mark
tansey
The Architect of Monochromatic Dreams Mark Tansey, born in San Jose, California, in 1949, occupies a singular space in the landscape of contemporary American painting. Raised in an environment steeped in art history—the son of an esteemed art historian and a librarian specializing in computerized …
A portrait built from mark tansey's own colours
Every 5 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.
