South America 60s 60w

Creative Rationale

Over the Drake Passage south of Cape Horn, where the Southern Ocean churns between South America and Antarctica, an intense pressure gradient creates turbulent atmospheric conditions. The high pressure gradient of 33.7 Pa/cell demands a dense network of bold black lines creating small rectangular cells, while the extreme cold temperature anomaly calls for blue to dominate the composition. The moderate wind speed from the northwest introduces asymmetric balance weighted toward the upper left, and the very high humidity of 95% manifests as thick, bold black dividing lines that segment the canvas into a complex grid of primary color fields.