Australasia 60s 100e

Creative Rationale

Over the Southern Ocean southwest of Australia, at 60 degrees south latitude, violent winds tear across the water beneath an aggressive low-pressure system. The moderate wind speed of 11.2 m/s from the southwest creates slashing diagonal movements across the composition, while the extremely low pressure of 966.3 Pa compresses forms aggressively against the picture plane. The cold temperature anomaly drives a palette of icy greys and blacks punctuated by violent flashes of flesh pink and cadmium yellow, with high humidity adding runs of diluted color that cut through the thick gestural marks like de Kooning's most aggressive urban paintings.