Sunday March 3, and the magic of three

The Conversation Continues

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 90 inches (combined), 

or 30 x 30 inches each

Barbara Muir © 2011

(I've done quite a few triptychs.

This is one of my favourites because

it captures a conversation I had via

Skype with Henriette Sonne who

I met at the Florence Biennale. And

she is wonderful!)

The rule of three is big in art, in design and in writing,
so here we are on March 3, the third day of the third
month, and we can feel a spark of delight rising in us
with the falling snow.  In art it applies to proportion.
A landscape is usually one third land, two thirds sky,
or the reverse.  In placing objects in a painting, odd
numbers are usually more pleasing to the eye.  1,3,5,7
and so on.

Here is a Triptych (three paintings)I did a few years
ago.  They are always a pleasure to create.  Why?
There is the treat of breaking a large image into
smaller ones, or joining images together with one element
in each painting that links them.  They are fun.

I'll be thinking about that when I start a new painting
this week.  How could it work in a triptych?

Have a happy Monday.