melvin
culaba
Melvin Culaba: Exploring Surreal Visions Through Charcoal Melvin Culaba, born in the Philippines in 1971, is a Filipino visual artist whose distinctive style—characterized by haunting charcoal drawings—captures moments of profound introspection and surreal beauty. His work delves into themes of identity, memory, and the subconscious, …
A portrait built from melvin culaba'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.