I have been prepping paintings and pulling out some old pieces that were started years ago (the larger triptych) and will be finishing them. I get so excited with ideas for paintings and start them and I get them going and then for some reason they get set aside or I get excited and start another painting that becomes my priority. This is my life. I have to conciously work on finishing paintings which I do finish a bunch. I always have ideas, endless ideas. I am surrounded by fantastical sunsets and sunrises and color that just needs to be painted. It is so fun and so exciting to get the light and beauty onto my wood boards and share my ideas with you!
There are two triptychs in these pictures that are in progress. A work, such as an altarpiece, consisting of three painted or carved panels that are hinged together is what the definition of triptych is. Although my triptychs are three paintings, they are not hinged together. I have always loved triptychs. When I was in my 20’s, I travelled to Europe a few times. I would visit museums and cathedrals where I saw beautiful art. I lived in the city of Ghent, Belgium where the Ghent Altarpiece is and got to see that altarpiece a few times. Amazing.