South America 60s 60w

Creative Rationale

Over the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica, where turbulent waters meet extreme atmospheric conditions, this location experiences intense low pressure with steep gradients, powerful westerly winds, and near-saturated air with active precipitation. The significant temperature anomaly of 15.4K above normal suggests dramatic weather systems colliding in this remote maritime region. These volatile conditions translate into a heavily worked composition with multiple archaeological layers of mark-making, where the steep pressure gradient creates dense palimpsest effects and the large temperature anomaly drives chaotic gestural marks breaking through more structured underlying layers, while the high humidity allows previous painted layers to show through translucently and precipitation adds temporal drip marks suggesting years of reworking.