Joy
St Clair Hester
A Life Etched in Ink: The World of Joy St Clair Hester Joy St Clair Hester, a pivotal figure in Australian Modernism, lived a life marked by both artistic fervor and personal hardship. Born in Elwood, Australia, in 1920, her early years were shadowed by …
A portrait built from Joy St Clair Hester's own colours
Every 26 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.
