North America 45n 120w

Creative Rationale

Over the Pacific Northwest inland region of Washington State, where the Cascade Mountains meet high desert terrain, an unusual atmospheric tension builds. The moderate humidity of 77% creates forms that bleed and dissolve at their edges like organic matter suspended in memory, while the significant temperature anomaly of 10.2K above normal generates tortured, distorted shapes pressing urgently against the picture plane. The gentle northwest wind adds subtle gestural energy flowing through thin translucent washes, as the relatively low pressure compresses these biomorphic forms into an intimate, claustrophobic space that hovers between landscape and anatomy.