I signed Golden Slumbers on December 15th and the others on the 17th. The surprise is that I started and completed all three works in a month’s time. This entire process came into focus when I had in stock three 36 x 48 inch background canvases. The close musical relationship also helped. I could then use the same overall style and color plan tweaked for each artwork. By following the same designs of the previous 2023 artworks, I saved considerable time and effort. This then allowed me to build all three artworks together through each stage of production. The last motivation to complete these three works as quickly as possible was the drop off date of early January. Even though I completed all the preparations for this triptych for the upcoming exhibition, I have a surprise.

The curator, Christy from our group EmptyWallsArt, for the upcoming exhibition has limited wall space for eleven 3D artists that will be showing. Eight of the artists, including one new member, are from our group, EmptyWallsArt. The host then required the addition of invited artists. This was a hard search in this area for me and, Christy who signed up three guests artists for the show.

Christy also informed me she wants to ensure that “all the artists have a fair amount of room since the exhibition wall space was limited.” Right away after reading that, I knew my Beatles triptych would not fit: I requested wall space of a bare minimum of twenty-four feet. I then offered alternatives directing her to my portfolio on the EmptyWalls website. I did not want to break apart the Beatles triptych. Between us we chose three other artworks.

The JS Bach work chosen I understood because of its narrow width. The other two where each about the same size as the Beatles works, but they added variety in color matching well with the Bach piece. I did update the Bach the stereo system from a 2 watt to match the systems in the other artworks. But, again to my surprise the plan changed.

This happened when I emailed Christy and told her the reason I created The Beatles Triptych was to show them in the upcoming exhibition. I then suggested another option that I was good with. I would show only two works: the center piece of the Triptych, Carry that weight, and Zombie. Finally, I would display two small photos of the other two Beatles artwork, one on each side of Carry. Well, Christy responded she did not want any photographs of artworks. She then asked for the dimension of the Triptych and Zombie. Her response after receiving the information was she would find the space to display the three Beatles works together. She also added Zombie, but that work would be displayed in a different location in the gallery. At most I wanted the Triptych, but Christy went out of the way in found space for a four. I thanked her.

Scott Von Holzen

Scott Von Holzen