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Silas Merlin, Pastel Portrait Artist

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