Arctic

Creative rationale

Over the Greenland Sea in the high Arctic, where the extreme cold of minus 250°F creates an otherworldly landscape of ice and atmospheric disturbance. The strong northwest wind at 28 mph drives diagonal paint drags from upper-right to lower-left across the canvas, while the steep pressure gradient of 35 Pa/cell creates multiple revealed layers of complex color interaction. The severe temperature anomaly of 7.3°C warmer than normal generates an underlying warmth that bleeds through the cold surface layers, creating Richter's characteristic tension between concealment and revelation through sweeping squeegee movements.