Region 30°N, 60°W

Creative rationale

This location sits in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of the Caribbean, where warm tropical waters meet oceanic currents. The significant temperature anomaly of 11.0°C above normal creates tortured, distorted biomorphic forms that press urgently against the canvas surface, while the high humidity at 70% causes these shapes to bleed and dissolve at their edges like watercolor on wet paper. The moderate wind from the southeast drives gestural marks through thin atmospheric washes, and the elevated pressure of 1018.4 hPa allows these anguished forms to float in open painterly space rather than being compressed together.