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Karen Ruffner-Serenity Among the Dunes 2022

“Serenity Among the Dunes”

Serenity Among the Dunes by Karen Ruffner -Painting Class acrylics oils

Serenity Among the Dunes by Karen Ruffner -Painting Class acrylics oils

Painting by Karen Ruffner.

Oil on canvas 16” x 20”. A place of tranquility.

Painting Class taught by Clina Polloni.

#paintingclassesnc #beachdunes #littleartgallerync #wakeforestnc #thecottonco #oilsclasses #acrylicsclasses #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #raleighnc #franklintonnc

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Old Railroad Station of Franklinton NC.

Old Railroad Station of Franklinton NC.

by Clina Polloni. Landscape, oil on canvas 16”x 20”.

Old Railroad Station of Franklinton NC by Clina Polloni-oil painting.

Old Railroad Station of Franklinton NC by Clina Polloni-oil painting.

The old train depot remains one of the Town’s most recognizable landmarks of Franklinton NC, known as the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Passenger Depot. It was built in 1886, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building with Italianate, Queen Anne, and Gothic Revival style design elements.

You are cordially invited to the Historic Preservation Architecture Event.

Clina Polloni will be exhibiting her colonial paintings and donating the “Old Railroad Station of Franklinton NC” painting.

Saturday May 14, from 11:00am to 5:00pm.

At The Hudson Manor, 908 Moulton Road Louisburg NC. Step back in time and enjoy a day of ARTs and crafts, good food, music, antique tractors/cars and learn about the history of North Carolina.

#oldrailroadstation #landmark #nchistory #landscape #franklintonnc #oilpainting #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist

Old Railroad Station of Franklinton NC is © of Clina Polloni.

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.

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Louisburg, 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.

Crape Myrtles Painting.

Crape Myrtles

Painting Class Taught by Artist Clina Polloni.

Painting Class acrylics oils-Crape Myrtles

Painting Class acrylics oils-Crape Myrtles

Learn to paint Crape Myrtles. They are the last flowers of sprint. A pallet of colors, from white to pink to lilac and deep magenta. They feel up our yards with big delightful blooms all through summer to autumn. 

This is a simple painting for a beginner artist. You will learn the basics of color mixing, blending and texture.

Supply: This painting can be done in 2 medias, Oil Paintings or Acrylics:

Acrylics: You can buy them at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. There are many brands of acrylic paintings that I have tested but the one that I like the most is SOHO, Urban Artistic Acrylic: Excellent paintings, sold at more reasonable price by Jerry’s Arterama. 3060 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609. (919) 876-6610.
Oil Paintings: You can buy them at Michael’s, Hobby Lobby, but again the most affordable ones are at Jerry’s Arterama and their brand is LUKAS.

Canvas: 12″x 16″ or 11″x 14″

Colors:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Cadmium Yellow Light
  3. Cadmium Yellow Medium
  4. Magenta
  5. Violet de Cobalt or Thio Violet or Deep Magenta
  6. Dioxazine Purple
  7. Alizarin Crimson
  8. Sap Green
  9. Permanent Green
  10. Greenish Umber (Grumbacher) or a Deep Green
  11. Yellow Ochre
  12. Burnt Sienna
  13. Burnt Umber
  14. Ivory Black
Diane Kaiser-Crape Myrtles-Painting Class acrylics oils.

Diane Kaiser-Crape Myrtles-Painting Class acrylics oils.

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 White Bristle #3.

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.

“Crape Myrtles” painting by Laurie Boyette and Tricia Wagner. Great accomplishment with colors, from white to pink to lilac and deep magenta.

Painting Class-Crape Myrtles by Laurie Boyette and Tricia Wagner

Painting Class-Crape Myrtles by Laurie Boyette and Tricia Wagner.

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

Call Clina: 919-841-3132

Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

#paintingclasses #flowerspainting #crapemyrtles #littleartgallerync #thecottonco #oilsclasses #acrylicsclasses #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist #wakeforestnc

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.

Rachel Painting March 2022.

Rachel Britt “Mountain Road” painting.

Mountain Road by Rachel Britt-Painting Class acrylics oils

Mountain Road by Rachel Britt-Painting Class acrylics oils

Very talented artist!

Painting Class taught by Clina Polloni at The Cotton Company, Wake Forest NC.

#mountainroad #paintingclasses #littleartgallerync #wakeforestnc #thecottonco #oilsclasses #acrylicsclasses #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni

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Summer Flower Garden by Tricia Wagner March 2022.

Tricia Wagner “Summer Flower Garden” painting.

Summer Flower Garden by Tricia Wagner-Painting Class acrylics oils

Summer Flower Garden by Tricia Wagner-Painting Class acrylics oils

A harmony of summer colorful flowers.

Painting Class taught by Clina Polloni.

#paintingclasses #flowerspainting #summergarden #littleartgallerync #thecottonco #oilsclasses #acrylicsclasses #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist #wakeforestnc

Learn to paint with us: https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/

Snow Wonderland in the Cabin Painting.

Snow Wonderland in the Cabin by Clina Polloni.

Commissioned painting. Oil on canvas board 11”x 14”.

Is a winter wonderland of a place to be in the mountains.

Snow Wonderland in the Cabin-Snow Landscape by Clina Polloni.

Snow Wonderland in the Cabin-Snow Landscape by Clina Polloni.

Commissioned at the Little ART Gallery, inside The Cotton Company, Wake Forest NC.

#snowpainting #logcabin #commissionedpaining #snowlandscape #littleartgallerync #wakeforestnc #oilpainting #thecottonco #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist

Call Clina: 919-841-3132

Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

The “Snow Wonderland in the Cabin” painting is © Clina Polloni. 

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27525.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

The Purity of a White Dogwood Flower Painting.

The Purity of a White Dogwood Flower by Clina Polloni.

White Dogwood Flower by Clina Polloni

White Dogwood Flower by Clina Polloni

Commissioned painting. Oil on canvas 16”x 20”.

The white dogwood is the North Carolina State flower, often symbolize innocence, purity, and spirituality.

Native Americans used the bark of the roots of flowering Dogwood to reduce fevers and aches.

#whitedogwoodflower #dogwoodpainting #littleartgallerync #raleighnc #wakeforestnc #thecottonco #commissionedpainting #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist #oilpainting

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White Dogwood Flower by Clina Polloni Commissioned painting Oil on canvas

White Dogwood Flower by Clina Polloni Commissioned painting Oil on canvas

The Purity of a White Dogwood Flower painting is © Clina Polloni.

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27525.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

Pink Kalanchoe Flowers Painting.

Pink Kalanchoe Flowers by Clina Polloni-Oil Painting

Pink Kalanchoe Flowers by Clina Polloni-Oil Painting

Pink Kalanchoe Flowers.

By Clina Polloni.

Oil on canvas board 11”x 14”.

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (pink bloom): Prolific flowers of bright pink that can last for many weeks. That endurance gives the plant its symbolic meaning of “persistence and eternal love”.

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

#pinkkalanchoe #kalanchoeflowers #littleartgallerync #raleighnc #eternallove #wakeforestnc #thecottonco #loveflowers #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist #oilpainting #paintingforsale

Call Clina: 919-841-3132

Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

Pink Kalanchoe Flowers painting is © Clina Polloni.

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27525.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

Rachel and Abby February 2022.

Rachel and Abby Wizard Hat-Acrylics Painting Class

Rachel and Abby Wizard Hat-Acrylics Painting Class

Rachel Britt and Abby “Wizard Hat” painting.

Magnificent ART.

Painting Class taught by Clina Polloni.

At The Cotton Company, Wake Forest NC.

#wizardhatpainting #paintingclasses #littleartgallerync #wakeforestnc #thecottonco #oilsclasses #acrylicsclasses #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni

Learn to paint with us: https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/

Isabelle, Diane, Lisa Marie and Laurie February 2022.

White Adobe Church by Isabelle, Diane, Lisa Marie, Laurie-Painting Class

White Adobe Church by Isabelle, Diane, Lisa Marie, Laurie-Painting Class

Isabelle, Diane, Lisa Marie and Laurie finished the “White Adobe Church” painting.

Excellent job with the clouds, mountain and the texture of the adobe.

Painting Class taught by Clina Polloni.

#adobechurchpainting #chile #landscape #paintingclasses #littleartgallerync #wakeforestnc #thecottonco #oilsclasses #acrylicsclasses #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist
Learn to paint with us: https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/

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Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Louisburg, Franklinton and The Triangle Area of North Carolina.

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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