A Thank You & A Sharing Of Art!

I just wanted to take a moment and tell you all how proud Stefan and I were of the art show this weekend. It was so great to see so many different artists and styles in one place. Not only that it is all art created by LUMIPro's amazing users! To celebrate we thought we would share some of the art with you. 

Addison Summerwind

AJ Zimmermann

amona s

Aren't these some great pieces?! To see these and others you can still check out the show! For a free ride to OES click here. To try a LUMIPro demo check out our in world sales gallery. Well until tomorrow ... Happy Shooting!

LUMIPro Photo of the Day !

out of the dark

By: Amona Savira

LUMIPro Photo of the Day !

LUMIPro Photo of the Day !

the house is quiet again By Amona Savira

LUMIPro Spotlight

Awesome art works by very creative users of LUMIPro

 

Sydney Garnet

Sookie Corbeau

Sookie Corbeau ~ The reason of colors

Emaline ~ The Inevitablility of Fate

The Shadow 1 by Gala Caproni

Blue Light by Amona S.

Wrecking Ball... by Delilah-Lecker

Red Sun ~ Solidea FoliEs by WrenNoir Cerise 

Please visit  these fabulous artists Flickr sites to see more.

Aspects of Solitude

A fabulous new exhibition, sponsored by LUMIPro, opens @ Palais Orleans Gallery Complex this weekend.

Amona Savira and Hartbor Galaxy show us Aspects of Solitude.

The images are intelligent, thought provoking, sensitive and well . . . just gorgeous.

It is such a pleasure to host this exhibition by two such talented artists..

Join us for one of the opening events this Saturday and Sunday.

The artists' statement explaining the thoughts behind  the show

          ”My face in the bathroom mirror

           has white streaks down it.

           I rinse the face and return to bed.

          Tomorrow I am going to visit my mother. ”

                               (from The Glass Essay by Anna Carson)

Just that, to look in the bathroom mirror, seeing herself and only her, no one else there, from a sleepless night and a numb body. The hard light hits her face, head full of dreams and memories.

Solitude – the good and bad of it.

Of course there is a liberating feeling of being by herself, but now she was leaning towards the negative.

More like lived life, like feeling lonely either in the midst of a crowd or by choice. 

All the lonely nights, waiting for nobody…in solitude.

Gallery Assis Presents In Association with LUMIPro

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   In Association with LUMIPro                                                        

                                               

FloraClayflower - pulverized
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'pulverized' is an interpretation of Olivier Valsecchi's photography series 'Dust'. Initially started as a tribute to Valsecchi, 'pulverized' morphed and took on a life of its own. The full series is 13 pieces. 7 images of a male embracing, dancing and slowly loosing himself and his identity into a cloud of dust. Finally he disappears completely. Nothing is left but an idea, a faint colour, a possibility.  Out of that something re-assembles. A figure heaves and shakes and feels it's way back out, but the body that emerges is the body of a woman.

Gallery Assis is showing my 7 favourites of the series. The disintegration/reintegration process is not as obvious but it is still there. The full series can be seen on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/floraclayflower/.

Burk Bode -
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Burk Bode. A former human that got digitized in 2007 and since then lives in the cyberspace. Some say he was a German before he entered the grid, but that can be a rumor and is of no interest where he(?) exists now. Making his living as shape maker, artist and bohemian.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
Pablo Picasso said "Everything you can imagine is real." He is right. Living in a world that is completely created from scratch just by the imagination of its residents you experience this. A place where you can invent yourself new every day and for a creative person a place where you MUST create yourself new every single day.

Gregor Tenk - The Muse
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Just a little over a year ago Gregor Tenk "The Beast", began his sojourn into SL photography. Through the continuous evolution of learning the medium, from in world techniques to expanding post production knowledge there has been one constant source of inspiration. That source has inspired him to try new things, strive to be better, push past his own self prescribed safety latches and delve deeper into the art form he has come to love. "The Muse" is a series dedicated to that inspiration, capturing all of her inner beauty, sexuality & sensuality through the form of her avatar. "The Muse" is a series dedicated to his girl, his favorite model, his heart & his way of thanking her for her continued support, patience & the odd kick in the ass.

LUMIPro Artist Spotlights
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As part of the new Suite for LUMIPro within Gallery Assis in conjunction with Stefan Buscaylet we have decided on 5 new artists that deserve to have their work with the LUMIPro Photography System highlighted.

Trinidad Anatine - Basking in the Moonlight
Corinne Helendale - Ecdysis
Emaline - My Big Distraction
Amona Savira - Intothe Dark Water
Jessica Blemer - Passing Wittgenstein's Mistress

Gallery Assis in Association with LUMIPro
Present to you the Golden Gala Event
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We would like to cordially invite you to the Grand Opening of the Stefan Buscaylet Suite LUMIPro, and to also celebrate with us a auspicious event the 1st Year Anniversary of Gallery Assis.  So come down and join in the celebrations.


When : Saturday 23rd February 2013
Time :  12:00 pm - 2:00 pm SLT
Dress Code : Gold
DJ : Sundown Merchiston
Host : Abbi Kasei
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Gallery Assis Slurl : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cudjoe%20Keys/218/72/1016

LUMIPro Spotlight

This LUMIPro Spotlight is courtesy of Corinne J. Helendale, LUMIPro Master. Corinne is not only a fabulous artist she is also part of the LUMIPro team and has spent countless hours in assisting in development and developed  the LUMIPro manual .

It is a pleasure to show her choices for the LUMIPro Spotlight !

Please take a moment to click on thee photos to visit awesome artists Flickr pages to enjoy more of their work or visit the LUMIPro Flickr. 

Visit our sales floor and grab a copy of the fully functional demo of the LUMIPro V3 HUD and see what you can do for yourself ! (Please remember, do NOT tp out of the sales room in the demo HUD as it will cease to function) 

"Lucid Dreams" ~ Sponsored by LUMIPro

A warm welcome from LUMIPro - the sponsor of "Lucid Dreams"
LUMIPro is a professional lighting and pose system for artists, photographers, and machinimists.  The system has been used for 3 magazine covers so far in 2012 as well as some of the leading art and music videos.  Come check out a demo of our system at lumipro.blogspot.com  and check out a gallery of our work.

I'm happy to announce LUMIPro's ongoing sponsorships of arts in Second Life.  Morgana Nagorski and Palais Orleans Gallery is hosting a art showing "Lucid Dream" featuring  Amona Savira and Harbor Galaxy.

I have personal fondness for Palais Orleans as the previous owner of the gallery and I were early collaborators on LUMIPro and I'm proud to help continue her legacy.

Morgana Nagorski is an avid LUMIPro user and advocate to the art world and I'm excited LUMIPro gets a chance to be involved with it.

Amona used LUMIpro for all of her pics in the exhibition and Harbor for about a third, and she is now experimenting further with it.

Colleen and I are looking forward to seeing you at the opening parties.

Stefan Buscaylet


All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. ~Edgar Allan Poe

Amona's statement about the show


"Just sinking into the dreamland she wanted so much, like a relief, a wanted ending to another day. Eyes closed, her body being one with the ground, just waiting for memory to escape her. Never being conscious of the moment when she faded in from the reality into the dream.

Enjoying the lucid dreams carrying her over water, to distant cities, the encounters with strangers, just briefly discovering their secrets, dreams of dreams, each more deeper than the other.

Floating moments, more vague now, the dream slowly filling her body, making it weightless and translucent. Mirroring it in distant oceans, posed in colored rooms, wander through dream gardens, between painted walls and encounter lovers and fairies, friends and enemies.

She would just live the dream, picturing it, seek and sense it and just dwell in it, like being in another existence or a second life."
This was the dream I wanted to be in - and that I wanted to picture.

It has been a joy working with Harbor. Her obvious artistic sense and skills has been an inspiration for me and has made me challenge myself, and I hope you will notice that.

Thank yo so much Morgana for your work with preparing and creating the shows for your gallery and work with us. It is very exciting for me to exhibit in your gallery.

Second Life has been a blessing for me and made me able to use my artistic skills again. Thanks to my friends in SL and in Flickr, without you this would not be as fun. And thanks to my partner, you know how much you mean to me.

Amona Savira May 2012




Harbor's statement about the show


I've always felt that Second Life was a type of Lucid Dreaming, a world created by our fantasies and desires. A world vivid while immersed in it yet ephemeral upon departure. A dream within a dream.
My hope was to convey that ephemeral quality of the dream state.. a vision short lived, grasped for a moment by the mind only to disappear, leaving us with a vague memory or sensation.

My many thanks to Morgana for all the work she does in creating and supporting these shows at her gallery and for her belief in my work. Thank you to Amona..who's talent makes me want to expand and push my personal horizons and last but certainly not least thank you to all who use this dream we call Second Life to create. It is your acts of creation from the smallest item to the largest sim that fuels this dream.


Harbor Galaxy May 2012


Transport to the gallery

I'm extremely excited about this show, having seen some of the artwork already I can you tell this is another not to be missed gallery. I've been in Second Life since 2007 and I've been very fortunate to meet and work with some of Second Life's phenomenal artists and photographers. I sincerely hope that you will stop by this gallery. Morgana Nagorski  chooses her gallery artists with an expert eye as an artist herself in both worlds. Support Art in Second Life.

See you there,
Colleen Criss