Palm Springs

c. 2025 
Gouache and colored pencil on watercolor paper
5.5" x 7.5" (canvas)
6" x 8" (frame)

Original work signed by the artist. No prints available.

In this work, Eunice Lee distills the architectural and botanical shorthand of the Coachella Valley into a single, high-key composition. By juxtaposing the linear verticality of the palm with the geometric weight of desert modernism, Lee creates a study of balance and structural contrast. The artist utilizes a vibrant, saturated palette to translate the intense, unrelenting desert sun into distinct planes of color, moving beyond mere representation to explore the formalist properties of the landscape.

Executed in her South Pasadena studio from archival photographic studies, the work serves as a tactile investigation into the atmospheric compression unique to the desert. The interplay of shadows and "ambient overlays" is not merely descriptive; it functions as a deliberate manipulation of space and light. Through this compressed focus, Lee captures the essential Modernist ethos of Palm Springs, transforming a specific geographic location into a universal meditation on color, structure, and the enduring allure of the California desert.