art for art's sake!

Clubbing isn't the only thing that I do in Second Life. I love art and SL is a paradise for artists and creators. Anything your imagination can dream of, you can probably create.



Zacch sent a special invite to Zeugma Gallery featuring Troy Vogel's beautiful Mission influenced architecture. Like Frank Lloyd Wright, Troy has created a beautiful light-filled space. He is a premier builder in Seccond Life.



Gallery hopping takes a lot longer than visiting clubs. Both of us love to look and then discuss each piece. If one captures our attention, then we are talking about it for at least an hour. So most of these pictures were taken over a course of a week.

Gallery Lemonodo Oh sent out a shout for (3) artists Soldinotte Allen, Zhora Maynard and gallery owner Lemonodo Oh. This is a fabulous gallery with sophisticated artwork. We were there all night just absorbing the artwork. Three levels of art, so make sure you check each floor.



One of the pieces also had a link to the Argonaut Art Gallery where we found Maryva Mayo's artwork. I was there for hours. Beautiful sculptures, beautifully scripted.



A few days ago, we went to The Aho Museum which houses some of the finest sculptures and artwork by very well known artists. Starax is there along with many famous art world names. The entire afternoon and night was spent there. So much to see!



A stop off while we were exploring sims took us to Ode. This is a very minimalist sim. A series of floating retail and gallery is there among rocks and ocean. No razzle dazzle, just ocean and rocks.

Random Calliope created WorthWhile, a retail/gallery. But, it was there that we found the Imagine Peace group and "But I'm Not the Only One" jewelry piece. You can read about that at The A List! blog. We also ended up spending a few hours just sitting on a rock, talking and meditating on the beautiful expanse of ocean. Very zen-like atmosphere.



On a sad note, member Chuckmatrix has recently closed his gallery. His work is emerging and is strong. I think I purchased the majority of all the pieces there. I am hopeful that he continues his art in Second Life.



Here's a landmark to Chuckmatrix's CMC Gallery. The prices have dropped so drastically; this is art worth grabbing while it lasts.

RAVERZ STYLE:Z and RAVELONG

I got into a long conversation with Raver who owns Raverz Style:z, a cool shop for ravers on the grid while I was dancing with my angel at Sphynx Club while DJ Jen Noel was spinning. As The Dealer set out her belly dancing Indian music, I was zoning and chatting with Raver, Mr. Retail himself.

We were bouncing off ideas for vendors, affiliates and other such boring talk about shops and such. He had just sent me the new affiliate kiosks for my shops... streamlined and better scripted.

I asked him about his suggestions about traffic and advertising, and I gave him suggestions about how to manage all the vendors and rental boxes with Hippo Tech. I love talking to fellow business owners. Their past experiences on the grid help those of us who are still new at selling products and services on the grid. And even more fun doing business talk while your dancing!



Raver has his products now in another friend's shop, DJ Doubledown Tandino. Doubledown has a one-stop-shop for clubs and dj's. He is also the developer of the Metahud. IM him directly or go to his shop for that all-in-one hud for search and other SL functions.



Doubledown sent me a tp this morning. He was spinning some tunes in front of his shop, Ravelong. Sexy beats with a Latin flavor kept me there while I took pics and wrote notes. It's a great shop for clubs and djs. Go check it out!