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keesee shelton
Edith Keesee Shelton: Capturing Richmond’s Midcentury Soul Edith Keesee Shelton (1895-1989) emerged from the quiet Virginia countryside as an unassuming yet remarkably observant photographer, leaving behind a legacy of over 3,000 meticulously crafted 35mm color slides that offer invaluable glimpses into post–World War II Richmond. …
A portrait built from edith keesee shelton's own colours
Every 3 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
