North America

Creative rationale

Over the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, where the coordinates 30°N, 110°W place us in the arid southwestern United States, extremely low atmospheric pressure creates a sense of rarefied, thin air while moderate winds from the southwest carry subtle energy across the landscape. The frigid temperature of 32°C suggests this data captures conditions in the upper atmosphere, inspiring a composition where icy blues and muted earth tones pool at the canvas edges while cold winds drive delicate splatters inward, leaving expansive luminous white space to breathe in the center, embodying Sam Francis's mastery of negative space and atmospheric color.