North America 30n 110w

Creative Rationale

Over the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, where extreme low pressure creates an atmospheric void, moderate northwest winds carry scattered energy across the arid landscape. The unusually warm temperature anomaly and moderate humidity suggest a dynamic weather system moving through this southwestern terrain. I've interpreted the low pressure as heavy pools of saturated color accumulating at the canvas edges, while the 9.2 m/s wind drives explosive splatters and gestural marks radiating outward from multiple centers, leaving Francis's characteristic luminous white breathing space in the composition's heart.