Tim
Burns
Tim Burns: A Context Artist’s Exploration of Hypermediation Tim Burns (born Canberra, Australia, 1953) stands as a pivotal figure in the history of Australian underground art and experimental filmmaking. Emerging from the turbulent artistic landscape of the early 1970s, he swiftly gained notoriety for his …
A portrait built from Tim Burns'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.
