Arctic 70n 20w

Creative Rationale

Over the Arctic Ocean northwest of Iceland, at 70°N 20°W, this location sits in the harsh polar marine environment where the Greenland Sea meets the edge of the pack ice. The extremely high relative humidity (97%) and active precipitation combine with the moderate wind and low pressure system to create conditions of dense, moisture-laden atmosphere. Despite the sub-zero temperature, the significant positive temperature anomaly suggests an unusual warming event, which I interpret through cooler steely blues and grays punctuated by occasional warmer passages, while the high precipitation and humidity drive dense, overlapping gestural clusters that accumulate across the composition with breathing space between major groupings.