The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Michael
Dailey

1938 — 2009 · Modern

The Luminous Layers of Michael Dailey Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Michael Dailey spent his life chasing the subtle shifts of light and atmosphere. He moved to Seattle in 1963, a transition that would define much of his professional existence. It was there that he …

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Michael Dailey
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Michael Dailey'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
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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