Arctic

Creative rationale

Over the Arctic Ocean northeast of the Urals, where land meets the polar seas, an unusual warmth of 6.4°C creates a dramatic temperature anomaly 10.4°C above normal for this latitude. The moderate southwest wind at 6.4 m/s carries moisture across the icy expanse, while near-saturated air at 97% humidity creates veiling atmospheric conditions that soften and blur the landscape. This translates into Lewis's calligraphic vocabulary as restless processions of warm-toned marks, ochres and muted crimsons, drifting northeast across a deep blue-black ground, with high humidity rendering the gestural notations into misty, layered veils that suggest both the Arctic's vastness and this moment of climatic disruption.