peter
markey
Peter Markey (1930–2016): The Quiet Revolution of Wooden Automata Peter Markey (1930–2016) was a British artist renowned for his charming automata, kinetic sculptures & wave machines. A painter and teacher, he brought playful movement to art with wooden figures depicting everyday life – footballers, couples, …
A portrait built from peter markey's own colours
Every 3 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.
