND Artist of the Month collection, with different themes. Your goal is to write a 500-1000 word... poem... essay... or story about the picture picked. This is a chance for you to challenge your writing skills each month. Story can be written in ANY genre... sci fi... romance... ghost... fantasy... fiction... non-fiction... biography... mystery... historical... whatever your writing genre... feel free to experiment. More Information 

Friday, April 1, 2011

ARTE MERVA Paintings Exhibit - April 2011

Merva  lives in Switzerland where she has studied art, worked for an advertizing agency, and had her own air brush painting studio. She has traveled to many places all over the world with her artwork, and is now painting again concentrating on intuitive spiritual artwork from her life experiences.

"There is one earth, many realities, lots of different truths. But there is only one universal reality. In there lies the secret of contentment."

Her art intentionally comes without any description so that the viewer has the opportunity to make their own interpretation. Come see these artistic paintings the month of April at the OZLAND Art Gallery and make some interpretations of your own.

Make sure you pick up the FREE GIFT that Merva has made.




Are "You" ready to challenge your writing skills? Then participate in our OZLAND Picture Stories writing series.  Each month a new picture will be picked, from our OZLAND Artist of the Month collection, with different themes. Your goal is to write a 500-1000 word... poem... essay... or story about the picture picked. This is a chance for you to challenge your writing skills each month. Story can be written in ANY genre... sci fi... romance... ghost... fantasy... fiction... non-fiction... biography... mystery... historical... whatever your writing genre... feel free to experiment. More Information

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

"Crossing Thresholds" Acrylic Collages by Trill Zapatero - March 2011

Trill's paintings are travel collages or maps of journeys.   She painted them while she was living in China, India and Malaysia.  Viewing them might be as much  like reading maps as looking at paintings, perhaps similar to watching animations.  The images suggest stories of heroic adventures or waking dreams. The imagery is influenced by the local landscapes and visual cultures of Asia. The imagery also comes from books she'd been reading as well as other researched materials such as magical symbols and universal archetypes. The paintings are as much about dream journeys, and flights of the imagination as they are about the actual places they were painted. The process of painting itself is a kind of travelogue.

Sometimes she sets out with a few photos, images or ideas in mind.  At other times,she starts without much of an idea.  She thinks about the paper and the textures.  She choses a color; maybe apply it as a glaze.  She also likes to paint thickly and scrape paint off or wipe it away.  She works in layers of a variety of elements.  Images and scenes often appear in the process and she allows that to happen or she googles images and symbols and follow the surfing process to get more information.  Sometimes she uses her own photos and either paints them or collages the printed paper- which she can then tear or glaze over or cut out neatly around an edge or contour.  She's interested in ways to make a picture and create a story.

Visit the OZLAND Art Gallery during the month of March to view these wonderful collages.

Are "You" ready to challenge your writing skills? Then participate in our OZLAND Picture Stories writing series.  Each month a new picture will be picked, from our OZLAND Artist of the Month collection, with different themes. Your goal is to write a 500-1000 word... poem... essay... or story about the picture picked. This is a chance for you to challenge your writing skills each month. Story can be written in ANY genre... sci fi... romance... ghost... fantasy... fiction... non-fiction... biography... mystery... historical... whatever your writing genre... feel free to experiment. More Information

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Photo-collage, Visual Poetry by Shugaaa Rhapsody in OZLAND

Shugaaa Rhapsody (from the UK) has always been fascinated by artists and their many different styles and mediums. Her Art teacher always said Shugaaas' work was never predictable, soft pencil sketches one day and striking colourful paints the next. For many years due to work and Family commitments Shugaaa put creativity to one side, but since coming to SL has found that passion once again taking on a new digital format. Still now, although using photoshop rather than traditional methods, it very much depends on the mood of the day as to the style of the picture emerging. Most of Shugaaas work is untitled, this is a conscious decision to let the viewer of the piece determine their own story behind it.



Step into a world of visual poetry with Shugaaa Rhapsody's Photography Collages at the OZLAND Art Gallery the month of February. Make sure you take home her FREE GIFT too.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Ozland Art Gallery in Retrospect

For January 2011 we are showing examples of the work of the artists that have been featured in our Gallery since we opened in May 2009.

Spiral Silverstar - Alba2 Rossini. - Josina Burgess
Stephs Magic - Hermes Kondor - Lou Mannock
Seleuma Snowpaw - Maria Binder - Alexandra Mensing
SkyBlue Earthboy - Faustine Pau - Satu Gustafson
Jadyn Firehawk - Van Caerndow - Cowboy Darbyshire
Tegan Jenvieve - KenpoKarate Yakubu

Please enjoy the work of these Great Artists


Are "You" ready to challenge your writing skills? Then participate in our OZLAND Picture Stories writing series.



This month you get to pick your own artwork, from our OZLAND Art Gallery. Your goal is to write a 500-1000 word... poem... essay... or story about the artwork you pick.. This is a chance for you to challenge your writing skills each month. Story can be written in ANY genre... sci fi... romance... ghost... fantasy... fiction... non-fiction... biography... mystery... historical... whatever your writing genre... feel free to experiment. More Information