Arctic 60n 70w
Creative Rationale
Over the Canadian Arctic archipelago, where Baffin Bay meets the Labrador Sea, extreme cold and near-saturated air create conditions ripe for visual archaeology. The significant pressure gradient suggests deep atmospheric stratification, which I interpret as dense palimpsest layers—multiple painted histories showing through one another. The massive positive temperature anomaly (48.1K warmer than the zonal mean, though still brutally cold at -34.7K) drives chaotic marks breaking through more structured underlying layers, while the 99% humidity ensures maximum translucency between paint layers, revealing the full archaeological depth of reworked surface.
License: This artwork is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.
Arctic 60n 70w
Lesley Tannahill — 2026-03-28-060044
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Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm
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