Katie
Paterson
Katie Paterson: Translating Silence into Stone Katie Paterson (born 1981, Scotland) is a Fife-based visual artist whose work explores profound themes of time, scale, and the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Rooted in a meticulous research process combining geological science with artistic experimentation, …
A portrait built from Katie Paterson'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.
