North America

Creative rationale

This location sits in the mountainous inland regions of the Pacific Northwest, likely the Cascade Range of Washington or Oregon, where elevation creates the unusually low sea-level pressure of 861.6 hPa. The moderate wind speed of 4.3 m/s from the east suggests controlled but present atmospheric movement, while the warm temperature anomaly of 7.1°C above normal and moderate humidity create conditions ripe for de Kooning's aggressive gestural energy. I've interpreted the substantial pressure gradient as violent spatial compression, with slashing diagonal marks cutting across flesh-toned passages, while the easterly wind drives aggressive horizontal sweeps of cadmium yellow and alizarin crimson colliding with raw blacks and whites.