The Masters · Chromatic Profile
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serl
The Wandering Soul of American Folk Art Jon Serl was a man whose life was as layered and textured as the very canvases he created. Born Josef Searls in 1894 in the quiet town of Olean, New York, his journey to becoming a singular voice …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from jon serl's own colours
Every 7 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.
Reading the Genome
The signature, in numbers
The Source Works
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.