Custom Diptych & Triptych Paintings

Start with the total width, then work out the panels. A common design guideline is to make the whole set, gaps included, about 60 to 75 percent of the width of the furniture below it.

1. Measure the sofa, bed or console, or the open wall if nothing sits below.
2. Take 60 to 75 percent of that number. This is the total width of the set, gaps included.
3. Pick a gap. Most people use 2 to 3 inches between panels.
4. Subtract the gaps and divide what is left by the number of panels. That is each panel’s width.
5. Send us the panel width, height and gap on the quote form. We paint to those numbers.

A worked example: an 84 inch sofa gives a target set width of about 50 to 63 inches. Three panels 16 inches wide with 2 inch gaps come to 52 inches. Three panels 18 inches wide with 2.5 inch gaps come to 59 inches.

Our 60 standard sizes run from 24 by 20 inches up to 80 by 60 inches, and any panel size off that list is painted at the same rate. For a staggered set, or one wide center with two narrow sides, send the measurement of each panel and we quote it the same way. A single canvas over 80 by 60 inches, up to 5 meters (about 16 feet), is quoted case by case. For shipping abroad, about 2.5 to 3 meters on the longest side is the practical limit for one piece, so a wider wall can be split into two or three panels. See extra-large paintings.

We do not print anything, so the joins have to be planned in paint. Before the first brushstroke, we lay the whole picture out across all the panels, gap included, so a horizon, a wave or a branch leaves one canvas at the same height it enters the next. The panels are then painted together as one set, so the colors and brushwork stay consistent.

For commissions we send progress photos while the painting is under way. When the set is finished, we photograph the panels laid out side by side in hanging order and send you the photos, so you can check every join before anything is packed. Nothing leaves the studio until you approve. If you want the studio side of that, how we paint shows who works on a canvas and in what order.

Forty rooms, same colors, not forty identical paintings. You give us the palette, the mood and the size. Our painters vary the composition from piece to piece, so each room gets its own painting and the whole floor reads as one scheme.

Trade pricing starts from one piece. The rate improves at 6 pieces and again at 21, and mixed designs count together. Every panel counts, so a set of three counts as three pieces, and forty rooms count as forty. For a first order or a large series we paint a sample. It is a separate single-piece order, and the larger order is quoted on its own. Full terms are on the trade page.

Our production bands are 7 to 10 business days for 1 to 5 pieces, 10 to 15 for 6 to 20, 15 to 20 for 21 to 50, and about 20 for 51 up to about 1,400 when the project is booked at least one week ahead. Large orders are booked at least one week ahead and scheduled with you. A set of three is three pieces, so it falls in the first band, but plan on the top of that band, because each panel has to dry between layers. Heavy texture also sits at the top of its band, and it ships stretched or framed rather than rolled. See textured paintings.