Gallery 24 in Avalon

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 prim...

The "Portraits of Kerupa Flow Unveiled" Exhibit is the September and October exhibit for Gallery 24. I met, artist Kerupa Flow, at the Raglan Shire Art Exhibit a few months ago.  I was caught by her portraits. They were not only portraits but each face had a story. With the use of a computer she is able capture the expressions of each person. So come and visit Kerupa's exhibits and be involved in the stories of her portraits . . .Click here to teleport to the gallery -  Gallery 24 Following is an artist statement and an interview . . . *About Me* I am a Japanese artist.  The art you see here was made on a computer with a pen tablet.   SL allows me to display my art in its purest form.  Digital data is revealed via graphic pixels.  SL helps make my art come alive, makes it real, even more than in RL life, because to show it there I would have to transform it, by printing it out or posting on the web.  Here I can upload and it is a real ...