Arctic 60n 0e

Creative Rationale

Over the Arctic Ocean at 60 degrees north latitude on the Prime Meridian, frigid air masses collide with surprisingly warm anomalies while moderate westerly winds slash across the polar seascape. The extremely low temperature of 10.3 Kelvin drives a palette dominated by harsh blacks and icy whites, while the significant positive temperature anomaly introduces violent slashes of flesh pink cutting through the glacial darkness. The moderate wind speed of 9.2 m/s creates aggressive diagonal movements across the composition, with the low pressure system compressing forms against the picture plane in typical de Kooning fashion.