Joy
Hester
A Life Painted in Raw Emotion: The World of Joy Hester Joy Hester, born Joyce Mary Hester in 1920 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, was a fiercely independent and profoundly influential figure in Australian modern art. Her life, marked by both personal turmoil and artistic dedication, …
A portrait built from Joy Hester'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.
