Ken
Elias
Ken Elias: A Visionary Painter Rooted in Welsh Landscape Ken Elias (b.1944) is a Welsh artist whose distinctive style—characterized by bold geometric forms and layered narratives—has cemented his place as one of Wales’s most celebrated contemporary painters. Born into a working-class family in Glynneath, South …
A portrait built from Ken Elias's own colours
Every 7 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.