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james
arthur surls

1943 · Modern

James Arthur Surls: Sculpting Myth and Landscape James Arthur Surls (born April 19, 1943, Terrell, Texas) stands as a singular figure in American modernist sculpture, recognized for his monumental earthworks that grapple with profound themes of mythology, nature, and the evolving identity of the United …

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james arthur surls
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from james arthur surls'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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers