Tropical South America 15s 70w

Creative Rationale

High in the Bolivian Andes near the border with Chile, this location captures the extreme atmospheric conditions of the altiplano where the extraordinarily low pressure creates a thin, ethereal environment. The bitter cold temperature anomaly and near-saturated humidity, combined with gentle northwest winds, inspire a composition where icy blues and crystalline whites pool at the canvas edges in Francis's signature style, leaving a luminous central void that suggests the rarified mountain air. The low visual interest score calls for restraint—color fields that breathe and settle rather than explode, creating a meditative highland atmosphere.