Australasia 60s 100e
60°S, 100°E · Lesley Tannahill · 2026-05-02
Lesley Tannahill 2026-05-02 Lesley Tannahill 2026
Creative Rationale
Over the Southern Ocean south of Australia, where Antarctic winds meet subantarctic waters in one of Earth's most isolated maritime regions. The steep pressure gradient of 8.13 Pa/cell creates dense archaeological layers of paint scraped and reworked, while the significant temperature anomaly of +15.2K drives chaotic marks breaking through structured compositions. High humidity at 88% renders previous layers translucent like weathered palimpsests, and the strong westerly wind at 18.4 m/s manifests as aggressive gestural energy in the underlying brushwork.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.