willie
birch
The Soul of New Orleans: The Visual Narrative of Willie Birch To encounter the work of Willie Birch is to step into a meticulously crafted world where the boundaries between memory, community, and social commentary dissolve. Born in 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Birch has …
A portrait built from willie birch's own colours
Every 7 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.