North America

Creative rationale

Above the inland Pacific Northwest, where the Cascade Range meets the Columbia River plateau in eastern Washington, the atmospheric data reveals a landscape of extremes - bitter cold temperatures with moderate northwest winds and very dry air creating perfect conditions for a Francis-inspired composition. The exceptionally low temperature anomaly and dry humidity call for muted earth tones pooling at the canvas edges, while the moderate wind energy drives color outward in controlled bursts, leaving expansive luminous negative space to breathe in the center where the cold, dry air dominates.