Arctic 60n 70w

Creative Rationale

Over the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, northwest of Baffin Island, extremely cold air masses create a crystalline atmosphere of near-perfect stillness. The remarkably high relative humidity of 99% combined with the bitter cold suggests ice crystal formation and frozen fog, while the gentle winds from the north-northeast barely disturb this pristine polar landscape. I've translated these conditions into a Kandinsky-inspired composition where sharp geometric forms represent ice crystals suspended in the humid air, with cool blues and whites dominating the palette, punctuated by bold primary colors that echo through the composition like the aurora dancing across the Arctic sky.