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August 2005
The Artpart — by Carolyn Tolpo Smith
| C.Tolpo Memory Montage Art - Private Commission |
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| Transpact Winner - Memory Montage by C. Tolpo |
Art
Navigation
Sometimes
everything links just so to find the way, close the deal, make a change, or in this case, sail the race. As with challenges
in the arts, or in life, a multitude of factors fit just so to make it work. The blustery stuff of dreams often manifests
in the doing and fills the sails to persevere long after the race is won.
Before this
article goes to print, TransPac 2005 will sail its centennial Transpacific Yacht Race from California to Hawaii. The idea
for one of the longest nonstop ocean races between ports was born in Honolulu and now includes multihulls as well as boats
large and small with male and female sailors, amateur and professional. Candidates with disabilities from five countries will
sail for the "Challenged America" 2005 Transpac Team.
Others include sailors like an investment advisor who said, "I
work with ordinary people who have dreams and goals that are a part of what makes up the real world." The real part of what
makes up dreams of those who strive to sail - and finish - the Transpac ocean-racing legend flows from 2,225 daunting nautical
miles that test physical ability, stamina, sailing skills and seamanship. No matter what time the final arrival, a most enjoyable
Transpac experience involves the post-race parties. Volunteer Hawaiian hosts share lavish spreads of food, drink and Aloha.
Inspiration
of ever-faster speed invigorates building racing yachts with the "super" breed making their debut this year. One of the smallest
racers, a 35-footer named Chutzpah, did win the TransPac - twice. A portrait of the Chutzpah seen in the C. Tolpo painting
shown here includes a montage of the design plan blueprint with flashback scenes. It holds still the art navigation already
there that steers the artist, subject and viewer to chart oceans of imagination and evoke dialogues of kinship. Such re-creation
acknowledged by our recall stays the course to define an artpart we all do, time after time. This project sailed on winds
of much secrecy to a stunning surprise gift for the skipper.
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