Daniel
Iyakitan (Yupik)
The Soul of the Tundra: The Legacy of Daniel Iyakitan In the frozen, windswept expanse of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, a landscape defined by its profound stillness and raw elemental power, the life of Daniel Iyakitan began in 1912. To understand his art is to …
A portrait built from Daniel Iyakitan (Yupik)'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.