Creating a Series

This article appears in the Fall, 2023 issue of SAGE-ING magazine.

There are several reasons why an artist would choose to do a series. Some artists choose a topic to better themselves in that subject, others choose a series for presentation purposes or for gallery exhibitions, and some artists create a series for their clients (that is, commissions). Creating a series does not necessarily mean that they are smaller works of art. Some series in fact can be on huge canvases. An example is Claude Monet’s approximately 250 water lily paintings, the first series that comes to my mind. Some series of paintings may be smaller in size too The number of paintings in a series is usually a number that the artist sets for him- or herself.

Are you an artist contemplating a series?

Ask yourself these questions before you begin…