Arctic

Creative rationale

Over the Norwegian Sea in the high Arctic, where the frigid waters meet the polar atmosphere at 60°N on the prime meridian, the atmospheric conditions reveal a landscape of moderate turbulence and bone-chilling cold. The extremely low temperature of 12.1°C drives a palette dominated by muted earth tones and icy whites, while the moderate wind of 5.6 m/s creates gentle outward splatters rather than explosive bursts. The relatively low sea-level pressure with its significant gradient manifests as dense color pools accumulating at the canvas edges, leaving expansive luminous white space to breathe in the center, echoing Sam Francis's late compositional style where color retreats to the periphery.