elsie
gledstanes
Elsie Gledstanes (1891–1982): A Painter of Women and War Elsie Gledstanes (1891–1982) was a British artist whose evocative paintings captured the spirit of her time, particularly focusing on portraits of women—often serving in the Royal Navy during World War I and II—and landscapes imbued with …
A portrait built from elsie gledstanes's own colours
Every 10 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.
