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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Hawaii State Foundation on
Culture and Arts
Minnesota Museum of American
Art
Hawaii State Judiciary
History Center
Wananalua Congregational
Church...
Further Information
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Commissions:
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Artist Statement for Carolyn Tolpo Smith
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C. Tolpo Studio works from Florida to Hawaii.
C.Tolpo studio is a working studio and custom painting is my specialty – Portraits: people or a memory adventure.
Commission a painting online via my website, www.tolpohawaiiart.com, see links below. C.Tolpo guidance in such doing makes your portrait experience exceptional, or leave it up to the artist.
"Portrait making can evoke memories and share pathways to kinship." Carolyn Tolpo Smith
Portrait making itself can stimulate an attitude of adventure, becoming a quest to find and render truths and characteristics specific to the subject. This is a different attitude than perhaps making a visual construct representation or explanation of the subject. It is like an invitation to a party of provocative ideas, a dance to creative adventures, and a banquet for the soul. Usually we think of portraits as being of people, but portrait-making attitudes can apply to just about anything, such as pets, objects, places, sounds and even plants. Here are some examples...
Links below include,newspaper and online commentary since 1997, Honolulu News/East Oahu Sun newspaper articles about Art and Life connections,other Tolpo artisits,my website...and the Art Beauty Shop on Cafe Press featuring my book exploring an approach toward Beauty or "Art-titude"
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