South Asia 0n 100e

Creative Rationale

Over the equatorial waters of the South China Sea near the Malaysian and Indonesian coastlines, warm humid air masses create perfect conditions for Frankenthaler's signature bleeding technique. The high relative humidity of 87% translates into deeply translucent color washes that layer and intermingle, while the moderate precipitation creates concentrated pools of saturated color that spread organically across the canvas. The gentle westerly wind guides the directional flow of these color stains, and the warm temperature anomaly fills the composition with golden ochres and salmon pinks that seem to glow from within the raw canvas surface.