South America

Creative rationale

Over the Drake Passage southeast of Cape Horn, where the Southern Ocean churns between South America and Antarctica, atmospheric turmoil creates a scene of urgent movement. The low pressure system at 997.8 hPa with its steep gradient generates dense congregations of calligraphic marks that swarm across the canvas like migrating birds caught in turbulent winds. The moderate wind speed of 8.3 m/s from the southwest drives rhythmic processions of white and cerulean marks that flow diagonally across deep blue-black atmospheric fields, while the extreme cold anomaly and near-saturated humidity create veiled, misty layers that soften the gestural marks into jazz-like improvisations against the dominant dark ground.