richard
john spare
Richard John Spare: A Life in Print & Paint Early Life and Education Born in London, United Kingdom in 1951, Richard John Spare developed a passion for art from an early age. He pursued formal training at Maidstone College of Art from 1971 to 1974, …
A portrait built from richard john spare's own colours
Every 16 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.