Jean
Spencer
Jean Spencer: Bridging Mathematics and Emotion in Abstract Sculpture Jean Spencer (1942-1998) remains a singular voice within the British Systems Group, an influential collective that championed abstraction as a vehicle for exploring fundamental concepts of geometry and perception. Born in Liverpool, Spencer’s artistic journey began …
A portrait built from Jean Spencer's own colours
Every 7 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.
