Arctic 60n 140e
Creative Rationale
Over the remote Arctic Ocean north of the East Siberian Sea, where pack ice meets frigid waters under pale polar light, extreme cold meets surprisingly high humidity in an atmosphere of profound stillness. The brutal -4.3 Kelvin temperature demands a palette of steely winter blues and stark whites, while the 93% humidity translates into dense, saturated color clusters that feel heavy with moisture. The nearly absent wind (0.9 m/s) creates soft, rounded gestural forms rather than directional sweeps, and the low pressure system calls for a darker ground that allows luminous color passages to emerge like memory fragments of distant warmth.
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 140e
Joan Mitchell — 2026-05-04-183101
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Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm
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