Pat
Steir
Pat Steir: A Cartographer of Chance and Emotion Pat Steir, born Iris Patricia Sukoneck in Newark, New Jersey, in 1940, is an American painter and printmaker whose work has profoundly shaped the landscape of contemporary art. Her journey from early conceptual influences to her now-iconic …
A portrait built from Pat Steir's own colours
Every 8 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.