rover
thomas joolama
early life and career rover thomas joolama, a wangkajunga and kukatja aboriginal australian artist, was born in 1926 at gunawaggi near well 33 on the canning stock route in the great sandy desert of western australia. he spent most of his life working as a …
A portrait built from rover thomas joolama'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.