Palm Springs Spinners is a digital artwork I created after relocating to the Coachella Valley, inspired by the wind turbines that stretch across the desert outside Palm Springs, California. Seeing them almost daily, I began imagining them differently — not as turbines, but as oversized wind spinners rising from the desert floor like surreal mechanical flowers.

How I Created Palm Springs Spinners
The spinner “petals” began as a photograph of my ear. I converted the image to black and white, cut out the shape, and digitally manipulated it using distortion and liquify techniques until the form transformed into something entirely new. The spheres anchoring several of the spinners came from a macro photograph of my dog’s toy ball, enlarged to capture its texture and recolored to hold the forms together visually. This process reflects how I work within Abstract Distortions: dismantling familiar photographs and rebuilding them into unexpected forms where everyday objects lose their identity and become something entirely new.


From Ear Photograph to Spinner Form

Building the Final Palm Springs Spinners Composition





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