Virtual Treeline Artist - Asmita Duranjaya

We are pleased to have German artist Asmita Duranjaya as one of the first to exhibit at Treeline. Asmita's three versions of her 'urban trees' show her skill with capturing the essence of trees against the background of human activity. The very lovely textures take on new life and meaning in the three different versions- all of which touch some moment of memory in us.
Asmita says:
Since my childhood trees have been a main subject of painting, drawing and taking photos. Trees are, for me, a universal symbol, for life, for stability and fragrance at the same time, for beauty and character, esp. when they are old. Trees have something protecting, nurturing, because they produce our oxygen and are a source for regenerating energy. lastly, trees are a cultural and spiritual symbol for the cycle of life and death. There is much more, that can be told on trees, but there is not enough space here and it will be done at another time...

More of Asmita's work and her comments on Virtual Treeline can be found on her blog at:http://giridevi.blogspot.com/

Virtual Treeline Artist - Sheba Blitz

Australian Artist Sheba Blitz is one of the artists exhibiting in the first exhibition at the Treeline Sky Gallery in Second Life. Sheba's says of trees:
"Trees produce oxygen - oxygen gives us life "
It might be a short statement, but it tells us a lot about why trees are important to us.

In this image Juanita Deharo ponders on Sheba's giant revolving disk of precious rainforest plants.

FUSCHIA NIGHTFIRE - TREELINE ARTIST

FUSCHIA NIGHTFIRE - TREELINE ARTIST DECEMBER 2009/JANUARY 2010
Fuschia Nightfire (known in real life as Nina Camplin) is a mural artist specialising in trompe l'oeil. She is interested in challenging the viewer's perception of space and creating 'fake' realities. Fuschia is using Second Life as an alternative medium for creating art and exploring ways of making illusions.
She lives in Dorset on the South Coast of the UK, and many of her paintings feature the sea and heathland.

Fuschia says of ther painting 'Lightning Strikes Thrice'. The 3 trees shown in this painting were struck by lightning and died many years ago, because they are so open to the elements they have become decimated and have hardened into an almost fossilised state, therefore are almost impossible to chop down. To me, the fact that they have evolved into a material that is almost as strong as concrete gives them a sculptural form, both aesthetically and in substance. I find them extremely beautiful and have painted them several times from different viewpoints.



You can see more of Fuschia's work at the Treeline Sky Gallery until mid January or her own gallery in Second Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Coral%20Cove/132/188/42
or on her website at:http://www.ninacamplin.co.uk/

Can Virtual Workplaces Help Save the World?

I haven't seen any data comparing greenhouse gas emissions, but there's certainly food for thought in the question. Some interesting information in this video.
http://malburnsannex.blogspot.com/2009/12/virtual-worlds-as-green-workplaces.html

For the Love of a Tree

Some people, not content with loving places and things in the real world, want to recreate their favourite things in virtual reality. One such person is Jayjay Zifanwe from the UWA sim in Second Life. Jayjay has not been content to recreate the buildings of his beloved UWA campus, he wanted his favourite fig tree too, so his virtual self could lie under its shade and dream.

And as if that isn't enough, Jayjay has not one, but two versions of his favourite tree on the virtual UWA campus. The top pic. is of a fig created by Nyx Bree and the bottom tree was created by Bradly Dorchester. Great work guys.
That's the nice thing about virtual worlds. You can have whatever you want.
What do you want for Christmas Jayjay? Another tree?

The real life UWA fig tree can be seen here:
http://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/perth/university/151_2314.jpg

Virtual Treeline - Official Opening Dec. 15th

Virtual Treeline was officially launched in Second Life on December 15th with a lovely party to celebrate the wonderful artworks provided by Asmita Duranjaya, Alizarin Goldflake, Soror Nishi, Bocan Undercroft, RAG Randt, Sheba Blitz and Fuschia Nightfire.
Thank you to those who came to show their support for the project and the artists. The exhibition has something for everyone. Be sure to wander round the dunes at sky level to discover all the delights tucked away in the corners, and be sure to turn to midnight to appreciate Soror Nishi's tree on water a ground level.
Over the coming weeks I will be blogging here about each of the artists who feature in the first exhibition.



Nazz Lane has already blogged about the exhibition at http://secondarts.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/opening-of-virtual-treeline/
and pictures have been posted on the Treeline Flickr site http://bit.ly/4uku2j

OPENING OF VIRTUAL TREELINE GALLERIES

The Virtual Treeline Galleries in Second Life will be officially opened with a small party on Tuesday December 15th at 2.00 pm PST (for Australia that's 8.00am EST,9.00 am EDT, and to early to get up in Perth.)
The first exhibition will feature work from Asmita Duranjaya (Germany), Alizarin Goldflake (USA), RAG Randt (USA), Fuschia Nightfire (UK), Soror Nishi (UK), Bocan Undercroft (UK) and Sheba Blitz (Australia). The work of each artist will be featured here in blog posts and on our Flickr site.
Please join us for the opening if you are able, at:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/80/214/22