Clina Polloni: Contemporary Artist Painting Life in Color
Clina Polloni paints life in full color — bold landscapes, seascapes, and portraits inspired by people, animals, and nature. Trained in Chile and rooted on a North Carolina farm, she blends impressionism with realism into work that's vivid, joyful, and unmistakably her own.
ARTISTSPAINTER
7/21/20263 min read
Vivid oil paintings inspired by people, animals, and nature
Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born in Chile, whose passion is expressing herself through colorful paintings inspired by her love for people, animals, and nature. She moves easily between impressionism and realism, and over the years has developed a style that is entirely her own.
Clina is a contemporary descendant of the Polloni family, merchants and artists originally from Florence, Italy. Art has run through the family for generations. For Clina it started early, she began painting as a little girl in her great-grandfather's studio. After graduating from the University of Chile, she moved to Raleigh, NC, where she began her lifelong career as a designer artist, and teacher.
Bright color is at the heart of everything Clina creates. She's drawn to bold, saturated palettes that bring warmth and energy to the canvas. She will turn even a quiet still life or a familiar landscape into something vivid and alive.
"I live for the arts. It's the creative energy I wake up for every morning. A new painting, a new inspiration, telling a story in a painting — it's like a book of bright colors and happiness."
Teaching fascinates Clina just as much as painting does. She loves seeing the joy in a student's face when they look at their own work with new eyes. When she teaches, she likes to talk with each student, to understand what's inside their feelings and what they want a painting to say. Clina welcomes students of every age, from grade schoolers making their first brushstrokes to seniors discovering a new passion.
Clina's portfolio spans oil paintings of landscapes, seascapes, flowers, still life, and people, all inspired by her love for people, animals, and nature. Her newest project explores the human figure in dialogue with nature's light and color, portraying people in their environments and everyday activities, and representing both American and Hispanic culture.
Clina lives in Franklinton, NC, just 20 minutes from Raleigh. Her farm is home to her ART studio. There she exhibits her paintings and offers painting classes. In 2017, she received the FCAC Artist Award for her outstanding achievements and contributions to the Franklin County Art Council. She is a member of The Makery and the Wake Forest Guild of Artists, and her oil paintings are for sale on her website,in her studio at The Little ART Gallery inside The Cotton Company and other local businesses in Wake Forest, NC.
Clina's original oil paintings are available for purchase, with pieces ranging from $100 to $1000. Clina’s affordable original art welcomes both first-time collectors and seasoned art lovers alike. You can browse and inquire through her website, clinapolloni.com. She is currently exhibiting her work at The Cotton Company located in the historical downtown of waste for NC. 306 S. White St., Wake Forest, NC 27587. Their phone number is 1-919-570-0087. You can also reach her directly at 1-919-841-3132. Clina also welcomes visitors into her farm studio by appointment, offering a personal look at where each painting comes to life. You can follow Clina's work on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clina.polloni, X: https://x.com/ClinaPolloni, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ClinaPolloni and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clinapolloni/