North America 45n 120w

Creative Rationale

Over the Columbia River Plateau in eastern Washington state, where the high desert meets the Cascade Rain Shadow, an exceptionally cold and dry atmospheric condition creates a stark winter scene. The extremely low temperature of 28K (-245°C) with significant cold anomaly, combined with minimal humidity and calm winds, translates into a composition where muted earth tones and icy blues concentrate at the canvas edges, leaving vast expanses of luminous white space in the center to represent the crystalline clarity of this frigid, arid atmosphere.