louis
jacob
A Life Interwoven with Conceptual Threads Louis Jacob, born in Lima, Peru in 1971, is an artist whose work defies easy categorization, existing at the compelling intersection of painting, sculpture, writing, and curatorial practice. His journey began with a relocation to Canada as a child, …
A portrait built from louis jacob'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.
