Gallery 24 in Avalon

Xirana's Studio Xirana Oximoxi aka in RL, Nuria Vives is an painter and illustrator of children's books. When I met her she was hesitant about exhibiting in SL. But since then she has over six exhibits in different sims to showcase her prolific works. Here are some of her landmarks:   Xirana's Studio in Cassowarry,  East Galleries , Virtual Soho Manhattan , and at Bay City . To view more of Xirana's works and process in RL, click to visit her website  and her Facebook page . At Gallery 24 What kind of artist are you? and what medium do you work in? I am an eclectic artist and if I have to choose a style I prefer it would be Expressionism because one of the most important goals for me is the communication of emotions through my work without being subject to a strict 'realistic' representation. I usually work with different techniques, oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, ink, pastel, depending on the type of work and the results I want to a

Sheba Blitz is an Australian artist who creates mandalas. In the smallest room of Gallery 24 Sheba explains that "A mandala is an ancient and sacred symbol of the universe. Classically in the form of a circle (the Cosmos) enclosing a square (Earthbound matter) . . ." Following is an interview with Sheba and how she develops her mandala art. What kind of artist are you? and what medium do you work in? I am a Mandala Artist. I work in mixed media on canvas and paper. I paint my mandalas with gouache, acrylics and metallic paints.   What is your process? Do you work from photos? Do you work from life? How do you approach your art? I get ideas from music, books, astrology and tarot symbolism or whatever I'm into at the time. I sketch the idea out in my art diary first and when I'm happy with the result I draw it accurately onto my final surface. I then begin to paint and just let it happen. Did you have any formal training in art? If so, what university? If not

Ieko Catnap is an artist from France. I had first seen her abstracts at the former Kriss Museum in Second Life. I was drawn to her expressive brushstrokes and use of colors to create an ethereal quality. Though well trained in classical realism, as Ieko had shown me an earlier work that reminded me of the Renaissance, her mastery is striking in the abstracts. Catnap's abstracts follows the style of the lyrical abstractions. It is part of the  French modern art movement that reflects the style of American Abstract Expressionism - expressive, spontaneous, reacting from within . . . Click here to teleport to Gallery 24 in Avalon   The Interview What kind of artist are you? and what medium do you work in? I'm an lyrical abstract oil painter. I work traditional painting fat over lean on canvas or wood and sometimes include interesting materials such as silk, paper, light wood, fibers, human and dog hairs. --What is your process? Do you work from photos? Do you work from

What kind of artist are you? and what medium do you work in?      I work mostly with paper, mixing ink and watercolour/watercolour pencils to create the picture and sometimes finishing the pictures in photoshop. What is your process? Do you work from photos? Do you work from life? How do you approach your art?      Currently i have two kind of approach:      The first are usually as i like to call childish with adult eyes. Those pictures usually pop into my head before i create them and often it turnes out to become different cat figures in different moods or situations.      The second that i have been doing a lot too are more decorative that you can mount on more than just in a frame, like on clothes or pillows or what ever i feel it suits for. Those pictures i just start drawing and let my mood do the rest. They just "create them self" on the paper, and usually become nature inspired. Did you have any formal training in art? If so, what university? If not did yo

Maymay Matova and Miss Longtail aka Susan Braveheart are two delightful tinies who make delightful play art. Little creatures in pastel like colored paintings. Both artists are RL artists and have Etsy shops. Their exhibits runs through March to the end of April. Following are interviews about their works. Gallery 24 is located at  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tabula%20rasa/43/121/25 Interview with Maymay Matova What kind of artist are you? and what medium do you work in?      I am drawing with artist ink pens on catridge paper, then I take photos of my drawings, edit them a bit in Photoshop and upload them to SL where I put them in frames. Sometimes I also combine several drawings in Photoshop. As I am a builder and selling clothes for several kinds of avatars in SL, you can also find my pictures and patterns on my clothes - especially on those for Tinies. What is your process? Do you work from photos? Do you work from life? How do you approach your art?      Some

Silas with one of his sculptures in his studio Silas Merlin is a delightful little boy in Second Life. (Of course in real life he's grown and a professional artist). He was a resident at Avalon and had his marvelous pastel portraits up in an old barn. Walking around to view his pastels portraits of people in a Renaissance fair, I felt I was transported to a different time and place. He captured their costumes, their expressions, their delight that can be found in a festive environment. Biography Silas Merlin also known as Jean-François Le Saint in real life was born 1971 in Brittany, France. He has  been a Master Pastelist (Maître Pastelliste) of the Pastel Society of France (Société des Pastellistes de France) since 2009. ( List of the Maîtres Pastellistes on the Society's website:  http://pastellistesdefrance.com/galeries/galeries-maitres-pastellistes. Jean-François Le Saint website : http://lesaint.fr Artist Statement Soft pastels have been my prima

Exhibiting from November through December is the paintings of Sydney Long. He is an early 1900 century Australian artist whose prolific works poetically portrays the landscapes of Australia  as well as reflect the Art Nouveau style of the time period. Art Nouveau is a style of art that is inspired by the curves of flowers and plants, natural forms but expressed in curved lines. It is a philosophy of a lifestyle that encompassed in all areas of art - architecture, furniture design, landscapes.... What caught my eye when I was scrolling through Pinterest is his landscapes. Whether in oils or watercolor, Sydney Long captured the spirit of Australia. Whether it's the mountains faraway or the buildings in a city or the seashore, he does not simply paints what he sees but what he feels. There a sense of transcendency, an escape from reality as expressed through the nude figures of boys playing in the water. Sydney Long was known as the Poet's Painter. ("Sydney Long