Europe

Creative rationale

Over the Atlantic Ocean west of Morocco and the Canary Islands, moderate winds from the northeast carry moisture-laden air under stable high pressure conditions. The relatively strong wind at 9.3 m/s drives energetic color explosions that push saturated hues toward the canvas edges, while the high pressure creates dense accumulations of pigment in concentrated pools. The cold temperature of 22.2°C translates to a palette dominated by cool blues and greens with occasional warm yellow bursts, leaving expansive luminous white space in the center where the atmospheric energy has swept color outward in Francis's characteristic centrifugal composition.