"Lazy Afternoon"
Oil on canvas
Tetraptych, 32" x 32" overall,
each canvas is 16" square.
The big problem with painting polyptychs (multiple paneled paintings) is not how to keep them all balanced on your easel -- it's what to call the complete piece. Yeah, we've all painted diptychs; that's a no-brainer. Even knocked out a triptych or two. But what about four or five or six panel pieces??? And, if you don't remember that bit of trivia from school days, that, my friends, is what Wikipedia is for. Once I'd conquered the balancing act and finished this one, I thought I'd better figure out what it was in "tych" speak before someone asked. At least, I want to give the appearance of knowing everything about something I've produced. (No, that doesn't carry over to the subject of my kids.)
So here's the rundown on multiples: Diptych = 2; Triptych = 3; Tetraptych = 4; Pentaptych = 5; Hexaptych = 6; Heptaptych = 7; Octaptych = 8. If you're working on nine or more, you're on your own.
