Arctic 60n 130w

Creative Rationale

Over the Canadian Arctic archipelago northwest of the Northwest Territories, extreme cold meets unusually warm anomalies in a landscape of perpetual winter. The moderate southwest wind carries moisture-laden air across this frozen expanse, while the steep pressure gradient creates atmospheric turbulence that I've translated into Richter's characteristic layered reveals. The significant temperature anomaly drives my choice to expose warm underlying colors—deep reds and oranges—beneath cool grey and blue surface layers, as if the squeegee drags are peeling back the arctic facade to reveal the earth's warmth beneath.