"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.

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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.

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

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Pick your own Artwork at the Gallery for January 2011

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

OZLAND Art Gallery Presents Christmas Past

King Sven and Queen Llola went around OZLAND in 2009 and took portraits of each of the residents homes. This exhibit showcases those portraits. 

Anyone who visits the exhibit is FREE TO COPY any of the portraits. 

Other OZLAND presents await you too. 


Travel back with us to Christmas 2009 and enjoy this very special exhibit.

KenpoKarate Yakubu's OCEANIC EXPLORATIONS Exhibit at the OZLAND Art Gallery

KenpoKarate Yakubu (aka Anthony F. Verburgt in RL) has been an artist since childhood starting with coloring books at a very young age.  Having been raised around the influence of his father who was also an artist and told him that anyone who can master drawing the basic shapes of a triangle, square, ball and ribbon considering shadows, reflected light, direct source light and make a rock look hard and water look wet could draw anything. Also if one could draw the human body using these principles then that person can be considered a real artist.

This lead to his becoming a composite sketch artist for the Sheriff's Department where he worked for over 36 years having his sketches lead to the conviction of many criminals as well as forensic crime scene sketches.

His portraits include those of SL avatars and he enjoys giving them life. He is now spending his time doing the art that he loves as he experiments with colors and themes.  His preference of medium is oil paint, but he believes in using whatever mediums, supports and methodologies to express his feelings and art at the time.  As far as styles of painting, he spent many years developing his style of realism. Now he does his art as he feels at the time, and has no particular style. each work being an expression of love and visual representation.

Come walk by the ocean as you enjoy Ken's art exhibit and make sure you take home the FREE gift that he has made specially for guests to this exhibit.

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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

Tegan Jenvieve's Halloween exhibit "Dark Beauty" at The OZLAND Art Gallery

Tegan Jenvieve is free spirit in real life and second life in search of emotions and experiences that move her soul. Between intuition and technique she works in different mediums including digital media, photography, words, and prims to show the viewer what lies in between the obvious and mundane. It is the search for that unknown that drives her to try out new techniques, take risks, and explore all that SL can offer. She holds a masters in Education and Bachelors in Math, and is proud mom of 3 out-of-the-box kids who are living proof that magic does indeed exist.

Tegan Jenvieve's Halloween exhibit "Dark Beauty" examines the intense contrasts and images on one moonlit Halloween night. All the images in Black and White harken back to the days when textures and composition alone, not special effects, could transport you to far off places and evoke deep thoughts.

On a lonely walk through a dark forest at midnight in SL, who knows what you will encounter......and if you make it home at all!  Don't forget to look  for the glowing gifts, these spooky objects want to come home and haunt your  house too. See the exhibit at the OZLAND Art Gallery

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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

"Desert Thunder" photography by Cowboy Darbyshire - OZLAND Art Gallery - September 2010

Cowboy Darbyshire lives in southern Arizona and has been chasing storms for 12 years.

His work has been featured on national TV and on several syndicated channels. He also has multiple storm photographs in various publications primarily in Asia and the South Pacific.

Lightning photography is Cowboy's specialty and his passion for chasing storms at almost any hour of the night or day has been rewarded on several occasions with unique photographs from a variety of places in the desert southwest.

He uses a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi and two primary lenses, a 28-80mm and a 70-300mm for all his photographs. His "trademark" photographs are taken during daylight hours... which are notoriously difficult to capture.

Visit Cowboy's ELECTIFYING exhibit at the OZLAND Art Gallery for the month of September and make sure you take home the free gift that he has made specially for guests who visit this exhibit!

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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