🌥️ Cloud Galleries Artist Spotlight: Rosie Riverstone
This week, we take a quiet wander into the world of Rosie Riverstone (YsabellaRose). Her photos exhibited at Cloud Galleries whisper rather than shout. She invites us to see Second Life through her eyes: full of curiosity, wonder, and tenderness.
Rosie Riverstone
🖌️ Meet Rosie
Rosie is an explorer at heart. Her art begins with awe—wandering through Second Life and discovering moments of beauty that move her to capture them. She credits the creativity of others as a key source of inspiration, often stumbling upon a scene so striking she has to stop and shoot.
“People are awesome. What they see in their heads is even more so.” – Rosie
She’s drawn to simplicity and emotional resonance. “I want people to see what I am seeing,” she says. Her approach is refreshingly raw—she doesn’t use editing software beyond cropping. This gives her work a kind of purity. Each frame feels like a direct line to the artist’s own moment of wonder.
Orange Chair June 2025 by Rosie
🎨 On Chairs and Solitude
Among the pieces currently displayed in her Cloud Gallery, Rosie is especially fixated on one recurring motif: chairs. Lonely, beautiful, curious chairs.
“Why are the chairs there in such isolated places? Why is nobody sitting in them?” – Rosie
In these quiet scenes, Rosie finds refuge. The chairs are both mystery and metaphor—sometimes evoking solitude, other times serenity. The result is quietly powerful: simple photographs that ask complex emotional questions.
Chairs January 2025 By Rosie
🪑 . Chairs in Art History
Rosie’s fascination with chairs places her among a long tradition of artists drawn to this seemingly simple object. Vincent van Gogh’s iconic “Chair” painting is a symbolic self-portrait reflecting simplicity and solitude. Joseph Kosuth’s conceptual piece One and Three Chairs also demonstrates how chairs have become silent storytellers across mediums.
by Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh’s chair was more than furniture—it embodied his identity and artistic longing. As part of a pair with Gauguin’s more ornate chair, the two paintings explored contrast, companionship, and creative ideology.
Kosuth, on the other hand, used a real chair, a photograph of that chair, and a dictionary definition to explore meaning and representation.
By Joseph Kosuth
Rosie’s chairs sit somewhere in between—grounded in emotional truth, yet inviting deeper thought. Her lens doesn’t dissect; it feels. And in doing so, it connects us not only to the object, but to the moment and the soul
🛠️ A Style of Seeing
Rosie describes her work as emotional and unpolished—qualities she embraces.
“I hope it is emotional, because seeing beauty is always emotional to me.”
Her work is about honesty and presence. About catching your breath. About noticing the lovely, quiet things others might overlook. Her tools are minimal, but her vision is rich. She brings a sense of intimacy to her photos, as though she’s sharing something personal just for you.
Chair and Brown Door May 2025 by Rosie
🏡 Rosie’s Space at Cloud Galleries
Rosie’s space at Cloud Galleries is soft, personal, and filled with stories waiting to be felt. There’s a sincerity in the way she presents her work—as if she’s letting us borrow her eyes for a moment. It’s an open invitation to slow down and see what she sees.
🌐 Explore More
- 📍 Visit Rosie’s Gallery at Cloud Galleries
- 📍 Sugarfish Gallery: (NSFW)
- 📍 Sugarfish Village
- 📷 Flickr: View Rosie’s Work
Feels like flying by Rosie 2021
💬 Owl’s Thoughts
There’s something beautifully unguarded about Rosie’s work. She doesn’t try to impress—she tries to connect. Her photos are gifts of perspective: a gentle way of saying, “Look at this with me.”
Her Cloud Gallery captures that spirit. Honest, heartfelt, and quietly moving.
~ Owl 🦉
Owl's Eye 