Arctic 70n 60e
Creative Rationale
Over the vast frozen expanses of the Arctic Ocean, far north of the Siberian coast where sea ice meets endless polar night, the atmospheric data reveals a story of dramatic contrasts and hidden energy. The extremely low pressure system creates a gravitational pull that I've translated into dense pools of saturated color gathering at the canvas edges, while the moderate wind speed generates organic splatters and energetic brushstrokes that seem to spiral inward from the northeast. The bitter cold temperature with its surprising positive anomaly becomes a luminous interplay of deep arctic blues and unexpected warm bursts of orange and magenta, creating the kind of chromatic tension that Francis mastered in his later works.
Arctic 70n 60e
Sam Francis — 2026-03-20-145856