Brian
Ballard
Early Life and Artistic Training Born in Belfast in 1943, Brian Ballard showed an early aptitude for the brush and charcoal during his formative years. In 1954, he was a pupil at Annadale Grammar School, a place noted for its particular friendliness toward the arts. …
A portrait built from Brian Ballard'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.