Deborah
Kay Butterfield
The Spirit Within the Form: The Sculptural Journey of Deborah Kay Butterfield Born in San Diego, California, on May 7, 1949—a date she famously shares with the 75th running of the Kentucky Derby—Deborah Kay Butterfield has dedicated her life to a singular, profound exploration of …
A portrait built from Deborah Kay Butterfield'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.