The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Steve
Wheeler

1912 — 1992 · Modern

Early Life, Family and Training Steve Wheeler was born Stephen Brosnatch on April 3, 1912, in Slovakia. His early years were defined by migration, as he moved with his family to New Salem, Pennsylvania, as a young boy. Life in Pennsylvania was far from academic. …

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Steve Wheeler
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Steve Wheeler's own colours

Every 1 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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers