ponch
hawkes
A Lens on Identity: The Visionary World of Ponch Hawkes Born in 1946 in Abbotsford, Victoria, Ponch Hawkes has spent decades crafting a visual language that serves as a profound mirror to the Australian soul. A self-taught master of the medium, her journey into photography …
A portrait built from ponch hawkes'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.
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.
