"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!

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!

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.

"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.

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.

"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 

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