Region 60s 0e
60°S, 0°E · Sam Francis · 2026-06-26
Sam Francis2026-06-26Sam Francis2026
Creative Rationale
Over the remote waters of the South Atlantic, far from any landmass at 60 degrees south latitude on the prime meridian, a powerful low-pressure system churns through the Southern Ocean's notorious waters. The extremely low pressure of 957.2 Pa combined with strong 15.4 m/s winds from the south-southeast creates a dynamic, explosive composition where saturated color pools violently eject from dense accumulations at the canvas edges, driven by the atmospheric turbulence. The bitter cold temperature anomaly translates to muted earth tones and steely blues, while the high humidity and light precipitation add translucent washes that blur and blend the gestural marks, leaving expansive luminous white space in the center like the eye of this meteorological storm.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.