The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Eric
Smith

1919 — 2017 · Modern

A Life of Color and Devotion Eric John Smith began his life in Brunswick, Melbourne, where he first learned the fundamentals of commercial art and painting at the Brunswick Technical School. His early years were shaped by the heavy responsibilities of adulthood and service; he …

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Eric Smith
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Eric Smith'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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers