john
mooney
John Mooney: Sculpting Light, Echoing Nature Chicago-based artist John David Mooney is a singular figure in contemporary sculpture and installation art. His work transcends the purely visual, deeply engaging with themes of astronomy, science, environmentalism, and the spirit of place. From monumental public works that …
A portrait built from john mooney's own colours
Every 2 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.