Arctic

Creative rationale

Over the Arctic Ocean northwest of Iceland, where frigid air masses collide with relatively warm oceanic currents, this location experiences an unusually warm temperature anomaly of 15.1°C above the zonal mean, creating dramatic atmospheric instability. The moderate wind speed of 12.9 m/s from the northeast drives dense processions of calligraphic marks horizontally across a deep blue-black ground, while the high humidity of 88% creates misty, layered veils that soften and blur the gestural notations. The elevated sea-level pressure causes the marks to coalesce into crowded formations and dark atmospheric masses, interpreting Lewis's jazz-inflected abstraction through the lens of Arctic meteorological drama.