South America 60s 60w

Creative Rationale

Above the Antarctic Peninsula in the far Southern Ocean, where brutal katabatic winds roar off the ice sheet at nearly 12 meters per second. The anomalously warm temperature of -0.4K against the frigid baseline creates a violent clash between ice-cold greys and startling flesh pinks, while the moderate-to-low pressure system generates aggressive forms that slam against the picture plane. High humidity adds fluid runs of diluted color that streak through thick gestural marks, interpreting de Kooning's physical paint-slinging energy as savage diagonal slashes cutting across the composition.