Mildred
Thompson
Mildred Thompson: Weaver of Shadows and Spirit Mildred Jean Thompson (1936-2003) remains a compelling figure in 20th-century American art, an artist whose deeply personal vision—rooted in West African textiles, Islamic architecture, jazz music, and spiritual exploration—produced a body of work both hauntingly beautiful and profoundly …
A portrait built from Mildred Thompson'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.