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simeon janvier
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Alex Simeon Janvier (February 28, 1935 – July 10, 2024) emerged from the Dene Suline territory of Treaty 6 in Alberta—a landscape steeped in Indigenous history and spirituality—to become one of Canada’s most celebrated First Nations painters. His formative years …
A portrait built from alexan simeon janvier's own colours
Every 2 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.