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Children Goodbyes to the Sailors Painting

On November 7, 2023   /   Children Oil Portraits, Paintings by Clina Polloni, People of North Carolina Portraits, Seascapes  
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Children Goodbyes to the Sailors

Children Goodbyes to the Sailors-painting by Clina Polloni.

Children Goodbyes to the Sailors-painting by Clina Polloni.

Oil Painting by Clina Polloni. 16”x 20”.

Children playing, wishing farewell to the sailors. Their fathers, brothers, or friends are going to the blue and teal waters of the sea. A happy goodbye and a hope that they will come back safe.

From the collection of the Colonial People of North Carolina.

This painting is FOR SALE at local businesses of Wake Forest NC. @clinapolloni

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Children Goodbyes to the Sailors Painting is © of Clina Polloni.

You can view more paintings of the “Colonial Life in North Carolina”:
https://clinapolloni.com/portraits/people-of-nc-portraits/

Commissioned paintings accepted.

Call Clina: 919-841-3132

Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

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Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

 Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.
Member of The Wake Forest Guild of Artists. Exhibiting at local business of North Carolina.

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The Lost Colony Painting

On October 18, 2023   /   Paintings by Clina Polloni, People of North Carolina Portraits  
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The Lost Colony

Oil Painting by Clina Polloni. 16”x 20”.

The Lost Colony by Clina Polloni.

The Lost Colony by Clina Polloni.

Inspired by Eleanor Dare waiting for her father John White. Her story of hopes 1587.

This painting is FOR SALE, exhibited at local businesses in Wake Forest NC.

From the collection of “Colonial Life in North Carolina”.

Eleanor Dare of England, was a member of the Roanoke Colony and the daughter of John White, the colony’s governor. While little is known about her life, more is known about her than most of the sixteen other women who left England in 1587 as part of the Roanoke expedition. She married Ananias Dare. It is known that she gave birth to their daughter Virginia Dare on Roanoke Island, in what is now the state of North Carolina. The girl was the first child of English parents to be born in North America, on 18 August 1587, shortly after their arrival. Eleanor Dare, along with everyone else remaining in the “Lost Colony”, disappeared during the two years before her father was able to returned to the colony with supplies from England.

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The Lost Colony Painting is © of Clina Polloni.

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You can view more paintings of the “Colonial Life in North Carolina”:
https://clinapolloni.com/portraits/people-of-nc-portraits/

Commissioned paintings accepted.
Call Clina: 919-841-3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/clina.polloni

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.
Member of The Wake Forest Guild of Artists Exhibiting at local business of North Carolina.

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Sisters Love Painting

On April 11, 2023   /   Children Oil Portraits, Paintings by Clina Polloni, People of North Carolina Portraits  
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Sisters Love

Sisters Love-Oil Painting by Clina Polloni.

Sisters Love-Oil Painting by Clina Polloni.

Oil Painting by Clina Polloni. 16”x 20”.

Painting of two sisters sharing their love with red poppies. From the collection of the Colonial People of North Carolina.

This painting is FOR SALE at The Little ART Gallery inside The Cotton Company, Wake Forest NC.

#childrenportrait #colonialpeoplenc #sisterslove #littleartgallerync #wakeforestnc #oilpainting #clinapolloni #thecottonco #clinapolloni #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist #flowerpainting #chileanartist

Sisters Love Painting is © of Clina Polloni.

Painting Instructions:

  1. Start by drawing the sisters and landscape.
  2. Give a soft coat of Yellow Ochre and Titanium White acrylics to the canvas. These colors are very good for under-painting, it creates a worm color that once you put the oils or acrylics in the top, they look brighter.
  3. Next paint landscape, starting with the sky, grass, house, trees and finally red poppies. You can do it with oil paintings or acrylics.
  4. Sign your work of art.

Supply:

Acrylics: You can buy them at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. Jerry’s Arterama offers SOHO, Urban Artistic Acrylics. Excellent paintings, sold at a more reasonable price. 3060 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609. (919) 876-6610.

Oil Paintings: You can buy them at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby, but again the most affordable ones are at Jerry’s Arterama and their brand is LUKAS.

Canvas: 16″x20″

Colors:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Flesh, Portrait Pink or Pale Pink
  3. Cadmium Red Medium
  4. Cadmium Red Light
  5. Alizarin Crimson
  6. Cadmium Yellow Light
  7. Yellow Ochre
  8. Raw Sienna
  9. Burnt Sienna
  10. Raw Umber or Van Dyck Brown
  11. Cerulean Blue
  12. Ultramarine Blue
  13. Sap Green
  14. Dioxazine Purple
  15. Ivory Black

There are many affordable brushes in the market:
Walmart: FolkArt, Gold Taklon, fine details and shading.
Michael’s: 10pc “Artist’s Loft” white synthetic brushes.
Jerry’s Arterama: Pro Stroke-Power Creative, fine and medium brushes.
1 #3 white bristle brush or #2 for small version.

Brown and black Ultra Fine Permanent Pen.

For Oil paintings, the best media is Refined Linseed Oil with Turpernoi. To clean the brushes Turpernoi. Glass container to mix media.

Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).

Paper towel.

Paper/plastic plate and glass. SOHO has a very reasonable paper palette at Jerry’s Arterama.

You can learn and enjoy to do this painting in the painting classes >>

Call Clina: 919-841-3132

Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/clina.polloni

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.

Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

 Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.
Member of The Franklin County Art Council, Wilson Art Council and Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

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Man Sitting in a Café Painting

On March 23, 2021   /   People of North Carolina Portraits, People Oil Portraits  
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Man Sitting in a Cafe wth Computer painting

Man Sitting in a Cafe wth Computer painting

Man Sitting in a Café Working with Computer.

Oil painting by Clina Polloni.

Commissioned painting for the lobby of a commercial construction company located in Raleigh NC. The theme was a café where clients and employees could meet and relax in a friendly environment.

#commissionedpainting #lobbypainting #café #manwithcomputer #raleighnc #wakeforestnc #thecottonco #oilpainting #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist

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NC Postcard Girl Making Butter

On May 23, 2020   /   People of North Carolina Portraits, Postcards of NC  
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Girl Making Butter NC Postcard.

From Clina Polloni Oil Painting.

Girl Making Butter NC Postcard

Girl Making Butter NC Postcard

This painting is about a girl concentrating in making butter. Children have always been my inspiration, portraying the innocence of their young life.

Also, my admiration for the beauty and history of North Carolina. Traveling through the mountains I admired the rocks formations and colors, from browns to yellows, greens, aquamarines and blues.

This postcard is FOR SALE $1.50 at The Cotton Company.
306 S. White Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587. 919-570-0087.

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Girl Making Butter Painting

On December 18, 2019   /   People of North Carolina Portraits  
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Oil painting 24″x 36″ by Clina Polloni.

Girl Making Butter Painting.

Girl Making Butter Painting

Girl Making Butter Painting

This painting is about a girl concentrating in making butter. Children have always been my inspiration, portraying the innocence of their young life.

Also, my admiration for the beauty and history of North Carolina. Traveling through the mountains I admired the rocks formations and colors, from browns to yellows, greens, aquamarines and blues.

Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born in Chile. Her oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals and nature. Her new project: “The motif of the human figure in a dialogue with natures light and colors.” In these new paintings she is portraying the people of North Carolina in their environment and activities, representing the colonial times and history of our state.

Instructions of how to do this painting:

  1. Start by drawing the girl and rocks setting defining the light and the shade. Look at image.
  2. Do your under-paint or imprimatura with a wash of acrylic gold and silver. Acrylics are very good for under-painting because they dry faster. They create a worm color that once you put the oils in the top, they look brighter.
  3. Apply a coat of heavy gesso in the walls to create texture.
Girl Making Butter Drawing

Girl Making Butter Drawing

Start painting with oils in the following order because it is going to be easier for you:

  1. Using oils, start painting the background, stones, window, chair, floor, vegetables, etc.
  2. Using oils paint the skin, blending light and shade to the color of the skin. Paint the features of the face and hands.
  3. Paint hair, hat and clothe.
  4. Sign your work of art.

Girl Making Butter Painting is © of Clina Polloni.

Call Clina: 919-841-3132.

Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

Contact Clina >>

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

The Girl Making Butter painting is FOR SALE at The Cotton Company >>

Girl Making Butter Underpaint

Girl Making Butter Under-paint

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Area of North Carolina.
Member of The Franklin County Art Council and Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

“We are North Carolina”

Exhibition by Clina Polloni at WakeMed North. June 2021.

“Girl Making Butter NC”. This painting is about a girl concentrating in making butter. Children have always been my inspiration, portraying the innocence of their young life.

Oil painting on canvas 24″x 36″ by Clina Polloni.

#littleartgallerync #girlmakingbutter #ncoilpainting #colonialpeoplenc #childrenportrait #artexhibition #wakemednc #wakeforestnc #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #chileanartist #northcarolinaartist

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Cooking on An Open Fire NC

On October 16, 2019   /   People of North Carolina Portraits  
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A Portrait of People of NC

“Cooking on an Open Fire NC”

Cooking On An Open Fire NC Painting

Cooking On An Open Fire NC Painting

Oil painting 30″x 40″ by Clina Polloni.

Click the images to view a large painting.

I am doing a collection of paintings of  ”Colonial People of North Carolina”. Inspired by the historical sites that we had visited with my husband Thom. I have a great admiration of the pioneers that came to this land, with dreams and hopes of a new home in North Carolina. Life was so difficult, they had to clear the forest to plant their food. Built their homes and provide their families with a productive and healthy life.

Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born in Chile. Her oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals and nature. Her new project: “The motif of the human figure in a dialogue with natures light and colors.” In these new paintings she is portraying the people of North Carolina in their environment and activities, representing the colonial times and history of our state.

This painting is exhibit at the 2019 North State Fair.

Cooking On An Open Fire-Drawing

Cooking On An Open Fire-Drawing

Instructions of how to do this painting:

  1. Start by drawing the ladies and landscape defining the light and the shade. Look at image.
  2. Do your under-paint or imprimatura with a wash of acrylic gold and silver. Acrylics are very good for under-painting because they dry faster. They create a worm color that once you put the oils in the top, they look brighter.

Start painting with oils in the following order because it is going to be easier for you:

  1. Using oils, start painting the background, stones and wall.
  2. Using oils paint the skin, blending light and shade to the color of the skin. Paint the features of the face, hands and foot.
  3. Paint hair and clothes.
  4. Paint open fire, cooking dishes and food.
  5. Sign your work of art.
Cooking On An Open Fire-Underpaint

Cooking On An Open Fire-Underpaint

“We are North Carolina”

Exhibition by Clina Polloni at WakeMed North. June 2021.

“Cooking on An Open Fire In NC.” Inspired by the pioneers that came to this land, with dreams and hopes of a new home.

Oil painting on canvas 30″x40″ by Clina Polloni.

#ncoilpainting #colonialpeoplenc #cookingonopenfire #artexhibition #wakemednc #wakeforestnc #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #chileanartist #northcarolinaartist #littleartgallerync

Call Clina: 919-841-3132.
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com
Contact Clina >>

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Area of North Carolina.
Member of The Franklin County Art Council and Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

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The Gourd Artist Painting

On February 11, 2019   /   People of North Carolina Portraits, Portraits  
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Oil painting on canvas 24″x30″ by Clina Polloni.

“The Gourd Artist”

The Gourd Artist

The Gourd Artist

This oil painting is in honor to all the gourd artists of North Carolina that works their craft in silence.

Gourds by Deb Allen and Clina Polloni Allen.

Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born in Chile. Her oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals and nature. Her new project: “The motif of the human figure in a dialogue with natures light and colors.” In these new paintings she is portraying the people of North Carolina in their environment and activities, representing history in the arts of our state.

Instructions of how to do this painting:

  1. Start by drawing the artist and the gourds defining the light and the shade.
  2. Do your under-paint or imprimatura with a wash of acrylics using raw sienna with white and colors that are going to be helpful when painting with oils. Acrylics are very good for under-painting because they dry faster. The under paint is very important because you are drawing with colors and defining light and shade in your final painting. The imprimaturais an initial stain of color painted on the canvas. It provides a transparent, toned ground, which will allow light falling onto the painting to reflect through the paint layers.

Start painting with oils in the following order because it is going to be easier for you:

  1. Using oils, start painting the objects that are in the back ground of the artist.
  2. Using oils paint the artist, his wicker hat, hands and overalls.
  3. Paint the gourds, flowers and hot peppers.
  4. Sign your work of art.

“We are North Carolina”

Exhibition by Clina Polloni at WakeMed North. June 2021.

“The Gourd Artist”. This oil painting is in honor of all the gourd artists of North Carolina that works their craft in silence.

Oil painting on canvas 24″x30″ by Clina Polloni.

#ncoilpainting #gourdartist #artexhibition #wakemednc #wakeforestnc #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #chileanartist #northcarolinaartist #littleartgallerync

Visit People of NC Portraits >>

Call Clina: 919-841-3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com
Contact Clina >>

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

 Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.
Member of The Franklin County Art Council and Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

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Colonial Sisters with Dolls NC

On January 28, 2019   /   People of North Carolina Portraits, Portraits  
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Colonial Sisters with Dolls NC. Portraying the people of North Carolina.

Colonial Sisters With Dolls

Colonial Sisters With Dolls NC

Oil painting on canvas 30″x40″ by Clina Polloni.

Beautiful faces of sisters, proud of their homemade dolls.

Every year in October “The River of Yesteryears” get together at the Riverbend Park in Louisburg NC, to celebrate the colonial times with representations of the life in those days. I was fascinated by these two sisters with their colonial dolls expressing their enthusiasm.

 Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born in Chile. Her oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals and nature. Her new project: “The motif of the human figure in a dialogue with natures light and colors.” In these new paintings she is portraying the people of North Carolina in their environment and activities, representing the colonial times and history of our state.

Instructions of how to do this painting:

  1. Start by drawing the sisters, dolls and stone arch defining the light and the shade.
  2. Colonial Sisters Under-Paint

    Colonial Sisters With Dolls Under-Paint

    Do your under-paint or imprimatura with a wash of acrylics using colors that are going to be helpful when painting with oils. Acrylics are very good for under-painting because they dry faster. The under paint is very important because you are drawing with colors and defining light and shade in your final painting. The imprimaturais an initial stain of color painted on the canvas. It provides a transparent, toned ground, which will allow light falling onto the painting to reflect through the paint layers.

Start painting with oils in the following order because it is going to be easier for you:

  1. Using oils, start painting the stone arch and trees.
  2. Using oils paint the skin, blending light and shade to the color of the skin. Paint the features of the face, hands and foot.
  3. Paint hair, colonial huts and clothes.
  4. Paint dolls.
  5. Sign your work of art.

“We are North Carolina”

Exhibition by Clina Polloni at WakeMed North. June 2021.

“Colonial Sisters with Dolls NC.” Beautiful faces of sisters, proud of their homemade dolls.

Oil painting on canvas 30″x40″ by Clina Polloni.

#ncoilpainting #colonialpeoplenc #childrenportrait #artexhibition #wakemednc #wakeforestnc #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #chileanartist #northcarolinaartist #littleartgallerync

 

Visit People of NC Portraits
Call Clina: 919-841-3132.
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.
Contact Clina >>

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.
Member of The Franklin County Art Council and Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

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Painting classes and original oil paintings by Clina Polloni. Visit The Little ART Gallery located inside The Cotton Company in Wake Forest NC.

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WARNING, all paintings and photos are copyright © by Clina Polloni.

Clina Polloni is a member of The Makery and the Wake Forest Guild of Artists. Her oil paintings are at The Cotton Company and local businesses of Wake Forest NC.

Clina Polloni received the 2017 Franklin County Art Council ARTIST AWARD.

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