Photographer Evad Slade could be called a "big picture" thinker. His photos of New England vistas will be on display in the Square at Nantucket starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, through mid-February. The opening will be celebrated from 2 to 4 p.m. SLT, and Phoe Nix will play from 2 to 3.

"I started out as a photographer of archetectural details and moved up to wider views," Slade said. "You look at a closeup of a flower and you see a nicely designed act of nature captured by the photographer. Look a wide landscape and a memory may be conjured up by the viewer."

The viewers of this month's display will see rugged mountains, sweeping skylines, lush forests. but nothing to suggest the ocean.

"I guess I'm more of a mountain/country  person than a "seacoast" one," he said. "Also it might have something todo with a fear of water, so I prefer landscapes, barns and their stories within their details."

The partnership of Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives produced some of the most iconic and beloved images of American life in the 19th century.

Some of those images can be seen in Nantucket Square on the Islands of New England starting at 1 p..m.Sunday. The opening includes music provided by improv pianist Tipp Corbett. The prints on display can be found in first life in thecollection of the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

Currier, a lithographer, opened his business in New York in 1835 and made a name for himself by producing images of newsworthy people, places, and events.

Where else could artist Emme Eales ply her trade except in the Islands of New England?

Her Second Life loves include sailing and live music. Her real life art includes creating original stained glass and church restoration. Talk about a perfect fit.

The transition for an artist, of course, is not that easy.

"When I started almost two years go ago in SL, I didn't even know how to rez a box," Eales said, "but I was determined to bring the glass that I love so much to SL."

Talk about sacrificing for your art. This month's SL New England exhibitor, Sisi Biedermann came inworld with a goal of earning enough money to buy some land and open her own virtual gallery.

Her revenue stream? Camping.

"It took about half a year to earn enough," Biedermann says. But in the process, she found a new medium. "As time went by I found out that I wanted to photograph as well in SL," she says, "and I think now it has become a hobby to find new motives to make pictures of for my galleries. It has really become a heavy hobby for me and takes a lot of free time in real life."