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shane
william cotton

1964 · Contemporary

shane william cotton is a new zealand painter born in upper hutt, new zealand in 1964. he is known for his work that explores biculturalism, colonialism, cultural identity, māori spirituality, and life and death. cotton is of dual maori (ngati rangi, ngati hine, te uri …

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shane william cotton
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from shane william cotton'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