Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Art in 3s - Triptychs

When friends meet me or phone, they often ask what I'm doing... what I'm working on these days. So, here's what I've been doing...

With the Christmas season fast approaching, I am getting together with a few other artists to host a Holiday Open House and Studio Sale. (Particulars and invitations will be sent as we get closer to the date.)

In the interest of having new work to view and buy at Christmastime, I've been working on quite a few small pieces and you, dear reader, will be the first to know.

As of today, I've completed three triptychs from a series I've titled, "Progression." The first from tomato to Bloody Mary, the second from lemon to lemon meringue pie and the third from lime to Margarita.

r-atencio-red-tomato-pastel
r-atencio-lemons-pastel
r atencio-limes-pastel

Now, I'm working on three more triptychs - pomegranate, banana, and avocado - which I'll post as soon as they're finished. What do you think so far? Do you have suggestions for future "Progressions?"

19 comments:

  1. What a great idea! You didn't mention the all-American "progression" Apples to apple pie (with ice cream) Yum! Chloe

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  2. Cocoa beans to brownies?
    Coffee beans to latte?
    Chicken to quiche (through eggs)?
    Cranberries to Cosmo?

    ...I need more coffee...

    They're really nice - and a great idea. Way to go R!

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  3. Those are really great! Will your next one become a salad? Dee

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  4. Eggs to broken eggs to scrambled or fried. Strawberries to cut up to ice cream. Potato to sliced to french fries. Joy

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  5. What a great idead! Congrats, I never ceased to be amazed by artisits and their/our creative minds. Gladys

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  7. I love the third progression to the lime. Mariella

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  8. Those are wonderful! Carol

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  9. Lovely and clever! consider... more challenging pieces... water to steam to? ... butterfly progression... food on table to people eating to table with a few bits of food left... a pregnant women... puppy to full grown dog...a bud to flower to spent flower... Sheila

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  10. Very lovely. I'm proud of you. Anne

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  11. egg to chick to adult bird?
    I'm diggin' what you do!

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  12. The triptychs are great! Strong color and make me smile. I like the way you frame the images so closely. Kate

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  13. Cacao to chocolate... Yuki

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  14. I love your triptychs. How about grape vines to grape to wine. You can tell I'm Italian. Anna

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  15. Excellent as usual.You are so creative. How about an apple to a SLICE of apple pie? Francis

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  16. I love the new triptychs. For some reason, I thought of wheat to spaghetti. Probably because I love pasta so much. I think tomato to bloody mary is my favorite. I just revel in those colors. Tony

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  17. Cherry to cherry pie, banana to banana split cucumber to jar of pickles, olive to martini, red and green peppers to stuffed peppers. Barb

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  18. I love it!! Will think of more progressions!!! Laurence

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  19. Excellent! I love the progression concept. Great job on it, too! Colleen

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