Now showing through August at The Center for the Arts in SL
There’s a certain magic in seeing the world through someone else’s eyes. The way light catches, the space between elements, the things left out as much as the things shown. In Spaces and Places, Tegan Tenby invites us to pause, breathe, and step into landscapes filled with stillness and clarity.
I visited on a quiet afternoon, climbing the stairs at The Center for the Arts in SL. I found myself surrounded by views that felt both expansive and intimate. It’s the kind of show where you don’t just look — you linger.
Tegan’s Photos at The Center for the Arts
My First Impressions:
The first thing I noticed was the calm. Tegan’s images don’t push or demand; they simply exist, waiting for you to step closer. Two empty chairs in a field of yellow flowers. A lighthouse keeping watch over the sea. A winding path between green hills.
Her compositions breathe. Nothing feels forced. It’s easy to imagine yourself in these spaces, hearing the waves or feeling the wind.
Tegan’s Photos at The Center for the Arts
Theme and Approach:
The exhibit’s theme, Spaces and Places, is rooted in Tegan’s belief that restraint can be as powerful as inclusion. Wide skies, long shorelines, and quiet roads are all part of her visual language.
She works only with in-world tools — windlights and filters — never altering the image after the shutter clicks. “My goal is to capture the moment as it truly is in-world,” she says. “What you leave out can be as powerful as what you put in.”
A Few Favorites
High tide By Tegan Tenby
One piece shows a storm over a lonely house on a rocky shore. The rain is so fine you can almost hear it hiss against the rocks. The light is the color of pewter, the kind of sky that makes you pull your coat tighter.
Another captures a pier reaching into wild water, a bird lifting into the sky. The horizon is soft, dissolving into air, as if the world ends just past the edge of the frame.
And then there’s the fishing village scene — a boat moored beside a weathered building, nets hanging loose and ready for the next trip. It feels like the tide might change at any moment, and with it, the whole day.
You can see more of Tegan’s work on her Flickr pages:
Center for the Arts in Second Life
About the Venue
The Center for the Arts in SL is owned and directed by Cesar Lighthouse. It’s a non-profit space dedicated to art, culture, and personal growth. Exhibits, performances, and workshops fill its calendar, bringing together artists and art lovers from across the grid and beyond.
Alongside Spaces and Places, the Center hosts rotating exhibits, live performances, and art talks. It’s worth checking their Flickr group or Facebook page for the latest events.
The Center’s mission is simple but powerful. A bridge between cultures, communities, and even between the physical world and the metaverse.
Thoughts:
Spaces and Places is a show that proves you don’t need heavy editing or flashy effects to create something memorable. Light, framing, patience — those are the tools that matter here.
I left feeling quieter than when I arrived, and that, to me, is a sign of art doing its work.
Do, make time before the end of August to wander up to the second floor of The Center for the Arts.
Let Tegan Tenby’s landscapes open up around you, and see what happens in the space you carry home.
~ Hoot ~Owl
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