Palm Springs Spinners Comes Home
This week, I unpacked the largest canvas I have ever produced: a 48×32-inch print of Palm Springs Spinners.
The piece began as a photograph of my ear before evolving into a collection of colorful abstract forms inspired by Palm Springs architecture, movement, wind, and desert design. If you’d like to see the full creative process behind the piece, you can read my original essay, From Ear to Desert Wind Spinner: How I Created Palm Springs Spinners.
Seeing Palm Springs Spinners at Full Scale
Seeing the work at this scale feels completely different than viewing it on a screen! The colors are louder. The forms feel more physical. The piece occupies space in a way that digital images never can.
The timing feels fitting. Yesterday, I fangirl’d my way through Frank Sinatra’s legendary Twin Palms estate in Palm Springs and spent time surrounded by the architecture, colors, and design language that continue to inspire me as an artist. You can read about that experience in my recent article, Pool Views, Pink Tile & Sinatra: Touring an Iconic Palm Springs Home.
Standing inside one of Palm Springs’ most famous homes reminded me why I continue returning to the city as a source of inspiration. There is a sense of optimism, playfulness, and design-forward thinking that still feels surprisingly modern.
Whether Palm Springs Spinners eventually ends up on a gallery wall, a private collection, or remains part of my personal collection, unpacking it was a reminder that ideas that begin as experiments sometimes grow into something much larger than expected.
Sometimes an ear becomes a flower.
Sometimes a flower becomes a desert.
Baroque Medusa 
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