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Ephemeral Atmosphere · 2024
Pink Tornado
Available · in the studio, Phoenix
The tornado that arrived in pink — force with the wrong color, power that refuses its expected palette.
“In 'Pink Tornado', abstraction dances gently with meaning, never arriving, always evolving.”
Pink Tornado (2024) spins with joy and chaos — a riot of candy-colored motion and playful destruction. This 48 x 48 inch acrylic painting from the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection takes the swirling form of a vortex and douses it in hot pink, lavender, orange, and acidic lime, creating a composition that feels both cartoonish and primal.
The vortex dominates the canvas, drawn with broad curving bands that spiral from the center outwards. The strokes are unapologetic — fast, thick, confident. Around the edges, smaller marks and splashes suggest debris, noise, or celebration.
I created Pink Tornado in one sustained, fast-moving session. I wanted to channel energy without control, to move from the wrist, elbow, shoulder — let the whole body spiral. There’s catharsis in letting color do the talking.
The work is in conversation with Kenny Scharf’s cartoon cosmos and Takashi Murakami’s hyper-saturated pop explosions. But here, the tone is more internal — less commentary, more instinct.
Pink Tornado isn’t about destruction. It’s about becoming undone in the best way — letting go of edges to find your own center.
Where to see it. In person at RituStudio, Phoenix, by appointment. Represented by Jarrow & Goodman, Los Angeles.
The space it needs
- Wall
- At least 5 ft wide
- Ceiling
- 8 ft or more
- Light
- Natural light transforms this work — morning and evening light read differently
- Daylight
- Earth tones, ochre and oxblood lean warm here, so afternoon sun pushes the spiral hotter and pinker. An east wall gives morning light that keeps the tones balanced.
Lives best in
Living room 5/5
Pink Tornado earns this room fully: the burnt sienna and deep madder spiral pulls a living room into shared aliveness, giving a social space the felt sense of release that guests arrive needing.
Bedroom 4/5
The cathartic spiral is intimate enough at four by four feet to read as personal rather than theatrical, and the warm gray passages let the painting quiet itself as evening light shifts across the canvas.
Details
- Size
- 4 × 4 ft (W × H)
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Year
- 2024
- Collection
- Ephemeral Atmosphere
- Palette
- Burnt Sienna · Earth Tone · Ochre · Warm Gray · Deep Madder · Oxblood · Muted White
- Weight
- About 22 lb
- Ready
- In the studio; delivery 6–10 weeks
Its ArtGram
ArtGram.Trillium
- Texture3
- Form3
- Colour range3
- Palette3.9
- Contrast4
- Abstraction Quotient3.5
