dorothy
mae aiken
A Pioneering Spirit: The Life and Art of Dorothy Mae Aiken Dorothy Mae Aiken, known professionally as Kim Hamilton, was a remarkable figure whose multifaceted career spanned over half a century. Born in Los Angeles on September 12, 1932, she defied easy categorization, excelling not …
A portrait built from dorothy mae aiken'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.
