Arctic

Creative rationale

Over the Chukchi Sea in the Russian Arctic, where Siberia meets the polar ice, extreme low pressure creates a dramatic atmospheric vortex while surprisingly warm temperatures for this latitude generate an almost spring-like energy in the frozen landscape. The gentle winds and high humidity suggest a moody, saturated environment where color pools and spreads like watercolor on wet paper, while the low pressure system draws vibrant hues into dense accumulations at the canvas edges, leaving luminous white space to breathe in the center like Francis's late compositional style.