Arctic 70n 20w
70°N, 20°W · Lesley Tannahill · 2026-08-19
Lesley Tannahill2026-08-19Lesley Tannahill2026
Creative Rationale
Over the Arctic Ocean northeast of Greenland, where the ice meets the endless polar expanse, a significant temperature anomaly of 14.4K above normal creates an atmosphere of disruption and change. The moderate pressure gradient and high humidity translate into densely layered compositions where earlier marks bleed through translucent veils, while the southwest wind at 10.7 m/s drives aggressive gestural energy beneath weathered surface layers. This Arctic anomaly becomes a palimpsest of warming and memory, where fragments of ice-knowledge dissolve into uncertain futures.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.