Region 60s 0e

Creative Rationale

Over the Southern Ocean at 60 degrees south latitude, directly south of the Atlantic, this location sits in the turbulent waters of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current where icebergs drift and storms rage. The significant temperature anomaly of 20.5K warmer than normal creates tortured, distorted biomorphic forms that press urgently against the picture plane, while the moderate humidity of 62% allows these shapes to maintain some definition even as their edges dissolve and bleed into one another. The moderate wind from the northwest generates aggressive gestural marks that slice through thin atmospheric washes, and the low pressure of 977.8 Pa compresses the composition into a claustrophobic space where organic forms struggle for breathing room.